IMPEACHED MINISTERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 16 July 1910, Page 15

IMPEACHED MINISTERS.

TRIAIi OF iAN ES-PREMiBR AND W& COIiUEAGTTB. lEhe utmost Interest is felt in. fcopenhagen, says a correspondent, dated June 3, in the trial, which, is now proceeding before tne Danish Supreme Court, of the esPremder, Mr J. C. Christensen, and ■the'ei-> /Minister of the Interior, ■Mγ 6. Berg. - ■ The two statesmen are charged with, Ibeing supporters of the notorious Alberti, . who, while Minister of Justice in the Christensen Cabinet, committed frauds to the: extent of £800,000, and they are also accus-' ed of imisuslng their j>6wer as (Ministers of tie Crown. . . The court is thronged daring the bearing, and the cross-examtnutloii of the two defendants has - been followed intently. Several former Ministers fcave t>een called ( as witnesses, and the revelation of numerous incidents Hias made a great impres-

Mr Hage, the (Minister of lEtnance in. -Hie Christensen Cabinet, declared that Albert!, three months before "the Cabinet was formed, asserted that he should take over tie portfolio of finance. ' Mr Hage, 'however, insisted on haying it 'himself, and finally; Albert! gave way, and was appointed Minister of Justice. Had Alberti succeeded in Iris desire, he might well Ihave emptied thecoffers of the State as well as those of the Peasants' Bank, of which, he was managing director while Cabinet Minister.

The trial of the two statesmen wffl last about three weeks. It is expected that if the case against Mr Christensen is dismissed the Liberal party, which, has- a majority; in tae Folkething, will accept laim as 'Premier again.