CIGARETTES.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 40, 7 August 1888, Page 2

CIGARETTES.

(" Puff" in the Press.) Crushed again ! Young William takon down a P G ff ! The haughty Dane pours contempt on all his pride ! He hastened his departure from Copenhagen in consequence of having met with a very, cool reception from King Christian ! Ah, what did I tell you ? Didn't I say he'd get a snub, if he dropped in on the King of Denmark in that patronising sort of way r Yes, you said Jt wquJ4 to very

awkward for all concerned, because there was no love lost between the. Danes and (^ermans ! . ; yThe wound is still too sore ! The Danes havn ? t got oyer the loss ;of ■ Schleswig-Holstein and the criiel beating they got from their big neighbour in 1864 ! What's worse, they're mortally afraid that in the event of a general . European war, an attempt will be made to absorb their whole country into the German Empire ! ' If that's the case, it was rather rash of the King Christian to give the Emperor such a nasty jar ! Young William won't get over that in a hurry ! He'll take it out of Denmark the first chance he gets ! It is his own fault ! He should'n't have gone fooling round there without an invitation 1 Oh, you don't think Christian asked him to come ? Not he ! Catch him at it ! What occurred most likely was this ! The Emperor having paid his visit to the Czar determined to cruise round in. his yacht and see King Oscar of Sweden,, with whom there had been some very friendly diplomatic negotiations ! Then, being so close to Copenhagen, he thought it would seem uncivil,, and might be unfavourably' construed, if he did'n't look in on King Christian on his way home ! No doubt he meant to be friendly and pleasant, but he did'n't manage it well ! He took it for granted, as a matter of course, that such a ' very big swell as he is now, would bo welcome ! Yes, that's just where he made tho mistake! King Christian is poor but proud, and he has ahoirning grievance against William's family ! William ought to have known that, and the least he should have done was to ascertain first whether his visit would be agreeable ! He's rather young and wanting in tact ! Evidently! He's b'ke a young eagle just become boss of the nest ! He goes round flapping and clawing, and it does'n't occur to him that some folks don't care about being scratched or sat upon, even in a friendly way ! What sort of fellow is King Christian ? tTe must have a good grit to show such a stiff upper lip to the German Emperor ! He's a quiet old gentleman of 70, with a quiet old wife a year older than himself ! He was a younger son of the Duke of Schleswig-Hol-stein - Sonderburg - Glucksburg, . a tiny principality consisting chiefly of sandhills and mud banks ! His whole income at one time was only £600 a year ! He'd have been retrenched, if he'd been here ! Yes instead of that, he succeeded his cousin Frederick VII. as King of Denmark and of the Wends and Goths, with a host of other titles and about £60,000 a year ! The Prussians grabbed his hereditary duchy, but he's managed to get along protty comfortably, and to settle his six children well in the world! I suppose £60,000 a year is'n't much of a screw for a King, is it ? No, Christian is the poorest King in Europe, among the old lot, certainly ! But by their marriages, his children will be the richest family in Europe ! He's an one hQrse sort of monarch himself, but he has tremendously strong connexions ! Ah, that accounts, for his putting on such frills with the Emperor ! I see William is going to visit the King of Italy and then will make a trip to England I He's flying round properly, is'n't he? Determined to let people know he's out and about 1 It's the very best thing he oan do ! It will enlarge his mind and give him a knowledge of the world and of people and things !