The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
I'LL NORWAY AND DENMARK BE DRAWN INTO THE WAR
Many Ancient Animosities and Present
Interests Combine to Render
Further Neutrality Difficult

pccn removed hut eve all n I'M
mcnsc collection Of valuable books,
every shelf in the royal libraries being
,,nptind. Princess Louise. married 10
the then Crown Prince of Denmark.
Frederick VIII, carried all
these belongings of her father whlch
she had inherited off with her 20 her
homo AT Copenhagen. and n great
amount of unpleasantncss cnsued WIN
her uncle, King Oscar, which may w
said to have affected her relations ever
afterward with her relatives oil 'he
,pignihg house of Sweden.
Immensely tall-her stature is no
less than d feet 4 inches she ~ Il very
mastprful woman possesses great
Influence in Denmark among the mem
hcrs of her family. not only because "i
her character but also hy reason OF her
,olossa wealth. 1t remains tn he seen
whether In the event Of sweden enter
ing into the war on the sid or Ger
many she will be moved by the consid-
Grafton that she is a native or that
country to accord her sympathies
thereto.
This do not believe. and | think
that /, may speak with authority. since
If is based on "A personal acquaintance
! with Queen Louise. whom learned 10
| know when she was still crown
Princess of Denmark. In those days
she was certainly not pro-German nut
INTENSELY ti-German. SO too was
/ her husband. the late King Frederick
Viii. to whom she was devoted.
Moreover. the atmosphere OF the
,nurt of Copcnhagen was, at any rate
until the death Of her husband three
wears ago. always very pr%onouncedlN
anti-German. or. | should say anu
prussian. 1t was at that court tina
the alliance between France ana Eus'
STA. which has played so great a r"l'
in the destinies of Europe, formed
as il was for defence against German
militarism. had It's inception. II wa
Ia court that was a source OF create
concern 10 Prince Bismarck, as Ions
as he remained at the head Of AFFAIR
at Berlin. than any other court II
Europe.
This was because he knew II To IL
the rendezvous Of every ~anti-Germai
ROYALTY and because it was preside
over IN tHbSe bdNS ny NV Nv
terest and most dreaded foes, the lat
Queen Louise If Denmark, grand
mother Of Christian y. and UNIVERSAL.
recognized as me " the cleNere~
women OF her day. She exercised un
bounded influence upon her HUSBAND
Christian IN; upon her son-in-iaw
Emperor Alexander Ill. of Russia
upon her son. King George of Greece
and through her daughter, Queen AieN
andra. upon Edward VII. then Prime
OF Wales. and in this way upon Gre'
Britain.
Her youngest daughts. co.. maj
rled the ex-Cruwn Prince of llanoNe
better known as the Duke of tumbei
land. who. until his only surviving so
fell in love three years ago with IL
: daughter of the Kaiser. always refuse
t. meet the latter. To shake hant
with him. or To hold the slightest II
~tcrcourse with HIM, direct or ind
). rect.
II was IN this atmosphere of Copper
: hagen. SO intensely hostile To II
3, fiohenZollcrns and To eNerythir
rrussian. that all the extremely hapI
, married life of the widowed ono'
I mother has been spent. /; Is in tn
, atmosphere that her children. inclu'
l. ing the present King of Denmark Ar
q King lIdakon ~ Norway. have grow
y up. She has always been on partlcl
larry a~nectionatc terms with her $.
p te~rs-in-law. Queen Alexandra OF En-