Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20

King Christian X of Denmark is the
older brother Of the Norwegian ruler,
and he has appealed to the World
Court to settle his claims for the dis
puted territory in Greenland.
of the Notwithstanding Norway seemed 10
have forgotten. During the nineteenth century
that title was clinched, the treaty Of Kiel IN
1914 having signalized King Frederick Wis res
linquishment, as King of Denmark. Of rule over
Norway to the King of Sweden, but at the same
time retaining the Norwegian colonies OF
Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes as Dem
marks own. This was protested but eventually
agreed to by all concerned.
Meanwhile changes were going on in the
Scandinavian homeland Norway had come
under the Swedish crown, remained there for
one cause or another until 1905. Then the
Norwegian Storthing, which in control OF
Norwegian affairs, offered the crown Of Nor~
way to Prince Charles of Denmark the grand@
son Of King Christian TX of Denmark. With
King Christians approval and on his advices
Prince Charles accepted the Norwegian throne.
changed his name to Haakon VII and bestowed
on his infant son, Alexander, the name Olaf.
Thus was Norway's fate fixed, and all Scans
dtnavia heayed O sigh of relief And, had mats
tiers worked out according to Hoyle, that sigiR
might have been well merited. To see juse
haps to throw some light on the newest tangle
taken to The Hague, it Is necessary to go bach
to that wise old King, Christian TX Of OenH
mark, who advised Prince Charles, his granGaH
son, to become King Haakon VII Of Norway.
On May Q, 1852, the major powers Of Europe
got together in London and signed o treaty..
That treaty guaranteed to one Prince Christian
the succession to the Danish throne, then held
by King Frederick VII. King Frederick Wa
getting old. He was the last male member oA
H. - -
the Danish throne since 1446. Until the treaty
OF London was signed there was no unques@
toned successor. So the powers to maintain
the integrity Of the Danish monarchy as cons
nected with the general interests Of the balz
ance OF power IN Europe, designated Prince
Christian, by right of his wife, who was q
niece Of King Christian VIII, Frederick Wis
predecessor, as legal successor. Frederick VIE
died November Is, 1868, and Christian TX be-
came King Of Denmark.
But, far as Greenland is concerned Fredz
erick is the most important of those children
of King Christian TX. Frederick had two sons,
Carl Frederic Albert Alexander Wilhelm who
succeeded him to the throne as Christian K.
and another boy two years younger, who was
baptized Charles. Charles it was on whom the
Norwegian Storthing looked with favor.
Charles it was whom old King Christian TX,
his grandfather, advised to accept the throne
Of Norway. Charles became King Haakon WI.
But before Prince Charles became KING
Haakon and before his brother became King
Christian, both of them had married. The
Crown Prince, now the King Of Denmark mare
ried Alexandrine, Duchess Of Mecklenbrg.
Prince Charles, now the King of Norway. mars
ried his cousin, Princess Maud, youngest
daughter Of King Edward VII of England.
1t is commonly said that Prince Charles
married Princess Maud against the earnest
wishes Of his mother, who had hoped, per-
haps that her son might marry throne or at
least a nearer approach to q throne than Prin-
cess Maud could provide The break between
mother and son became so sharp in fact, that
Prince Charles for time considered going to
England and becoming citizen Of his wifea
native land. And there Is reason to believe
that the Crown Prince joined In the fanily's
displeasure over his younger brothers actions.
AT any rate, there was for some time cOnsid-
;rable friction between Prince Charles and the