Show REFUSED RECOGNITION Danish Govcrnment Repudiates V Yal ter Christmas and Niels Gron 4 Copenhagen March 2SThe Chrlnt na scandal f 1 is not discussed here nor iarc tie facts II i tho case published In CortcnlmKen although fqll accQunt of Congressman Richardsons statements In Cortgrcss wiis telegraphed to the semiofficial news agency In this city I Denmark however has heard from both Capt Walter Christmas and Niels Grpn who alsjhas claimed to bavp7 ac cd as a Danish gen In negotiating thc > saIe 6f the Danish West Indies Each claimed a commission but r the Government has refused to tecognlzVi either of them declaring that neither was ever connected lthj tho r negotiations negotia-tions In the slightest decree t A newspaper referred to the controversy contro-versy during the latter part of Febru ary but did not take Gron or Christmas I Christ-mas seriously Gron started for America I Amer-ica soon afterward |