The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-16
SUDDEN DEATH RECALLS
FREDER|CK'S ACCESSION
Late King Was an Old h,.t
Soldicrly Man When II"
Assembled the Thronc.
MAN or SIMPLE LIFE
Continued spartan Rontlnn
After He Married One Of
Richest PrincesScs.


At noon on January 30. 1909. an n7,-.
nous crowd that filed the square IN. .,,
of the Amelienborg Palace in Copenharn,
heard Prime Minister Christensen read =,
proclamation announcing the access,
Of King Frederick VIII. to the throne NJ
Denmark The day before that the no.,
Kings father, Christian TX. had died and
his body was to be laid at rest in tho oil
Cathedral Of Roskild with those who
had ruled Denmark for nine hundr4o
years. There was wave Of interAs
, and curiosity that moved that crowd
I, when the new King came out upon the
palace balcony to speak to his people.
for the picturesque figure Of Christian had
completely overshadowed his eldest son
and the Danes had seen little Of this man
who was TO be- their ruler. Yet the crea.
cheer that went up when the King ar.
peared showed that what the Danes had
, seen and heard Of Fred erick had won
| their respect and love.
| Frederick in the first place was soldier
every inch. Physically a fine figure o.
| a man, he moved with the bearing ot the
| fighter and though we'll along in wears
when he came to the throne he was as
active as a man Of forty. There was II
his temperament none Of thai sombrs
strain that we have come to believe "a
| part and parcel Of the makeup Of every
| Dane since first the prince of Denmark"
| strobe UPON the stage. He had very
lively appreciation Of humor and an Tin.
failing fund of good humor and kindli.
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low sovereigns.
Paris. where he and the queen vera
frequent visitors. never failed to show
its welcome to the Danish king For
one thing ne did not come to Pari. as 50
many foreign princes did. FOR the purpose
of there indulging in delights forbidden
at home The Paris theatres were
source Of constant amusement 10 HIM
Frederick had forgiven France the shabby
treatment she had given his father n
1863 when Napoleon Ill, having encour-
aged Denmark to resist the Au-trc-
Prussian coalition then left the pano'
to face the music alone
| Simplicity was the KEYNOTE Of tho la.s
kings life. To begin with. his father had
by force Of circumstances been compeller
TO live with the most severe economi'.
Frederick married. i. is true.thc tales and
richest among Europes queens. bat her
money made no difference with their mod.
of life.
The late king went daily on tran,car
to the famous old university III Concn.
hagen. After the university cam" thu
army, in which he served as "A soldier IN
the ranks, asking that no distinction io
made between him and his mates T.
lived at a students lodging house. wore
the students cap. and in no way wa, H..
life different from that Of the student o'
humble origin at his royal elbow. Fret
erick was a boy of 20 when his father
became king and it was his fate to see a
younger brother and a son become full
fiedged sovereigns while he was still a
prince
His siN years reign was uneventful
enough after the interesting carear Of
his father. At the elections held Just
after his accession the Government los,
its small ma jority that had been ah-"-
lutte hut the Moderates and Conservatives
kept it in power. There came "A -hocn,
however. when Minister of Justice 4 ibsrtj
was accused Of abusing the power of LS
'T '"
rrs'Eha''o' "as ha'iu'o III IN July He
He had been long recognized as one oi
the most powerful cabinet member
In September of that wear ne was arre,to ed
,,J oh,r,,.d ,,;tn co,no.,, =, rIa,.,,
TO the affairs of a bank of which he was
director That precipi,ated the resi-
nat ion of the entire ministry in October
| There was som. labor troub,o d,rir,
III. ,.,,,, a,d ,ra a','lr,s a,', i,,"or,,
''H' "''' Wv r"p''' "'' "I'f"'S
d "i '"hhiar" were aN'c'ed hy the chahGe
in the ministry The Hing aCCommo-
dated himself to the spirit of radi,a,sIn
ltbo, ha. cr,,yr -, r,n;d,,, j., no.r,,rk
-. .|l'' :" I-,r'
'e'eh''F "' '''"Rh'"e" IN" urn' ~
the Thought of his conntrymcn for he
himself VAS man of greet culture and
wide reading. and n. took pains not 10
,n,,,oni,. H., ,.a,,a,. ,,r,;,'
i'"' ,''S
'r'""io" 'ah'ly came IRON herman
origin. Al the middle Of the las, century
the Oldenhurg line. from which had ,ame
IN. Danish sovereicns .i,co las tbrs,f.
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