Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-10-15

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King Christian K. has passed his
forty third milestone. The ruler Of
the little northern kingdom was born
September IS. 1870. and i married
Princess Alexandra OF Mecklenburg.
|Schwerin. who gave him two sons,
Grown Prince Frederick, now four
teen, and Prince Knud. King Chris
t1an sucoeeded TO the Danish throne
on the death Of his father, Frederick
VIII. In May Of last year. His moth
or was the daughter Of King Charles
XIV. Of Sweden. He 10 q brother Of
King Haakon OF Norway. ! nephew
OF the dowager empress OF Russia
and the dowager, queen Of Great
Britain, and a cousin Of King Con
stantine OF Greece. During hts L.
months on the throne, King Christian
has done much to make himself pop
ular with his subjects, and has also
taken a hand in international affairs.
He was one Of the prime movers in
the reconciliation Of the royal fami-
lies Of Germany which had a romantic
result In the marriage Of the kaiser's
daughter TO the son Of hiss ancient
enemy. Christian OF Denmark and
Haakon Of Norway are the only Euro
pean monarchs to do a royal brother
act" since the death Of Frederick of
Denmark and George of Greece. The
Danish monarch, like his brother in
Norway, has been handicapped by a
growing and powerful movement to-
ward republlcanism and socialism
although the radicals have not yet
been able to reduce Christian to the
level of q mere hgurehead. King
Christian is militarist, rather than
a man of peace; and he was a major
general In his country's army when
called to the throne. The Danish king
Is lavish entertainer, and q lover of
sports and outdoor pastimes. Horse
back riding. cycling, shooting, yacht
ing and skating are his favorite REQ
reations. ~
The Danish rigsdag was opened
September 16. The radival cabinet
made no attempt to change the &C.
clesiastical part Of the opening cere-
monies. A.. At half past ten O'Clock
there was . general rush to the Fred
erik church. where divine service
took place. The service was conduct
ed by Rev. Koch. and lasted an hour.
It was introduced with prayer and
closed with the Lords prayer and the.
singing Of a.hymn. At twelve o'clock
the members OF the rigsdag convened
In the r1gsdag hall. and Premier Zahle
stepped up and read. the letter patent
from the king. Mr.. Markvorsen, the
Oldest member Of the ngsdag, pro-
posed q cheer for the king and tho
constitution. which was answered
with nine hurrahs. Premier Zahle
asked the two bodies Of the rigsdag
to organize themselves for work.
The folketing elected as its speaker
Mr.. Pederson-Nyskov The landsting
was called to order by its Oldest mem
Der present, Privy Councillor Coos.
sixty-flve members were present and
80 ballots were cast for Coos and 81
for Anders Thomson. With the ex-
ception Of the Rightists Of the folke-
ting, the different parties held eau
cuses the same day, which shows tho
intensity Of the party affiliations.
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On the last day Of the season
there were $1,000 people at the Tivoli
pleasure resort, Copenhagen. and the
combined attendance for the whole
season was almost one million. @>: