Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-25
kaiser's Role of Judas Awakens
Denmark to HIGH Ken of Amer

dynasty!" This term was used in the
peror sent h Danish king as soon
as he returned to German soil. I
Yet we have seen recently revealed
and amply substantiated kilograms
exchanged between Kaiser Wilhelm
the then Russian czar to the eff.
fect that a military occupation of
Denmark should be planned as soon
as feasible! This exchange Of mes
sages between the two emperors took
place while the ink used in writing
the a~ffectionate message to the Dan.
ish king was still wet.
Are not these the ways Of Judas? =
Comes now this same emperor who
has sought to get control of Denmark
by fair means and foul and
that the Danes pay money for their
own soil-for soil soaked with blood
of Danes, who went to the defense of
tn their ! : country during the bitter winter
Let it be that Prussia acquired
schleswig-Holstein in a war fought
between n small nation and two
growing powers, Austria and Prussia!
Let 1t be SO that the province be con-
stdered legitimate spoils of war even
though Denmark was stabbed in her
back!
That may not be the greatest Of all
Germany's crimes against her north
ern neighbor.
Is Belgium a Warning.
n crime is the violation Of a
pledge-as was the case fifty years
later when Belgium was devastated.
me story Of that pledge should be
wldely understood because 1t affords q
typical illustration of the type of dip
lomacy which has made the German
denotes.
The war Of 1864 started with the
sudden occupation by Prussian and
austrian forces Of the duchy. Schles-
wig-Holstein. Calamity the Danes
fought against overwhelming odds,
in tenacity and heroism has been
Thermopylae or that at Plevna in the
Turko-Russtan war, of 1877.
At the conclusion Of peace at Wen
ma. October 80, 1854. the provinces
were lost to Denmark, but at the
peace Of Prague following the war
between Austria and Prussia. Napol-
tanning the insertion of "paragra1,h
five' by which the northern (Danlsh
speaking) part of Schleswig-Holstetn
Holstein would be reunited to Dem
mark when the majority of the popu'
1atton by a referendum vote EXPRESSED
a desire in this direction.
This was the pledge, solemnly
sworn and subscribed to by Prussia
and Austria.
But What Happened?
Another "Scrap OF Paper"
When Prussia after the elopse of
several years saw At to take 2 mat
ter up with Denmark, she did it in
such a. manner that no honor-loving
nation could accept the terms.
In 1878. by a separate agreement
between Austria and Prussia, at the
behest of Prince Won Bismarck. "par-
agraph five" was r%escinded!
That was the crime OF Prussia
against Denmark. And ever since,
the Prussiication of Schleswig-Hol-
stein has been Systematically. consist
emily and cunningly continued with
the disappointing results that the
population is at this day ever more
consciously and enthusiastically Dan
ish in speech and thoughts than ever
before.
It is customary to speak Of the
classification Of Finland as the eli
max Of autocratic tyranny. 1t is not
a bit worse than the Prussif1cation at
tempts in Schleswig-Holstein.
Danish singing was prohibited.
Danish speech was not tolerated. The
instruction in the common schools was
stopped. Danish clergymen had to de-
liver their sermons to Danish congre-
cations in the German language. The
Danish flag was an eyesore which
was most religiously repressed.
No Red and White Roses.
Even the planting of white and
red roses on the graves of Danish
warriors Was prohibited-because red