Evening star., 1917-05-31
DENIES DENMARK TAKES
BIG PROFITS ON EXPORTS
Minister Brun, in Statement, Dis.
putes Charges Concerning Ship
ments of Foodstuffs to Germany.

Denial of charges that Denmark has
! received enormous profits from expor-
Germany, to the detriment of the en-
tente allies, is made by Constantin
Brun. the Danish minister in Washing
ton. in a statement made public today.
Such charges have been published IN
some newspapers in London and Paris.
and later in the United States. Sta
tistics are given tending to disprove
them
incorrect and incomplete statistics and
on unwarranted conclusions" Minister
Brun states. These absolutely false
accusations against Denmark were fiat
ly contradicted in the house Of COM
mons on March 81 by the British block
ade minister. Lord Cecil, who. in sum-
ming up his statements, said:
Agreement Carried Out, He Says.
ut has been suggested that Den
mark has been guilty of great del1n-
quencies as regards ourselves. l know
| that that has been very much resented
in Denmark. / wish to say. speaking
for the British government. that make
no such charge against Denmark at all.
1 remember the Danish agreement and
the campaign then set on foot, and l
can only say that that agreement has
been carried out with admirable fidel-
ity by the Danish parties to it. I be-
lieve that it has proved exceedingly
w
served by the whole Danish population
with very few exceptions. 1t has been
suggested that even If that be true OF
| the first Danish agreement. there Is
some other agreement into which Den
| mark has entered which she has not
kept. So far as Denmark is concerned
i am not speaking of Holland-there
has been no agreement with respect
to agricultural products. Both sides.
we as we'll as Denmark, are perfectly
| free in the matter. Discussions have
certainly taken place and assurances
| have certainly been given. but l desire
| to say, with the utmost emphasis. that
| in my Judgment the Danes. whenever
they have given us any assurance. have
| endeavored honestly and honorably to
fulfill them. For these reasons, so far
as Denmark is concerned, am author
| lied by his majesty's government to
say, after full consideration Of all the
aspects, that they do not see any rea-
son to modify their present blockade
policy with respect to that country
Nevertheless the agitation against
Denmark continues, and few days age
| in corroboration of those claims there
was published the following figures of
exports from Denmark to Germany:
"1913-Bacon (pork), 1,44S tons; lard
| 3,341 tons; other fats, LOG tons, and
preserved meats, 113 tons.
"1s16-Bacon, 14.2sO tons; lard, 96.72(
tons; other fats, 72 tons, and preserved
meats. 1oo,Soo tons.
Correct Statistics Given.
THE Danish government has by
cablegram informed me that the cor
Danish statistics, are as follows:
"1913-Bacon, 2,1O0 tons; lard, 3,341
tons; other fats. 1895 tons, and pre-
served meats, 113 tons.
"1s1s-Bacon. 1s,461 tons; lard. 6.26e
tons; other fats, 2,532 tons, and pre-
meats IA 5H6 tons
You will see that the former figures
given are very far from being exact
and on some points greatly exagger-
ated, but they are doubly misleading
| because they leave entirely out OF con-
sideration the very large quantities OF
foodstuffs which Denmark at all times
and also during the war has constantly
exported to England. The official figure
| for bacon exported from Denmark tc
England during 1915 alone is for In
stance not less than S4.S01 tons. figure
that is surely astonishing considering
the smallness and limited resources OF
| Denmark.
| "As the campaign in question has te
| a certain extent been taken up by
American newspapers, 1 am making this
authentic statement trusting that, In
| Justice to a small country, which un'
der the greatest difficulties has faith
fully and at important sacrinces TO IT.
self carried out its duties OF neutrant1
toward all the belligerents, II WIN pre-.
vent further misjudgment in the press
and contribute to the accurate knoWi'
edge of the facts at a time when, II
view of the entry of the UNITED Statef
in the war and of the various meas
! ures under consideration for regula'
ton and control of exports from mere
a mistaken conception of the suo1ec,
here discussed might cause serious anc
unjust harm to Denmark and to its fu-
| ture relations with the United States.