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Show FINANCIAL : BURDEN HEAVY IN1NMARK New Taxes Necessary to Meet Increasing Public Pub-lic Expenses. I'OPKNHAGKN. Sept. fl.The all absorbing top if tirr' ia the toniing e ion of parliament, which ia expected 1u make radical rhaiiKPa in the prevailing PTstema of taxation and puff rage. Hnnir f the propo"4 tax lev;ilatton will he supplementary to the act paased at the lat eiHion when Uxea on tliCHtre and other amusement tirketi. revenue ilues and additional railroad rate were ad 1H to the budget. 1 he new tnxHtmn ' art h will include a higher iniioat on spiritH. an increase of the income and property tax anil prob nblv a real estate value raining tax. The nc-pesaity for thett mcaurea to increase the income of the Mate ta ritir jhief1 to the operation of the new a-f a-f i I law providing for old age nupport and working men a romenKHtion. The hndgnf for t hi pnroe haa already prot ri Tar "beTonY Thff rrfty;tniit pafimt. The hurder haa been inereaaed further hv the higher pay given eivil and mili tarv ofKcara. On the other hand the uMial revenue'. haVe been de-reaed by the reduction in enstom duties. It in expected that the new tx;itia law paused by the last aeaaton of par liamrnt and the onen proposed for the eominc fitting will give t lie state an additional income of L'O.'M'U.non J)ao iah kroner. OoTvmmtnt Poaition Shaky. The position of the present government, govern-ment, already shaky on account of it taxation policy, may be made very uncomfortable, un-comfortable, especially by the taxation of spirits which tip to the present it has feared to touch. Among the suffrage proposals will be sn act making the franchise for the tower house of parliament universal. Both men and women over 2n years of age will be permitted to vote for the members of the lower house. It is also planned to do awnv with the restricted suffrage of the upper house whereby only highlv taxed voters aro allowed to vote for its member. Among nther acts to be proposed will be a law to compel beneficiaries of old age support to share in the expense of the plan. An act contemplating the re form of the present management of the elementary public schools will also be proposed by the government. SaJo of Ialand Up Again. The official announcement that Hie Panama canal will be opened in 101.1 has again given rise to the rumor that negotiations for the cession of the Dan-ish Dan-ish Wrst Indian islands to the United States have lieen opened. Dr. Maurice Kgnn, the American minister, refuses to discuss the matter, but his frequent interview with business anen interested in the islands has given some color to the rumor. If is known that Dr. Fgan believes that the commercial growth of the islands would be facilitated by. the proposed change in ownership, but evidently evi-dently he is convinced that all overture over-ture on the subject should emanate from the Danish government. The storv that there has been a proposition broached to cede one of the Philippine islands to Denmark with the view of its later cession tn Herman v In exchange for r-ehleswig haa been pronounced ridiculous by the American legation here. .besides the opening of the canal and iOt possible effect nn the Danish West Indies, the growing interest of th South American republic in Danish commerce is exciting interest here. This is due largelv to the growth of exports from the 1'nited 8tate to Denmark. A remarkable feature of the trade relations re-lations between the twn countries is the fart that in spite of the lowering of the duties on hides hy the United rotates the export nf them from this country to America ha almost ceased. Not In Lot With Ctaba. The plan to send a resident Cuban minister here is nut meeting with much favor. Argentina will coon hav a minister here and Brazil another in place of Senor Canipista, who goes to Paris. Although a year baa passed since the death of the popular Princess Marv, her coffin still stands in the Holroens church. Every arrangement has been made tn remove the bodv to the royal tombs in Roskilde cathedral, but the husband of the late princess. Prince Waldemar. will not consent to the removal, preferring to have the coffin near his home wJiere he can visit it frequently. Kverv day be goes several times to the church. The gift of a number nf Danish Americana of a large work of art for the decorations of the ner Christian-berg Christian-berg castle in Copenhagea has been received re-ceived with keen pleasure here. The tribute to the mother country by her children who hare become good citizens of another nation is received by all classes with admiring comment. |