TY RANNY IN DENMARK.
j According to the Danish papers the I tyranny in that county is becoming inI tolerable. So far as poli'lcal liberty is concerned there i« little ch ice between Dan mark and Russia. Mtny Instances are given of the severity of P ime Minister Kstrup’s arbitrary rule in inflating poual I ties £• r expressions cf opinion sdvaraeto j the powers that bo. An ex-parish I guardian was dismissed for i-nfliltering comments on a penny picture of the king. I For similar remarks about M. Eitrup and I other Ministers, two newspaper editors I were condemned each to six months’ imprisonment. Two school teachers were I dismissed for “ lack in proper regard to authority,” A member of Parliament was sentenced to three months’ impriionmeat for “ rebellious utterances,” and a college pr feasor was arrested for offmsive remarks about the parish council. The whole country is in a state of siege, under almost martial law, and all to Beep In power the despot, M. Estrup.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1305, 3 August 1886, Page 3
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167TYRANNY IN DENMARK. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1305, 3 August 1886, Page 3
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