Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-06
CHARGED DANES
ARE PROSECUTED
BY PRUSSIANS
Reports in Circulation in Co.
penhagen That South Jut-
landerS in North Of SchIeS-
wig-HoIstein Are MiStreated

associated Press correspondence
Copenhagen Nov. 15.-Remarkable
reports are in circulation here in the
Danish capital regarding the treat
ment Of the Danish population in the
north of Schleswig- Hostein, the Ger
man province, which borders on Dem
mark and which was formerly Danish
territory. There are still over a nun
dred thousand inhabitants of Danish
extraction and Of Danish tongue com
monty known as South Jutlanders IN
this German territory and ever since
they came under Prussan rule there
have been charges that the Danes suf-
fered persecution, although for some
years before the outbreak of the Eu-
ropean war the trouble had nearly
ceased. 1t is now charged that the
Danes are meeting with new atirontsr
which are bitterly resented since a
great number of the Danes nave
fought with great bravery and distinc-
ton as part of the German army IN
the present war. 1t is said that Ger
man commanders have been drawing
up certain black lists Of the Danish
. Smth .JutTanders, and that these per-
sons are being punished with a Sc
verify out Of proportion to the Of
lenses committed.
When war began. South Jutland, or
the north of the province of Schles-
wig Holstein. was placed under mil
itary rule. which superseded the au-
thority Of the high bailiff. one OF
the first measures taken by this mill
tary command was to send 300 South
Jutlanders 10 prison. It Is charged
that many of these persons were
awakened In the middle Of the nigh
and rushed off to the jail seantilI
clad. 1t is declared that the arrests
were made on teuuous and magma
tive evidence, such as the fact That
large number of fishermen who wer'
arrested were put in prison because
they possessed boats in which It wa
thought that men eligible for MN
tary service would try to escape
Many Of these fishermen were over z
years old, and one Of these old men
who has four sons and three sons-in
law serving in the German army
complains that he was kept for 81
days in a prison cell on most meage
prison fare. Most Of the prisoner
taken at this time were kept in jail
for month.
Newspapers Censored.
Danish newspapers in the PROVING
are subject TO the most rigid censor
ship and one Of these papers Helm
dal," was suppressed for eight day
because it failed to mention the birth
day of the German empress, accord
ing to the editors, who added the
their protests that the empress ha
expressed the desire TO pass the da
quietly did not serve to move the au
thorities from their stand in the maj
ter. The censors work is also sec
III the fact that they deleted an itei
in one Of the papers which referred
the italian crown princes celebrs
ton Of his eleventh birthday
lnnumerable reports Of such eul
tailment Of privileges are current
Copenhagen, some of them well al
thenticated and others mere rumo
In the latter category perhaps is II
report here that practically all pc
song formerly rejected by the &c
man army authorities on account
physical deformty hayo been aceep
ed for military service, even, the n
NOR goes, men with club feet, othe
who are lame, crippled and sufterir
from chronic illnesses Of variol
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