The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13

Sea or German ocean Denmark
WAS \ small and weak nation. devoid
OF the elements OF natural defense
and of insufficient population to ou.
able II to exercise physical force to
protect Itself against foreign HrHrr~.
sion Thus II, aud IA, straits n
commanded, WAS ont the mercy Of
any power sufficiently strong 10 uu.
dcrtnkc It's conquest ANA ytlluus
enough to face the udiuw Of IN,
Transaction The seizure uf Don.
mark would carry with 10 the com
mdnd ot the straits and virtually
cut of the sea bound traffic of
Russia the North German states
and other states Of Europe. or give
the power To levy tribute ON such
Traffic at the viii OF the couuurrur.
Treaty of 1883.
Recognizing these facts and the
danger tothc peace uf Europe. II
not to the world created hy such
facts. the temptation the position ~
Denmark offered TO tho mtrduding
prOcliyitics Of rohher nations. Eng
-1and, Russia Austria. Prussia and
France entered into Il covenant or
league, agreeing to respect and pro.
~ O. tIl' w i''l ~ AllNfkl ~ 'Nl l'f.iN
mark. To protect her against outside
aggre ssion and 10 Keep open the Raj.
tie to the commerce OF the world.
and agreeing TO levy war on the
sigma tory yinlatIug the treaty
Prussia at the time OF entering
into This treaty 1853. was fairly en-
tered upon her CarecC Of plundcr
and imperialism but as yet without
her power being sufficiently con
solidated to permit her TO openly
proclaim her aim OF world conquest
or to disclose tn" part she intended
to play IN Europe when that power
was sufficiently consolidated As
the years went 10y rrussias power
grew and prussia's greed and covct-
business grew with II In order to
successfully attain the ends of prus-
sia had In mind, II was necessary FOR
her TO secure an inErc4s and cgrcss
from the North TO the IEaltic sea
independent Of the route fixed by
nature This VAS necessary. hs the
natural route In case Of war could
be cffectually closed hv strong
blOCkadlnG squadron and the Baltic
rendered incapable OF any but in
land navigation In order To sue
N'ssfl bilN 'hl 'AN ! bNNlh y lVA'Il.
tions, II was necessary to prevent
any strong power securing POSSES
sion Of DenI.ark. and. In order To
accomplish this. she Joined in the
covenant or league undertaking to
keep open the straits Of the Baltic,
and protecting Denmark against for
cign aggression Having accom-
plished this purpose she devoted her
energies to increasing and Consol-
idating her power In the German
empire
Knowing that England Russia
and france would never permit the
straits OF the baltic 10 pass abso-
lytely into PruRsian or Gcrmanic
control. Prussia turned her atten-
tion to securing means by which
she could have an open route from
the North Sea to the Baltic within
her own borders In order 20 ac-
compllsh this purpose, she cynically
determined on the violation or the
pact guaranteeing tho Independence
and territorial integrity Of Denmark.
and agreed with Austria, another
party TO the pact, to seize u portion
OF Denmark and divide the portion
seized between Prussia aud Austria.
after which, she was TO. and did, rob
Austria Of her portion Of the spoils.
Prussia Waited.
To carry into execution her ul-
terror design OF Denmark'S seizure,
Prussia patiently waited FOR an aus