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Show WOMAN BLOCKS I SWEDISH TRADE I WITH RUSSIA I Dowager Empress, Mother of Last Czar, Bars Profitable Relations WAS SWEDE PRINCESS Snubs King of Italy Who j Had Red . Minister as His Guest 1 ' .PKNHAGEN, De-:. . (By Th Associated Press). Dani3h business , men are ready to begin trading with soviet Russia, for tho establishment of such relations would bo beneficial to rommorco and Industry. But pro greea In this direction Is barred by the attitude of the Danish court, are! behind the court 13 the Influence of tho dowager empress of itussia. Man? I'codorovna. formerly PrinoeeS D.i;-mar. D.i;-mar. of Denmark and mother of the late Emperor Nicholas who was s'laip his Bolshevik Jailors. King Chris tlan. of Denmark, Is her nephew ami Queen Alexandra, of Englnnd. Is her sister ri.jl Fifty years a resident of Russia. Maria Feodorovna's liif In that country coun-try was one. of vicissitudes. Four deferent de-ferent conspiracies against her llf Were frustrated by the Imperial authorities. au-thorities. When the liolshevtki overv threw the Kerensky government, they confiscated her palace at Potrogran and reduced her to destitution. Sh went to live ln tho Crimea, whence later she mads her iraj to constant -bople and England, where she was u.r.,rncd by King George and Queen Mnr". Of rerent years fihe has- been living In Denmark. Commenting on he. presence In this country a local newspaper news-paper says: "It Is easv to understand that the mother Of the murdered czar should use all her influence to thwart any kind of agreement being made be tween tho country of her birth and soviet Russia. In spite of her 75 year?. Mar.:i Ferdorovna la ha! and hearty and in the possesion of all hr facul-Lles facul-Lles Imperial Rufsiins everywhere recognise her as tbe head of monarchist mon-archist Russia. , "She has of late received a vertt Mi shower of letters from wt.ry enr-. enr-. ,,. the world congratulating her on her attitude towards King Victor Emanuel, of Italy, when that king Daid an official Visit lo Denmark dur-Inc dur-Inc the summer She studiously kep from all official rnd private fesMy-rranged fesMy-rranged In honor of the ulnr and 1' was officially announood that her majesty was Indisposed and unable to be present. though ln-.. ln-.. . ,1 bv King Christian that Mart Feodorovna's indisposition was hsr unwillingness to meet with a royal r,go who had r-celved M. Tjltob-, Tjltob-, ,;, let terelgu minister. hie 1 ies1 King Victor Emanuel tar .1 upon paying her a private visit her summer rebidence. He motored n the .ompany of King Christian. r home but Mariatodowaws Informed the royal visitors that she refused to receive them, and tn two kings bs t to return to the cap -tal without getting even the traditional tradi-tional cup of tea." |