Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-30
Denmark Opens
Way to Battle

detour by way of the Kiel canal The
Germans have been contending that
the Treaty of Versailles does not re-
quire the opening of the Kiel canal to
international shipping. and the coun-
Gil of ambassadors has decided to turn
the question over to the International
Court of Justice at The Hague. Any
way, the Kiel canal, built riainly for
military purposes, never has been
much of thorNighfare for merchant
men. The establishment Ut the new
Baltic states, Finland, Esthonia, Lat
via, Lithuania and Poland, some of
which recently have excavated their
harbors for deep-draught freighters
has made the new Baltic market more
important than ever befofa.
| Prior to the war this market was of
small interest to the United States.
| Except for Denmark and Sweden. 1t
was dominated commercially by Ger
many, American imports were neg
ligble, and the Stars and Stripes were
seldom seen in the Baltic. ALI this
has been changed. Copenhagen. the
gateway to the Baltic, is now entered
| by an American vessel every fourth
day. on an average, the year round.
Most of the American exports there
still go to Sweden and Denmark. For
the fiscal year of 1922. Denmark I'm
ported $36,000,000 worth of American
goods and Sweden S30000,000. Little
as it is realized in this country Den
mark is as good customer as, for
instance. the Brazilian republic whose
imports from the United States for the
last fiscal year amounted to $685.
100000.
The United States shipping board,
the more important New York banks,
many export and import firms. and
other large American business con-
Germs have general agencies and their
, own representatives in Copenhagen.
Secretary Hoover's representative,
Magnus Swensson, when he went to
Europe to supervise the distribution of
American foodstuffs in Scandinavia
and the Baltic countries unhestating-
ly chose Copenhagen for his distrlbut.
determined this choice logically point
toward important co-operp ton between
American exporters and Danish mer.
chants. The American gets along rory
| well with the Dane, as rule.
Americans directly interest ed r6,1er-
| stand the Importance of the great
market around the Baltic sea. Den.
mark and northeastern Germany,
Sweden, and northern Russia are the
old Baltic trading places, but Since
the war rapid development has over.
come some backward conditions In
Finland. Esthonia. Latvia, Lishutnia
and Poland Combining an area as
great as that of France and the Urited
Kingdom and a population only few
millions less than that of France,
these new republics will have to be
reckoned with.
For the great future trade OF the
whole Baltic region Denmark is maxi
ing preparations and improving the
port of Copenhagen, which Is the Dnr
danelles of the north the port being
convenient for transshipment, storage
and warehousing. Large steamers
bound for the Baltic with cargoes for
several ports find 1t Improbable to 70
unloading from one harbor to another.
They use Copenhagen as u port of
transsllipment, where there are no
duties to pay for goods In transit, and
whence they can have Their carcoes
distributed to the 'arious ports of u,ri
mate destination by the regular rsuu
vessels.