The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-12-07


future VII justify the prediction Of q
general rising, It ceased TO be a de
batable question II Denmark thirteen
wears ago whether or not a rev0lu
ton must come. and because a mere
matter Of how long II could be put
Of. Il was then that the King first
refused 10 dismiss an unpopular Min
~sstrv AZ the al but unanimous de
rnznd II the Folkething, or Lower
House. and started ont TO rule by
ROYAL decree as q substitute for par
rhamentary Jaw. Things have been
fastening on since from bad 10 worse
toward the end that has now begun.
The successive steps OF taxation by
provisional law IN lien OF the con
sent Of Parliament, the attempted
suppression OF freedom OF speech and
OF the press. and the arbitrary arrest
OF the Opposition leaders on trumped-
up charges ef insulting the Crown,
have hurried the house Of Glucks-
burg roits fall ReacuOnary methods
we're never less IN place IN Denmark
than IN the face q the strong Liberal
movement that has swept the country
IL the last score Of years. and King
Christian has none Of the qualities
thai 80 10 make on autOCrat IN the
nineteenth century He Il an easy
going. well-meaning but somewhat
stupid monarch. TOO lar advanced N
age TO relish broils or contention.
and. left to himself. would long since
have pulled reign had not . stronger
hand than his held the whip. That
hand was his wife's. the Queen
Loulsa's. one OF the most remarkable
women Of her day. whose taste for
political maneuYering and intrigue.
her legitimate field Of royal match
making. II which she has achieved
phenomenal success. has not been
able 10 satisfy. If rhe old King lives
to see the end as ne saw the begin
ning u his dynasty. he falls the vic
tim q the latest piece Of petGcoat
politics the history Of European mis-
rule has 10 show.
Close observers who have watched
the ambitious career Of the Danish
Queen and know how intensely the
mothers passion for ruling is re-
fected IN the character Of the bright
est OF her daughters. the wife Of the
Russian Gar. have shrewd sus-
picion that the hands Of these two
have moved the secret springs OF the
Bulgarian business. In diplomatic
circles In the old world capitals il
has long been an open secret that
the Czarina Is often the real prompter
OF Russian moves on the political
chessboard OF Europe, and credit is
given her for a consummate feminine
tact that has more than once COPIED
successfully with the shrewdest state
craft. Her mYuence was felt before
she had been fairly installed at court
as the bride Of the Czarewitch. 1t
was not long after that Prince Gorts-
chakof. when congratulated by the
foreign diplomats on the successful
Issue o1 some particularly brilliant
stroke u policy. refused TO accept
the compliments for himself. and
openly gave the credit TO his imperial
mistress. 1y whose counsel he had
been guided The Czarina brings 10
the task OF rul1nE more than her
pride and ambition With all the
beauty and grace q Alexandra Of
Wales added 10 her mothers bright
WIT, to which her English sister Is a /
stranger she possesses the power Of
Josephine IN Napoleon's best days to
charm al she draws within the circle
Of her personal influence. She fairly
bewitched the old Kaiser at the last
meeting OF the Emperors. and even
cast her spell. It Is said. over the
grim Iron Chancellor 70 the extent
OF extracting from him a personal |
promise OF friendship and peace. (
And a husband-lover, headstrong,
easily managed with tact, and the |
autocrat OF all the Russias. and al |
the elements OF successful plotting |
are at hand. The incentive Is not |
wanting. There IS still Danish |
prince to be placed" Queen Louisa
has been scanning the political hori
zon for years for a favorable opening
for her youngest son. Waldemar, 4
who was recently married to a prin-
cess OF the House Of Orleans Since 4
things have been a little shaky at
home. she has been more concerned
about providing for the young mans
future than ever. Russia had need /
Of a friendly vassal IN Bulgaria when
Alexander kcr-l over the traces.
Waldemar : s1omising young fel-
low. not unlike his brother George Of
Greece, and could be depended on
With the Turk squeezed in between
a Greek and Bulgarian brother in
Law. both warranted not TO prove
fractions, the Car could afford to let
events II the Balkan peninsula take
pretty much their own course, sure
that they would come out right IN
the end
Perhaps the moral backing Of auto
cratic Russia IN her moves IN the
larger game abroad has had It's effect
IN tempting the royal plotter TO play
a bold hand at home. Surely It can
be called nothing else to thwart de-
liberately the expressed viii OF the
people IN q constitutional State with
a Parliament II the popular branch,
of which the Government has for
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