: MIK. 



having been reduced 9308,155 kroner .luriiu 



interest, a m on i 188.500 kroner. 



investments of the -tale i m. lading i 1 

 fuiitl. hut not the .1.. mains r,.. r the -late railr 

 amounted to 57..H.'7 kroner 



IM. \nuy.All young men lit for military 



,n- Liable i" the ap "f i win i 



ghl years in the regular army ami re.vrve ami 



vrar. m.T.- in the extra reserve. Tin- am. Mint 



. ..f ih. m i- -i\ m>ntlis for the 



month- for llu- cavalry, ami three 



iery ami with >up- 



\\iio have not become 



proficient In I he flrM I..-M. !.'. ' m<>nths 



for the infantry .i,-\,n months for tin- ca\ 

 and twelve month- for the artillery ami 



trench of the regular armv in IMi.'i w 

 i.l about 1 o.i UNI men. Tin- war elT. 



110 im-n. be-idcs thr volun- 



rp-. niiinlMTing al-.-ut 1 J.OOO mm. and the 



extra reserve of al>ut I;.:,INI oflicers and mm. 



Ill* NUM. -The I He of considerable 



;rposes. Appropriations 



;.(KM.(MK) kroner a year for the main- 



i improvement of the fleet have brought 



! erticieney in recent years. It 



~ts .f 1 liattle ship of >, rl-de- 



fense ironclads. with another building. >> armored 



;he first. 1 of the second, and Hi of the 



thin! class, and 7 tor|edo boats of the first, 8 of 



the second, and -2 of the third elan, with xl lir-t- 



class torpedo boats and 1 i building. Co- 



penhagen is completely fortified on the si-award 



rid* 



i ommeree anil Production. Th.- land law- ..f 

 I.-ii!nark foriiid the amalgamation of se| 

 farms into large estates; they encourage, on th 



i.aiid. the snlNlivisioli of" rxi-t ini; e*tate> into 

 small pro|H-rties. and give tenants full e<,ntrol over 

 leased farms so long as they pay their r.-nt. Tin- 



f ...its in 1894 was 28,900,000 bushels; of l.ar- 

 tejL 21,760.000 bushels; of rye, 15,670,000 l,usheN : 

 of vt jkX) bushels; of potatoes. 15.9(K),(K)0 



bushels; of beets and other roots, 85,960.<MMi hush- 

 els. The value of all farm crops was v 

 kroner. There were 11'" , 



lie. 1. 889,181 ho-s in is:{. The 



s,,f live animals in 1 S '.M w.-re 1 7.1") horses, 



n:{.< Seattle. ^ , and 180407 hogs. The 



|.r<Kluct of U-.-t s,, k r ar j n 1394 was 44,400 tons. The 

 pnMuct ,f alcohol was a,536,000 gallons; of beer, 



">.<M0 trail 



\alu-- of the imports in 1895 was 

 089,120 kr.-ner. and of the exerts 268.420,032 kro- 

 m-r. of the former sum. 140.000,000 kroner i 

 sent food subM 1( <i kroner raw ma- 



terial and pr<" ;'X.(MK) kroner machinery 



and r.th.-r m.-an- of production, and 7H.Ooo.lM MI kr.i- 

 naoafaotorad goods: <*f tin- sum of th< exports 

 210.JHJO.(^K kroner *tand for f ..... 1 e\p,, r ts 28,800,K) 

 kr-.m-r for raw pro-i .; .-.MI.IMMI for mean- of 



pr-nl not ion. and 12.900.000 kroner for manufactured 

 arti-l,-. Th.- ini|K.rts of colonial prinlucts were 

 7J84 kraoar, and eiporti HU.'.MOI krom-r in 

 value; Unports of beverages 5.1 07.1; 11. and export- 

 t^88.47.*i kron.-r: impr,rt of textiles II. :?.! 



09 kroner; imports of metal- and 

 hardware 41.Wi.142. and exports 5.!: '.:',. ":'.'. kroner; 

 imMirtjinf timU-r and w.**! manufai-tur.- 1M:!1.- 



\ide.i ., countries as follows, values 



_ u'lvrii m kroi . 



