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THE AMERICAN-SC AN DIN A VI AN REVIEW 
Denmark 
<|| John Dyneley Prince, newly-appointed American minister to Den¬ 
mark and Mrs. Prince were received in audience by the king and 
queen soon after their arrival in the latter part of November, and 
immediately afterwards met the interviewers from the various news¬ 
papers in the city. For a number of years past the men who have 
held the office of American minister to Denmark during shifting 
administrations have stood in a particularly friendly relation, not 
only with official Denmark, but with the general public in so far as 
they came in contact with it. The Danes have felt in them a genuine 
interest in everything pertaining to Denmark, the people with their 
past and present, the natural environments, and the intellectual and 
material culture of the country. Much is therefore expected from 
Mr. Prince, but the general impression after the first meeting with 
him was that he would maintain the high standard and the pleasant 
relationship that Lave ^ ^ ^ i #. • 
days. The fact that Mr. Prince was able to address the interviewers 
in fluent Danish—although his Swedish accent was remarked upon— 
naturally predisposed everybody in his favor. <1 Trouble has arisen 
between Norway and Denmark, though it can most likely be adjusted 
without great difficulty. When the United States bought the Danish 
West Indies, one condition of the purchase was that Denmark was 
to have in the future undisputed sovereignty over the whole of Green¬ 
land Against this provision the Norwegian government has now 
entered an emphatic protest. It is claimed that Norwegians have 
from time immemorial carried on whaling and fishing along the east 
coast of Greenland and have hunted musk-oxen, bears, and other 
game on land. This privilege they regard as a legal right which they 
are not minded to give up. ^ While we are on the subject of Green¬ 
land it may be mentioned that word has been received from Knud 
Rasmussen’s fifth Thule Expedition which is exploring arctic N orth 
America. The expedition had arrived at the place where it was to 
spend the winter, an island which had been named Danskeoen. tJThe 
debate on the budget in the Folkething this year lasted six weeks, 
with a short respite about November 1, and ended with the longest 
session in the constitutional history of Denmark. The house con¬ 
vened at 12 Friday noon, November 18, and sat until twelve minutes 
after 8 on the following morning, that is, a period of twenty hours 
and twelve minutes. The discussion concerned itself with comparing 
the extent to which the military had been used to support the police 
in popular disturbances during the incumbencies of the present Lib¬ 
eral ministry and the former Radical ministry, respectively. Minister 
of Justice Rvtter maintained that it had been used thirty-three times 
during the seven years when the Radicals were in power and only twice 
during the term of the present ministry. 
