FOOTNOTES
[1] H. Rosendal, The Problem of Danish Slesvig.
[2] Madame Hegermann-Lindencrone is the author of In the Court of Memory and The Sunny Side of Diplomacy.
[3] On the outbreak of the war, the Grand Duchess threw off her allegiance to Germany, and resumed her Russian citizenship.
[4] Baron Speck von Sternberg died on May 23rd, 1908.
[5] 'We can say without hesitation that during the last century the United States have nowhere found better understanding or juster recognition than in this country. More than any one else the Emperor William II. manifested this understanding and appreciation of the United States of America.'—Von Bülow's Imperial Germany, p. 51.
[6] Malmö is a town on the Swedish side of the Sound, an hour and a half by steamboat from Copenhagen. Lord Bothwell was imprisoned there.
[7] Scribner's Magazine.
[8] I regret that I cannot give the story in the rhyme, which was Bavarian French.