New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

op ,sne y descen he has gained the goodwill
Of the Danish people to the last degree Chris
q H s Of and m RnH
the two EXTREMIST; the one Jas. the
Other rT poet bcr" and q marked S sS
quence and power Thus while P M,mg AZ public
eeng Christian wi prefer srD to ta We a hSve
give thanks to Providence Is the swedlssh n,ree
allowance must be made for press condensattion
But in spite Of his unimposng speech ne and his
never failing farmers shrewdness quite makes UP
0 ms no instance recorded has the lonely beauty
of this nobemans character whose toT'I MINORS
been nto b Sse relief than to
his distant and somewhat recacltrnnt supJ sstiva
the island II iS and the King io prSsnsfh e By
prdPverbay gou 81 and at that time actually re-
beous tenants Of his farm by t sGIns tho TO
nd KIM mus to se foot 5he on the land the
Eddas There too among the avas ana giac ,san
the exploiting tactics Of monoposts or the sub.
ties Of urss and na tna" Of fna. has
Been a'Ss sf in s King
| the victory in his usual style. Clad N c ';i
pS Sr 90 5y Ills crane Yss
the Bishop of the island and His bxcenehcy t na
Sp RSR 3fs s'Sf
he sHrc p ans Of On and
at the hdGns sS ansS 8" tribune Of the
ancient icelandic republic; and there Listened tho 10
some hgh-pitched oratory III me he mist have
| envled.
A LIVE SOVEREIGN IN ICELAND
Just imagine real live sovereign a standing IN
the midst of Icelandc ana nnsgh lust
now but still of such temper as might, under
pressure Heeak remind one Of ierTef aays
than few peacable Danes and sprin n Is os
4 of 10
been held where the booths sun and GoT the 9 yossn
Eae s s His Danish Majesty showed himself at his
best Proftlrg by seeing the singular ana seIt-
wilied Iceander at home, the people whose com.
plants and demands he had sen"o 70 So more bron or
the King thought It would prooahy siaa Hne 'n o
Re mos "a PayaTs and the accepab
| thing he could think Of was TO grant them meas,
u1s Oh erect when the FESTIVITIES were their
height and the grass green plain covered %n
OF his officials and the assembled multitude handel ts
the documents granting Iceland home rule 10 th9
man of superior ability in whom the k I'm recos
nzsd b the nan ana With un
felgned pleasure. 1t was the fruit OF his Ire work
could not but feel what they once were yet gladly
he Ndrss bs orn %ch then
ANNA ted the people. at least the upper ana n 1
and may M 'f be cleaned from the following sanSa
| of Jochumscns Correcting 70 King Christian. sung
| In the King presence at IoSDtrs
With firm, trend the holy ground
Our snowland's King; the nobe. L hearted
To erect rI nes 0{ k sys that guard thee round
ssTo H Thy Rsna Rs s Ssh sent u.s.
Hail. Welcome TO our country's heart
And so these descendants of the sea kings and
IN ther lVes lifted their head Covering to King
and made the republican plain and the grim "a ,-
display Of feeling for Tcelanders. Then the band
struck up the national air-an imitation OF an
cOmpOSed for the occasion Dy one OF
their scalds:
By By the the i Thias2a IHa''
WHITE RlHe' falcon aTs nor on ! blue:
Our lives do we pledge her.
Kings suite and the King himself were so touched
ard electrified by the surroundings that they joined
This '" much is certain that every person present
tina: day felt immensely more satisfied with the
ea in for n aea T plain and kindly
'o""'u '''"'' THE BOY KNEW.
But the most characteristic anecdote told Of
his stay n ISenp du i OF 6,s hs
emily obtain fuller view of the ysritd landscape
for minutes together. stand on some eminence
where perhaps Of b1gSsd h4s Hen
Into one OF these, most dlapidate1 of the lot
so doing he must have DOTTED his hat ami walked
more bent than is his won't for the passage Of an
Iceland hut Will not yield much TO fox.hole In
length and breadth-a device. of course. 10 keep
out the frost. The King did get in however, and and
| a house of Sleeps bones, the King asked II he
| might have the house NO" said the boy; ut Is
/ mine owr" The King. thinking the boy was re-
markablv deficient In intelligence. pulled out a
coin and asked him whose head was stamped on the
| coin .ooks much like you man." said the young
! ster without a moments hesitation and the King
seeing that his intelligence WIS quite equal 10 mig
| independence patted the boy OH the head and
] gave him the coin. This story had travelled over
A f,1o, ~ hafn
| presentation The fact was, the people accepted
his homerule presentation as part payment or
| their claims but his kindness his own
| Thus It is that King Christian holds his place as
| sovereign not because of exceptional ability nor
| even nv right of inheritance but by the power OF
kindness He is kindness incarnate and this IL his
| most Formidable against social democracy.