. M mm 



931, and exerts 2,406.160 kr-n.-r: imports of coal 



''JO kro n ,.r: imports 



of animal .. and , xfwrt* 89,04!.r,ir, kro- 



f |"rk. t.iiM.-r. 'u'^s. and lar 



"l."i kroner: imports 



of cereals : rto 5^59,270 kroner. 



The foreign trade of Denmark in 1895 was di- 





Sweden and Norway 



llll-slll 



. 



li.u.isli 00 



''i-.-i- Lmerioan OCMH.II,. , 



M,OM,M 

 IMOftMa 







there 





I. lluring 1H95 



.11 ton- of car, and 



t go, cleared at han- 



ish ports, not including :n.4:js cssels 



entered ai . ared. The Danish merchant 



on Jan. I. 1*1MI. consisted of :i.4UH sailing 

 steamers. 



t onimnnicationx. I 1.107 miles of 



railroad in operation in 1*'.)."). of which l.or,7 miles 

 belong to the (ioverninent, having been built at a 

 cost oi I '." UWU,660 kroner. 



The telegraph lines belonging to the (J< \ 

 nient had a total length, on Jan. 1. 1896, of 

 miles, with s.'^i miles of wire. The number of 

 dispatches in 1- which r,. 



private internal, LloO.l'js international, and 

 ollicial dispatch.-. 



Dependencies. The colonial possessions of I. n- 

 mark arc the islands of Santa Crux, St. Thomas, 

 and St. John tee \\'I-T IM-IJ.-'. Greenland, and 

 Iceland. The I >anish colony in < Jrecnland <K-< upics 

 'square miles on t he east coast, and has a pop- 

 ulation of 10,.">n! souls. The trad.- i- a monopoly of 

 ate. The imports in 1894 were valued at 

 460,606,and the exports a< ::'.M;.:;<M kroner. Iceland 

 has an area of 31>. ?.")'' square miles. The population 



The value of the imports j. 

 Toner; of the exports. -J.TIO.TIU kroner. 



Ministerial Crisis. \Vh.-n I'.a.o.. Rcedt/.- 

 Thott assumeil oflice in 1H!)4. at the conclusion of 

 the constitutional conflict that had lasted nine 

 years, he declared his intentioi. I mediator 



between the two hoi i'.irliament. Th* 



jority of the Landsthing was still as -irotiL'l;. 



, 'ive as ever, and that of the Folket hing con- 

 tinued tobe Radical. In pursuance of his policy, 

 the successor of the unbending Fstrnp introduced 

 in the Folkelhing a series of measures 

 democratic stamp, by which the antiquated system 

 of direct and indirect taxation has been reformed, 

 and at the same time he kept the military policy of 

 the (o.vcrnment along the main lines demanded by 

 the Landsthing. The Cabinet was originally coin- 

 posed of Landsthing Conserral ives, but the Premier 

 gradually approached the ALT' ttofl "f the 



l-'olkething atxl rec.-ived his strongest support 

 from that ijuart.-r. while he alienated thereby the 

 Conservatives. An item of trifling ini|iortai. 

 the military budget intnxlucerl in March of 1 -!7 

 was so magnified by the urban Radicals and So- 

 cialists that the Folket hini: refused to sanction the 

 ;ditnre. The Landsthing in-i-t.-d on its re- 

 tention, and a confi-reiice led to no agreement. < Hi 

 April 1 a provisional budget was sanctioned by 

 both bodies for the expenditures about which there 

 was no dispute, and the ministry wa- reijm-t-d to 

 continue tne administration pending further ne- 

 tions. The Agrarian I'liion appeal-d to the 

 UgitlatiTfl bfHlies to effect a compromise so as to 



n the ministers in oflice. The Radic;, 

 the other hand, threatened to drive out the Premier 

 if he did not yield to the Folkething. The Lands- 

 thing meanwhile remained passive, expecting the 



