The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-20
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Little Denmark is not taking kindly
to German protection" and is as cold
as ever toward it's Nazi conquerors,
DR.. Hans Gluckstadt, noted Danish
writer on political economy, reported
recently on his arrival in the United
States via Siberia. Interviewed at
San Francisco by the Danish-Ameri-
can paper, "Bien," DR.. Gluckstadt
said, in answer to a question as to
Denmark's future:
"The fate of Denmark is being de-
cided on the battlefront. The Danes
realize that if Germany wins the war,
their country will not regain it's in
dependence. We can only hope that
Britain will win, but should the war
end in compromise, America will be
our greatest hope.
"Despite the fact that my country
is probably being treated better than
any other Of the occupied countries in
Europe, and in spite of certain false
prosperity, the Danish people realize
that they are being robbed" he con-
tinued
Asked if the Germans try to inter-
fere with the Danish Administration,
DR.. Gluckstadt replied:
Indirectly. To all appearances the
Danish government and the Danish
officials rule the country as usual,
but not so in reality. In every key
position you will find the Germans
behind everything that happens, and
several bills proposed in the Danish
parliament have been changed en-
tirely on orders from Germany.
"The press is not directly under
censorship, but the editors know what
will happen if they print anything
Objectionable to the German lords.
Consequently, the Danish papers con-
tain very little and the Danes hardly
bother to read them."
X x X
DR.. Gluckstadt charged that Den
mark is being systematically looted
by the Germans by means of a sys-
tenn which makes pretense Of pay
ing for Danish products which they
take.
Everything the German requisition
in Denmark is paid for in Danish
money by the Danish National Bank,
and in return the National Bank re-
ceives |. o. US from the Germans"
he explained.
"The pretext is that these I. O. US
are to be redeemed by shipments of
coal, raw materials and machinery,
but so far Denmark has only received
few shiploads of COAL When l left
Denmark the German debt to the
National Bank of Copenhagen amount
ed to 900 million Kroner; since then
it has doubtless grown to more than
one billion. 1t creates a certain arti-
fetal prosperity, and the Germans ad-
vertise far and wide that the occupa-
ton has been to Denmark's advan-
tage because they can buy all the
Danish goods. But they forget to
add that these goods are not being
paid for and probably never will be
paid for.
Immediately after the invasion
there were some Danes who thought
that the Germans weren't perhaps SO
bad after all. The farmers could sell
all they could spare, and merchants
could liquidate everything that had
been gathering dust for years or
cluttered shelves. But the Danes
know now that the German trade
methods are gangster methods and
that Denmark is the victim of sys.
tematic looting."
In answer to the question, care the
Danes as chilly and resisting as ever
toward the Germans?" DR.. Gluck.
stadt sad
"More so than ever, | should say
They simply will not look in the di
rection of the Germans they meet il
the streets. They behave with dig
nifty and with freezing chilliness to-
wards the guests from the south.