Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-09-27
THE CRISIS IN
Roland c. Usher In tho New Republic.

o. Ihat would open at once the whole
european imhroglio and the possession of
denmark. even supposing it the certain
outcome OF the war, would not be worth
We COST OF obtaining 1t. The triple entente
wouiG unquestionably be ready to exert
itSs!i TO the utmost to prevent such an ag-
SFNr9izement of the empire. Hence the
1.~A ot peaceful penetration was resorted
'o. or rather. to be more conservative and
i"T@tos more accurate. certain tendencies
and processes already existing and oper-
atNe Were encouraged and skilfully but
Seefehy directed ard extended by the
German government.
Germans had already begun to purchase
lana IN Denmark-Inorc should be bought.
Germans had already discovered that
profitable opportunities for the investment
of capital and the development of bust
ness existed in Denmark-more cap
ital should go there, and so far
Danish enterprises and banks should
quietly and indirectly pass into
German hands. American corporation
history showed the ease with which dunn
mes, holding companies, and packed di-
lectorateS could conceal such operations
from the world at large and even from the
Danes. The extent to which these plans
had been successfully executed has been
much discussed and is now to be tested
y ifo-oierman party was thus created in
Denmark, openly Danish, enthusiastically
German in secret, which gradually grew
strong enough to defeat measures in ia.
vor of British influence or hostile to Cey>
many, and finally able, with assistance
from Berlin from time to time. to defeat
publicly measures contrary to German
ambitions. 1t is an open secret that the
carrier attempts to sell the West India
islands to the United States We're thwarted
in accordance with orders from Berlin.
Now has come the day when the ma
tionalist party thinks itself strong enough
to throw off the shackles fettered upon
Denmark for the last decade and able TIA
initiate policies of it's own. 1t has long
known that part of Germany's interest in
Danish affairs lay in the necessity of q
fleet base for the German navy in the
West Indies, if that fleet We're ever to
operate outside the North sea. More
over, how could that navy effectively pro-
tect its merchant marine in transit with
out some such base and a fleet stationed
at it? Those islands must become Ger
man some day and in the meantime must
remain Danish. Indeed, If the German
party could retain its control of m
as long as they remained Danish they
would be to all intents and purposes Ger
man. Until some settlement of the Euro
pean tangle should be reached. Germany
might not be able openly to utilize them;
but at all costs the possibility Of possess
sion must not be lost.
The treaty for the sale of the islands
to the United States therefore is the clear
indication of a silent but furious battle
fought in Denmark between the national
list and the pro-German parties. The sig
nature of the treaty proved that the ma
tionalists believed the victory won and
to utilize 1t. The prompt n pow
erful opposition in the parliament, able
thus far to checkmate every move and
thwart every plan. able even to defeat
the ministry. to threaten a general cleo
ton. and to lead the king to attempt a
coalition ministry, showed the reason for
the complacent and pacific attitude of Won
-Jagow-his entire faith in the ability of
the German party to regain control.