The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-30
CHRISTIAN *
The Romantic Career of the King Of Den.
mark.

Christian *, King of Denmark. has
been suggested as a suitable person to
arbitrate upon the question of the al
legged violation by Russia, in attacking
the Afghans on March 80, of the agree
ment made by England and that power
on March II. That 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 interested toward the set
Element of the frontier question, and in
pursuance of which the movements of
either Afghan or Russian forces would
be proper. But thus far the two coun-
tries have not agreed upon even the
preliminaries, and whether there will
be an arbitration or not is still a ques-
ton.
The King of Denmark has an inter-
esting history. He is the first sover-
eign of the house of Schleswig-Holstein
Sonderburg-G lucksburg. When Fred
erick VII. died. on November Is. 1868,
the direct male line of Oldenburg.
which had been the reigning family OF
Denmark since 144S A. D., became ex-
tinct. Anticipating this event, the
great powers of Europe, taking into
consideration that the maintenance OF
the integrity of the Danish monarchy.
as connected with the general interest
of the balance of power in Europe, isof
high Importance to the preservation
of peace" signed a treatyin London on
Nav 8, 1852, by the terms OF which
the succession to the Crown of Den
mark was made over to Prince Chris
tan of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
G%lucksburg, and to the direct descend
ants to his union with the Princess
Louise, of Hesse-Cassei, niece of King
Christian VIII, of Denmark. In ac-
cordance with this treaty, a law con-
corning the succession to the Danish
Crown was adopted by the diet or par
lament of the country most interested
and obtained the royal sanction July
81, 1858.
Under the provisions stated. Chris
tian TX. assembled the throne Novem-
Der Is, 1863. In March of the same
wear his daughter, Alexandra. had
been married to the Prince OF Wales,
and his son, Prince Wilhelm, had been
elected King of the Hellenes. under the
title of Georgios l., by the Greek Ma
tional Assembly. Subsequently, Nov
ember 9, 1866, the Kings daughter,
Maria Dagmar. was married to the
heir apparent of Russia, now the En-.
peror Alexander III. The next year,
October q, 1867, the King of Greece,
son of Christian TX, of Denmark, was
married to Ogla Constantinowna'
Grand Duchess of Russia: The history
of the present royal family OF Denmark
is one of the most interesting pages il
| contemporary European chronicles
When, May Is, 1912, Prince Chris
tian was married to Louise
daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm, o
Hesse-Cassel, it could not have beel
foreseen that these comparatively Oh
scure persons would become reignin&
King and Queen of a country to whicl
neither of them was native, matrlmon
ially related to England and Russia
and parents of the King of Greece
Their children, not mentioned else
where in this article, a"e Prince Fred
erick. heir apparent. who was MARI e
in 1869 to the Princess Lowisa, daugh
ter of King Carl XIV, of Sweden an
Norway; the Princess Thyra, marrie'
to the Prince Ernest August, Duke Q
Cumberland, and the Prince Waldo
mar. who was Eorn in 1858.
The most important domestic even
during the reign of Chr star TX; ma
been the loss by Denmark of the Duct
les of Holstein and Schleswig, in 1861
which we're coded to Austria and Prus
STA after a war disastrous to the Dar
ish aims. By the treaty of 1867. ate
the war between Austria and Prussia
Schleswig-Holstein was made a prov
ince of Prussia.
Denmark has a population OF abot
two millions. The inhabitants are
well-educated aud thriving people, an
are a nation blessed with the constit'
ents of real prosperity and happ'nes
though little among the proud Powel
of Europe.-Pitsburgh Commercial
Gazette.