Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-08-14
DENMARK.

tho Danish-Americans, for on that day
the transfer was made to the Danish
government of the Danish-American
national park at Aalborg. King Chris
tian received at Marselisborg castle
the members Of the committee repre-"
senting the association OF Danish
Americans which presented the PARK
to the government. The American
minister to Denmark, DR.. Maurice r.
Egan, on behalf of President TAFT,
honorary president of the association,
read a message from Mr.. Taft extend
ing greetings to the king and people
o. Denmark, as follows: "On the
occasion Of the presentation to his
majesty King Christian Of deed to
tie Danish-American national park, I
desire that you convey in my name,
as honorary president of the associa'
ton, In the name of the people OF the
United States, my warmest greetings
to King Christian and tie Danish ma
ton. It Is with great pleasure that I
have witnessed the action of the
American citizens of Danish birth in
this country in acquiring tract OF
400 acres Of land near Aalborg for the
purpose Of establishing Danish
American national park, to be dedi-
Gated to the Danish government and
to be at all times open to the public.
I am gratifed to be identified with
this act in my capacity as honorary
president of the association. I recog-
nize in it concrete expression Of the
cordial relations which have always
existed between the Danish and Amer
lean people, and which are today
based more firmly than ever on friend
ship and mutual esteem. On this
happy occasion, I desire you to con-
vey to his majesty and to the Danish
people my sincere wishes for his hap
piness and welfare and the continued
prosperity of the Danish nation" In
response the king said Il have heard
words in the name of the president of
tie United States in which see new
testimony of friendship and under
standing between the Danish and
American peoples, with the greatest
pleasure. l beg you to give to Presi-
dent Taft my heartfelt thanks for the
interest he has taken in the realiza-
ton of the plan acquiring the Rebild
tract as proof of the loyal feelings
toward their old country of the men
and women of Danish birth who have
found home in your country. In my
own name and in the name of the
Danish people I request you to con-
vey to Mr.. Taft on this pleasant occa-
sion, and through him to the Amer
lean people, the Danish peoples and
my own warmest greetings and best
wishes for the future" Dr. Max Hen
ius Of Chicago, chairman of the COM
mittee, handed the deed to the king.
The deed was inclosed in a leather
case bearing the Danish and Amer
lean flags. After the formal ceremony
the king entertained the committee at
luncheon. Count Won Moltke, the
Danish minister to the United States,
sat at the kings right, and DR.. Hen
Jus at his left. The Danish premier
sat at the queens right and the Amer
1can minister at her left. Their maj
estes conversed with their guests
after the luncheon for more than an
hour.
Copenhagen.-Captain Ejnar Mix.
kelsen, the Danish arctic explorer,
and the engineer Iversen, who accom-
panied him, both of whom were res
cued July II last on tie coast of
Greenland by Norwegian fishing
vessel, arrived here and were greeted
at the wharf by enormous crowds.
The two explorers, who had spent
more than two years in Greenland,
which they started to cross in the
summer of 1910 after discovering the
station left by Myths Erickson, who
with two companions had persisted in
Greenland in 1908, were generally
thought to have died somewhere in
the north Of Greenland. Captain Mix
kelsen and Engineer Iversen were re.
ceived by King Frederick at the
palace, when his majesty conferred a
gold medal on each of them.
The story of the hardships endured
by Mikkelsen and Iversen during
their two years travels in Greenland
proves that the grit and endurance OF
those two men never was excelled in
all the history of modern arctic and
antarctic explorations Some, fea
lures of the account given by them
selves are almost beyond belief. But
there is no reason to suspect that the
account has been Cooked"
SWEDEN.