Show I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I How the Danes i. i Beat Radi Radicalism The final coun count of the thern the the I s In the rec recent nt Danish general election marks I the erd eid of ot a strife which which had brought about a It peculiarly f rIy interesting political situation in Denmark The question which was left to the nation to decide was practically this Should it support support sup sup- port the extreme radical clement element in Its demands for the overthrow of the I present kingdom and the establishment establish establish- ment meat In its place of of a socialistic republic or or s should it support the conservative element an and l the existing government A Copenhagen newspaper newspaper news news- paper commenting on the results says that the election passed assed like a a. steam stanl roller roHer over the radicals and andI that the m majority of the people stood like a wall against the tho Socialists and crushed their brutal arrogance The crisis was precipitated late In M March when in remonstrance against the kings king's dismissal of ot Prime Minister Zahie th the Socialists and radic radicals ls held helda a noisy demonstration In front of the tho royal palace declaring that t the e king had acted in an unconstitutional and hl high h handed manner maimer There was a strong menace menace- C of revolution In the mobs mob's threat to tie all an the up count country's coun- coun t tn's try's JI In Industries by a It general strike its insults to the and I- I i ruling house and its its apparent apparent r readi readiness ness to resort to violent measures A considerable misunderstanding regarding Minister position existed not only outside of ot Denmark but within the nation Itself He had held office since a year before the war and although ho lao was unable to command a majority in the he refused to take the n necessary steps for the dissolution of that body and the ordering of a new general election elec dee I tion His reason for this it Is now I un understood was that he was en endeavoring endeavoring en en- to build up a machine which would pass the el election laws lawshe lawshe lawshe he favored red and which would give him hima a a. strong advantage He unquestionably overestimated his own popularity and the strength I of his radical support supporters rs The Zable I party em emerged from the strife strite with scarcely ly more more than half its former strength while all Its opponents showed a decided increase in popular support The Socialists have forty forty- 1 two votes in the new and pan can an depend perhaps upon the seventeen radical votes Against J them however however however how how- ever are re the liberals who won forty forty- eight votes and and the Conservative party with twenty-eight twenty votes and the Trades party with seven both of ot which will wm act with the lib liberals rals on n all vital issues The Danes' Danes can now go back to their farms and dairies and their task of furnishing Europe with it It much needed food supply firm In the belief belie that tha for the theY present at least least they are secure in the existing form of government and free from the menace of extreme radicalism New New NewYork York Sun and ad Herald Ind md |