Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
Three Scandinavian Kings
To Plan United Defense
BY FREDERICK CUNLIFFE-owEN. C. B. E.

, tor in the game. But his policies In
this direction are being pursued with
out any interruption by the govern
ment Of Berlin by the great indus
trial magnates who play 50 great a
role there and by the leaders Of the
socialist masses King Gustave OF
Sweden has for sometime past been
alive to this Teuton peril. the realiza-
ton of which came to him In the
nature Of a surprise. although his
father, King Oscar, was wholly awake
to its existence. 1t is appreciated to
the full by King Haakon and by his
brother. King Christian. 1t is clear to
all three Of them that the only means
combatted Is through union and CO.
operation. At the time when, during
the great war, the former Kaiser
threatened each Of the three mon
archs in turn to invade their do
minions unless. they threw in their
, them felt that they would not be
able to fer any very serious or last
| ing resistance singly-all the more as
Great Britain and France had their
hands full at the time and the United
| States had not then entered into the
meeting In 1915 at which they de-
cided to stand together against Ger
| many in the defense Of their neutral
| lily. This proved effective at the time.
|
| invade all three Scandinavian n tions
| y
Now, after the lapse Of seven years,
the three kings are once more, and
| for the first time since then. coming
| together to discuss their joint in
I terests, and above all, their joint de-
Tense. They are SELLING the occasion
Of the celebration Of the silver wed
| ding of the king and queen Of Den
| Copenhagen, and that is why the i'm
| pending festival in Denmark In the
latter part Of this month must be re-
/ garded as something moro than a
! mere family gathering, due to mere
ties of affection and near kinstnai-
ship. but as very important politi-
cal convention, and one. which in
i which IL Is seeking to avert, Is en-
/ titled to be regarded with the SYM
pathy and the good will of the Ameri-
| can people.
| 1t is all the more necessary that
the three kings should meet. For
foreign agencies. have arisen be-
| tween their respective government
and the relations Of the latter with
ono another are by no means as cor.
dial as they should be for the sake OF
their joint safety and defense. Un-
fortunately. these differences have
been reflected in the newspapers and
in the legislatures Of the three coun.
tries concerned. and exploited by
politicians either for the sake OF
personal notoriety or in order to fur
ther foreign designs. Thus, one
would imagine from the rawlings OF
the. newspapers of Christiania and
Copenhagen, and from the violent ut
terances of their shallow politicians
that Denmark and Norway were or
the eve Of war with one another ir
connection with their conflicting In.
terests in Greenland and In Spitz.
bergen. There Is no doubt that in the
face Of the vastly moro importan,
issues at stake. those difference.
could be easily settled by King
Haakon and King Christian wheT
they meet at Copenhagen this month
the more SO as they are brothers
| There have been likewise causes Of
friction between Sweden and Den.
mark, which though trivial in theil
inception, have been the cause Of NJ
little ill-feeling. which doubtless VII