Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-25
By ERNEST G. FISCHER,

Associated
COPENHAGEN, Denmark.-Wars
may come and CO. but Denmark re-
mains the big butter and egg country
Of Europe.
Even under German sway, the
everyday life on the insular plains
remains unchanged except, accord
ing to some farmers and merchants,
the Danes are receiving Slightly
higher price for butter, eggs and
other foodstuffs.
The big neighbor to the south, a
hearty eater, takes most of the food
stuffs now, whereas formerly Great
Britain was the chief export outlet.
In fact. Germany is cultivating a
kind OF "good-neighbor' policy to-
ward Denmark A recent special
edition of the Berliner Boersen-
Zeitung was labeled "Neighbor Den
mark" and subtitled The Cooper
alton With Germany" This mast
head was printed over the royal
coat of arms of Denmark. The ar
ticles, in German and Danish,
stressed the mutual interests of the
two nations.
Teutonic Origins Traced.
Slightly sugar-coated, the stories
smacked of an old-fashioned family
reunion and a horse trading day.
An archeologist, tracing the leu
tonic origins, wrote that since the
Bronze Age, Denmark has always
belonged in the Germanic CONNER
cial and cultural circle"
A commercial expert wrote that
"Denmark has a surplus of food
stuffs for which Germany offers an
outlet and Germany has raw ma
terials and manufactured articles
which Denmark lacks
Foreign Minister Erik Scavenius
expressed "the will and wish OF my
land to bring about a positive
and loyal cooperation with the
newly created continent under Ger
lnany's leadership"
That does not mean that Denmark
Is under Germany's "administra-
ton it has been pointed out by
Danish oficialdom. What has hap
pened in some other countries 0ccu-
pied by Germany, where national
civil and military functions were as
sumed by the Germans, did not &C.
cur in Denmark.
The national administration, civil
and military, has remained intact
and local self-government prevails.
The Rigsdag danish Parliament is
proceeding normally.
In support of the statement that
there is no German interference with
Danish authority, Danes cite trial
which is in progress here. Defend
ants are $50 members OF the Danish
National Socialist party. They are
accused of having arranged propa-
ganda march in violation of emer-
gency regulations.
No Influence Used in Case.
The defendants, most of them
young persons, are being sentenced
according to Danish laws without
regard to the fact that the political
proclivities of these would-be dem
onstrators were in sympathy with
those of Nazi Germany
Danish authorities said there had
been no attempt to influence the
decisions in the case.
Kai Schou. Copenhagen news
paperman, said. IF it were not for
the German troops the Danes would
never think that their country was
occupied by a foreign power"
So, for the man in the street, the
farmer, the milkmaid and the fisher
man, everyday life has not changed
much since King Christian last
April 9 accepted German occupation
under protest
Their products are finding mar
ket and. they hope, will command
a better exchange value as the re-
suit of negotiations which have been
in progress between Germany and
Denmark. The kroner here is
quoted at two for one reichsmark.
The buying power of the kroner in