Evening star., 1940-04-09

S II prepared to resist Germany's
flying boat, were shot down. Two of
our own planes are missing"
The German proclamation urg-
ing the Norwegian and Danish pop
ulation to offer no resistance to the
Na1 troops and to receive them as
protectors bristled with references
to the British French "warmakers'
and scathingly denounced Winston
Churchill, First Lord of the British
Admiralty.
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
ITO the armed forces and popu-
lations of Norway and Denmark:
Without any grounds and against
the sincere wish of the German
people and its government, which
desire to live in peace with the
French and English peoples, polit-
ical leaders of France and England
last September declared war on
Germany. Their object was to
spread the war to distant regions
so the battle would be less danger
GUS to them.
For this reason England repeat
edly disregarded the integrity, ter
ritory and territorial waters of Nor
way and Denmark. It made every
effort to make the Scandinavian
lands a battle-ground.
After the Russian Finnish peace
there was no further superficial rea-
son to carry on this English policy,
SO it was publicly announced and
threatened that England would not
tolerate German commerce in Nor
wegian or Danish territorial waters.
Churchill Denounced.
1T was declared that these re-
gions would be policed. Finally, all
preparations were made for q sur
prise occupation Of necessary bases
on the Norwegian coast. The great
est war agitator Of the century,
Winston Churchill, who began his
activities so injurious to the we'll
being Of humanity In the World
War, said openly he was unwilling
to be restrained by paper agree
ments of neutral rights He pre-
pared the blow against the Nor
wegian and Danish coasts.
Just a few days ago he was
named the responsible leader of the
whole British war leadership. The
German government has watched
the activities of this man. It can
not tolerate the creation of new the
aters Of war according to the desires
OF the English-French warmakers.
This desire was known to the
Norwegian and Danish governments
for months. Also the attitude of
the German government was no
secret.
No Effective Stand.
'They (the northern countries)
did not wish or were unable to take
an effective stand against the Eng
1iSh measures.
I'm these grounds Germany de-
termined to anticipate this English
attack and through its instruments
OF power take over protection of
the neutrality of the Kingdoms of
Norway and Denmark, thereby def
initely rendering them secure for
the duration of the war.
Therefore it is not the desire of
the German government to create
hereby a base for operation against
England. Rather the only object is
to prevent the Scandinavian lands
from becoming a battlefield in Eng
hsh extension.
with this object in view, strong
German forces since this morning
are occupying places of importance
from a military point of view in
Norway and Denmark.
Negotiations Under Way.
TN connection with these meas
ures, negotiations are under way
between the German government
and the Kingdoms of Norway ard
Denmark. The object is to preserve
the Norwegian Kingdom, its defense
forces, the freedom of the Norwegian
and Danish peoples and the COM
plete independence of these lands
in the future.
Until the completion Of these ne
gotiations the understanding of the
armed forces and the common sense
and good will Of the population and
all administrative bureaus is ex-
pected, and all must refrain from
active or passive resistance.
ANY other attitude would be COM
pletely useless and would be smashed
by force. Therefore military and civil
authorities are directed to set them
selves in communication with Ger
man military authorities at once.
"The population is instructed to
take up its daily work and see to it
that order and peace is preserved.
But the German forces will now take
care Of protecting the land against
English attacks"