The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-15

the German General Staff, regarding the position of Denmark in case of war. The allegations made in the Press garding M Christensen's poll cy were apparently based principally on 9. passage in his instructions to Captain Lutken, in which he referred to the objections to any military convention with Germany, and said: ''The country ought not to expose it. self to anything like that unless 1t gets considerable benefits in ex- change.''
 This statement has been interpreted in the Press as meaning that M. Christensen was willing to enter into a convention with Germany in eX change for North SIesvig, although M. Christensen denies that any such of fer was contemplated by the sentence. The official accounts of the conver- saJtions show that Won MoItke him. self considered a formal military con- ventIon too dangerous, and nothing came of the discussions beyond frank explanations of the respective atti- tudes of the two parties.
 Dennark's Neutrality
 Von Moltke demanded that better preparations should be made by Den
 
 Great Britain, and threatened that if Denmark took the enemy's side it would mean her end. At the same time, he promised assistance in re- siSting Great Britain and every con- s1idera.tion if she took Gernany's part Captain Lutken, while explaining Denmark's desire to remain neutral, and saying that for internal political req sons the government was unable beforehand to enter into a real un- derstanding, added in a conversation on March 2S, 1907, that ''All respon- sible Danish statesmen were now strongly convinced that if the main tenance of neutrality proved impossi- ble in a German-British war, we should go with Germany"
 In a conversation on July ?, 1906, Von Moltke said that he had a cer- tain knowledge that King Edward had promised NJ. Delcasse a British landing in JutIand, and in the same converse ton he refused to give a dec laration that Germany would respect the neutrality of Denmark.
 On July Won Moltke is represent ed to have said that a modification of the frontier of Slesvig could hardly take place until after a war in which Denmark stood on Germany's side
 King Edward and the Kaiser
 King Edward conversed with Won Moltke in a subsequent visit to Der lin, and according to M. ChriStenSen'S 8 note regarding the account of the conversation given by the King, Won Moitke again referred to a British landing near Esbjerg, and said that the question would be, for or against He did not believe that there could
 
 he feared that it could not be main tained on our side. If we went against Germany it might be a mat ter of the country's existence. If we went with her there might be a ques- ton of the return of North Slesvig." i A note underneath says: The King remarked with regard to this question Yes, it is always we who must wait. Possibly the day when we shall stand beside Germany lies far distant in the future'.''
 In his defense M Christensen incl denta1ly says that the King promised him on Feb. g, 1906, to talk both to the Kaiser and to King Edward about the possibility of a treaty guarantee ing Dennlark's neutrality and the preservation Of her territory inviolate.
 King Frederick told him later that he had been unable to secure such treaties.
 M. Christensen argues further, on the lines of his previous statement, namely, that his task was to convince Won Moltke that Denmark would not attack Germany in rear in a, future European war, as they desired at that time to investigate how far Denmark's s neutrality would in given circum- stances be recognized by the powers
 (E f1aa Tr3f al Bureau, 1nc.o