Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-22
DANES NERVOUS
ABOUT ACCEPTING
SCHLESNIG GRANT
Glad to Be Awarded Territory
Where Danes Predominant,
but Doesn't Seek Southern
Section, Where Huns Live,
Especial Cable Despatch.J

| tiiey dIleCt Denmark:
with keen sense of gratitude tn
Danish people have received the an
nouncement that the coming peac
VIII reunite the Danish part of SchIes
Wig with Denmark, and Denmark vii
always remember that this is parrl
due TO the United States and its high
minded president,
"RecOgnlze Good VIII"
we recognize fully the kindnee
ard good will toward denmark wbioi
Eas found expression in the provisio,
IN the peace treaty that the plebicit.
De extended also to South Schlesvi,
doWh 10 the line of Schlien- Danna
| ylFke- Elder, an extension that IN,
DanIsh government and parlamen
dld not desire. That we wish IN,
pleblscite limited TO North and Cen.
tral Scleswig is. however. neither duf
TO cautious mOdesty nor to any tacti-
cal plan of asking less than we reall,
| desired, which some may have he.
heVed but is OR actual national de-
| sire Tor which we have very mDort-
| ant reasons.
! denmark cannot wish the incorDO-
ration of South Schleswig, because
| TINS part of the former duchy is not
| inhabited by Danes, bur by Germans,
| VINO even before the war of 1864, Oft
en- showed themselves hostile minded
toward Denmark. A vote in accord
atce with the principles Of nationali-
Ties would here unanimously 20
against Denmark.
Points Out Difficulties.
Now, however, it is TO be feara I
that the South Schleswigers, partly
owing to the unsettled conditions IN
Germany, may prefer Denmark, and
partly that political plans for keeping
the former duchy Of Schleswig undi-
Vlded might induce them to vote for n
union with Denmark, not because thev
intend to become Danes, but To pre-
serve Schles#ig with predominant
German population.
IF South Schleswig were incOrpo-
rated into Denmark it would mean
that the Danish population would be
Increased with about 10000 Danes.
but at the same time with 3.400. 900
Germans.
1T may be difficult for Americans
to understand the aversion of Den
mark to che incorporation of some
hundreds of thousands of Germans
I'm the United States immigrants OF
all natiOnalities soon become good
Americans, full of enthusiasm for
their new country of liberty; but tho |
United States is a world, I'D the !
American language knits E-I !
into one people, H.Fr..-is ,
is only little country. WI a.uHa. 7
goo inhabitants live on tn n..- -e
Of 100000 Germans.
Neither Can Be Alb H#
IF Denmark gets a f. .. .aaa-
IatiOn which is German .. .a4a |
and sympathies, and -t bars
amounts to 10 per cent . .... ...H.sta-
ion of the country, d. ... MN no
onger nationally be ... Danish
'tat". but a country .... .sgon-
Llity. a thousand ,.... .. tory
caches us that nett .. .. g4uran
lor the Danish fir ..# 4srulation
an be absorbed bv ..a ..a. aatjon-
lily.
Tho Incorporate .. .aHrp Scbles-
Wig into Denmark mean CONSTANT
y smouldering ...agaI I contro-
ersies within tn Danish boundaries
ntil at the frs .g1ottuuuy If will .
il be ablaze. r.na retrrory of tha !
Iarm and mist Ena al. the Dam
;h- German uu -ftap IN @a lesWio has
WAYS caused 90 tber1rrt., now made
he oVerwheln q n4 ity of tho
roCle of De TX 4a rents of the
lar to solv fs SD wig question
only one ar. aagtst. the partition
f Schleswi .a p.Hage. lines
Having received Irom Paris the
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