The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-11
Hun Government Accuses
Scandinavia of Leanings
Toward Entente.
EVENTS IN RUSSIA
SECURE HER HAND
Evident Intent Is to German
ize Baltic and Hold
Finland Slave.

= London, March l0.--rhe newest and
novel display of Germany policy has
come in the form OF {, sudden broad.
side of denunciation of the Scandina.
Wan countries by German newspapers
and publicists. like Count Reventlow
Of the Tages Zeitung From the sim
tlarity of the articles Ii is evident that
they are directed by one mind; which
mind. apparently. is the German gov.
ernmaNt.
The articles accuse the Scandinavian
countries, substantially, OF being ac-
completes to the entente ana warn
them that. therefore. they can expect
no consideration from Germany. The
reason for this policy Ia plain TO dfplo-
mats here. Germanys dealings with
Finland thus far seem to be designed
to make Finland minor German King.
dom, with the empcror's son, Prince
Oscar, on the throne. and to make an
other Helgoland OF the Aland isiands.
Baltic Now German.
This scheme Is a direct blow against
Sweden and In less degree, against
Denmark and Norway. ana il III llno
with the German etnpcrorss boast that
the Baltic lands have bccn made per-
manently German.
The Aland islands, geographically,
are as mucli part or sweden sfa New
fonndland Is of Canada. ThroIgh6ut
the war Sweden has been troubled by
fear that Russtn would take them.
Germany now occupies the iHiands
| temporarily, but the German flag flicH
over the public buildings, ana no one
believes 1t will ever come down except
| by force. Tho most practical effect
of German control OF Finland and tho
Aland islands is pointed out by Count
Reventlow. who says they will no
longer be used as n commercial bridge
between Scandinavia and Russia. This
| is n bar to American. as well as to
British trade with Russia.
| Sweden Leans to Teutons.
That the Scandinavian countries
have been overly friendly to the en-
| tente came here az an amusing charge.
Sweden has been generally rated the
most pro- German OF the neutral Euro
pean nations, except possibly Spain.
The royal family. the aristocracy. the
| universities and the army have been
outspokenly pro- German. For long
time 1t was feared that Sweden would
join the Germanc alliance. Accord
ing to one newspaper. 55 per cent OF
the steel Germany has used for mu-
nitiona has been furnished by Sweden.
Denmark has never been considered
over friendly 10 the entAite. but con-
siderfng the fact that she ia small
nation, living under the fnuzzles OF the
German guns and with the mailed fist
at her throat, the fart that she Is lean
Ing backward In maintaining her neu-
trality toward the entente countries IL
understood to have caused no i'll feel.
ing.
No Longer Needs Help.
The latest German nuvc appears to
be familiar one. Germany feels that
she now IL in n position where she Is
80 strong in the north that she need
no longer cultivate the friendship OF
the Scandinavian countries and that
she nuy make whatever damaging ar
rangenents sh" desires and threaten
them, II 10 the same procedure she
followed when she began homharding
undefended british coast towns like
Scarborough. explaining her action on
the ground that they We're fortified.
She now attacks the Scandinavian
countries with the excuse that they are
unnrutrai.