The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-11

CHRISTIAN TX KING OF DENMARK, WHO WILL
PROBABLY ARBTTRATE UPON THE QUESTION IN
DISPUTE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
The statement is made on good authority
that the King of Denmark will be accepted
by Russia and England to arbitrate upon the
question OF ihe alleged violation by Russia,
in attacking the Aighans on March 80. OF
the agreement made between England and
that power on March II. Tha. agreement,
as the reader will remember, provided for the
non advance OF either the Russian or Afghan
troops from the positions they occupied at
the time, until something further should be
done By the European governments inter.
estec toward the settlement of the frontier
question, and in pursuance of which the
mo, ement of either Afghan or Russian forces
would be proper.
From the evenly balanced relations OF
Christian TX, King of Denmark, with the
royal families of Russia and England, his
selection to arbitraie on the question stated,
seems to be natural and wise. He is the
father of the Princess Of Wa'es, who, in the
course of nature, will be the Queen Consort
Of England when her husband shall ascend
the throne, and of the Empress of Russia,
wife of Alexander III.
The King of Denmark is the frs. SOW
areign of the House of Scbleswig- Ho!sei
Snnderburg Glucksburg. When Frederick
VII. died, on November 10. 1863, the di-
rect male line of Oidenburg, which had
been the reigning. family, of Dsn-
tincf. Anticipating this event, the great
Powers of Europe, taking into considera-
tion that the maintenance of the integrity of
the Danish monarchy, as connected with the
e. neral interests of the balance of power in
Europe, is of high Importance to the preser-
49, ~ -. 49,
On May g, 1852 by the terms OF which the
succession to the crown of Denmark was
nsde over to Prin CO Christian, of Schleswig-
Holstein Sonderburg. Glucksburg, and to the
direct descendants of his union with the
Princess Louise. OF Hesse.Cassel, niecs of
King Christian VIII. of Denmark. La &C.
cordaDce with this treaty, a law concerning
the succession to tbs Danish crown wss
adopted by the Diet or Parliament, of tue
country moot interested, aud obtained the
rovsl ssR ction July 81, 1888.
Under the provisions stated, Chr sian TX
assembled the throne November 15 1864 In
March of the PANE year his daughter, Alex
sp6Ia, h8d been married to the Prince of
Wales, aud hs eoD, Prince Wilhelm had
been elected King of the IIellenes, under the
title of Georgois L.. by the Greek National
Assembly. subsequently, November ., 1865,
the Kings daughter, Maria Dagmar was
married to the heir apparent of Russia, now
the Emperor Alexander Ill. The next year,
October q, 1867, the King of Greece son of
Christian TX of Denmork. wss married to
Olga CoDstantinowna, Grand Duchess OF Rus
Ella. The history of the present royal family of
Denmark is one of the mos. interesting pages
in cOntempO ary European chronicles. When,
May 26 1912, Prince Christian was married
10 Louise. daughter of Laudgrave Wilhelm
OF Hesse-Cassel, 1t could not have been FORE
seen that these comparatively obscure per-
sons would become reigning King and Queen
of q country TO which neither OF them was
natives, matrimOnislly related to England
and Russia and parents OF the King of
Greece. Their children, not mentioned elss-
where in this article, are Prince Frederick,
heir-apparept who was married. IN 1869. TO
the Princess Lowisa, daughter of King Carl
XIV, of Sweden and Norway, the Princess
Thyr, married to the Prince Ernest August,
DUKE of Cumberland, snd the Prince Waldo
mar, who was born In 1855
The most important domestic event dur
ing the reign of Christian * has been the
less by Denmark of the Duchies of Ho.stein
and Schleswig, in 1864, which wss cedsd to
Austria and Prussia, after war disastrous
to the Danish arms. By the treaty of 1867,
after tie war between Austria and Prussia,
Schleswie- Holstein was made a province OF
Prussia.
Denmark has population of about two
millions. The Inhabitants are well edn-
Gated and thriving people, and are nation
blessed with the constituents of real pros
perity and happiness, though little among
the proud powers of Europe.