The Washington herald., 1912-06-12

The Asquith Cabinet is not the first
that has been seriously disturbed and
troubled by women in politics. Lord
ministry had a deuce OF
time with Queen Caroline There was
trouble about that Queens name In the
liturgy trouble over the femaI pains
and penalty bill. And when that bill
was abandoned after it had passed the
House OF Lords new worries appeared
over the question OF a palace for the
Queen.
One member Of the Cabinet who had
been through Il all became so exasper-
ated and weary that while attending a
Cabinet meeting: he broke out in verse.
He wrote his offering on a slip OF paper
and passed this around TO his equally
wearied colleagues at the table. The
last Minister TO receive the slip an
nexed both the verse and the copyright.
and his literary executor in his turn en-
The verse read:
Our gracious Queen. We tAse impIore
To 60 away and sin DO moEp;
But II that effort Be too great,
Pleass 80 away al any nts
There are. Of course, no formal min
utes OF the Cabinet meetings, but as the
stream Of political memoirs will never
have an end. We should know some
where about 1875 what has been said at
the Asquith Cabinet meetings about
CristabeI Pankhurst and her fellow-suff-
ragettes.
Friedrich VIII Of Denmark. who died
suddenly the other day. reached an ad-
vanced age, and had been in poor health
for some time. His personality never
had impressed Itself upon the world at
large, as had his fathers, the late
Christian TX, who was known as the
of Europe" And withal,
Friedrich perhaps was all more popular
than Christian, for as Crown Prince dur
ing a long period OF years he made many
warm friends without departing from the
high standard OF conduct which has
marked his house as exceptional among
the royal families Of Europe.
Denmark has had a singular experience
in the matter OF her monarchs in recent
years. The last three, including the pres
ent sovereign. have been middle-aged
when they ascended the throne. Chris
tian. the ninth Of his name, born in 1878,
was forty-five years OF age when he sue
ceeded his father. in 1863, and at his death,
in 1906, he was succeeded by his son Fried
rich, who was then siXty-three years old.
The new King, another Christian. was
was born in 1870, and he is forty-two
old upon his accession. In some
respects this record IS similar to that OF
England in the succession to the throne
of a man OF considerable years after a
long reign by a parent Also in many
respects Friedrich VIII. who has Just died,
was the counterpart of his brother-in-law,
King Edward VII of England. while the
new monarch reaches the throne under
circumstances very like those Of his
cousin, King George.
Denmark is a sturdy though little
state Of pronounced independence, and
is very prosperous. King Christian is
confronted by no grave problems, and
he possesses the quality and good Morse
sense that have marked the reigns Of his
immediate predecessors He is the faith
er OF two boys, thirteen and twelve
years, respectively.
A popularity OF the house OF Olden-
bourg, a grand duchy In the German
federation, which furnished the kings for
Denmark from l4gS all the way down to
1siS, and the house Of Schleswig-H -Hol-
stein-Sonderburg-G Gluecksburg,f from which
have come the last three monarchs. is
that, with the sole exception Of King
Hans, who reigned in 14s1 as the second
Of the luxembourg line, there has been
an unbroken alienation Of Christians
and Friedrichs. Thus Christian the First
assumed the reins in l4S1, and since then
every other monarch has taken that
name up to the present King, while be-
ginning with Friedrich the First IN l5Z3.
every alternate Danish ruler has been
OF that name up 10 Friedrich VIII, who
has Just died.
The change from the house Of Olden-
bourg to the present royal dynasty OF
Denmark resulted from the treaty OF
1852. signed at London, when in antici-
patton OF the death Of Friedrich VII
without heirs, It was necessary for the
powers to make provision for a continu-
ation Of the monarchy as an independent
state in the interest OF European peace.
Princess Louise Of Hessen-CasseL the
niece Of Christian VII Of Denmark, had
married Prince Christian OF Schleswig-
Holstein-Sondeburg-G -Gluecksburg. and he
was selected, eleven years before his
accession, as the prospective King.
While from the earliest times the
Crown OF Denmark has been elective, a
law Of succession that had been enacted
IN 1883, in accordance with the terms OF
the treaty OF London. insures the auto
matte succession to the throne OF the
heir Of the present reigning family.
That Christian Is a very handsome
man will only enhance his popularity in
q land where good looks are priced high
ly and gery generally met with. He also
possesses a military hgure, made to
wear brilliant uniforms, and TO show
OF glittering orders, as well as a profile
tnat 10 singularly fitted to be embossed
or engraved upon medals or on the coins
Of his land.
Queen Alexandrine also Is a very hand
some woman, somewhat resembling her
sister, the Grown Princess Cecilie, OF
Germany. who Is seven years her junior
II Is scarcely to be wondered at that