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...Three (Britain, France, Russia) decided that she needed a king, surveyed Europe's better princelings. They chose Otto of Bavaria, one of the highly unstable Wittelsbachs, who took 30 years to get himself dethroned. Next choice was a 17-year-old Prince of Denmark, who reigned 50 years, but was assassinated; his son Constantin was twice exiled, his grandson Alexander died after being bitten by his pet monkey; and his grandson George II has been in exile twice to date...
...realize rightly "that Denmark's national pride-would stand in the way of a sale," but . . . don't you think it would be fair to ask the Greenlanders if they want to be sold to the United States? . . . The answer is No. ... They pledged their faithfulness to the Danish King. They consider themselves as Danish citizens, and they want to remain Danish citizens...
These two facts you left out of your article, and they are far more important than 800,000 square miles of land and ice and $70 million which Denmark owes the U.S. investors. It may be true that it is "more dollar exchange than Copenhagen can easily raise," but . . . this is more than a question of national pride and dollars. It is a question of vital significance to all small countries in the world. They have been given the impression that the United States fought for the same principles that they themselves believe in; but if the United States...
Copenhagen, Denmark...
...concert stage. Last week her ears were still ringing with the cheers of some 4,000 fans in Copenhagen's biggest concert hall, where she had sung Ciribiribin. "When the Iron Curtain descends on my voice," she had said, "I would like to be appointed Minister to Denmark." Meanwhile, there were more concerts to be given, a sick husband (ex-Movie Actor Valentin Parera-once called the "Ronald Colman of Spain") to be nursed back to health in France, and then a return trip to the U.S., where she intended to join the Roman Catholic Church...