Evening star., 1943-11-21
Copenhagen Mined
By Nazis 10 Turn L
Into Another Naples
Ey the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 16 Delayed ;.
denmark today is in an almost
constant state of military alarm as
the nervous Germans, facing an in
vasion threat from one side, are
constantly harassed from the other
by the sabotage of Danish patriots.
Germany still tries to treat Den
mark as a naughty steychild be-
cause she must depend on the Danes
to handle civil administration. But
the Danes generally regard them
selves as at war with Adolf Hitler.
Gen. Hermann Won Hannecken's
proclamation last week end, giving
invasion stand by" orders to the
German Army and police, came as
no surprise. He had clamped a
military dictatorship on Denmark
August 20, fearing the Allies would
take advantage of the peoples re-
volt to make a stab at capturing
Denmark's important airfields just
to the north of Berlin
The Germans are ready to turn
Copenhagen into another Naples.
They have mined important build
ingS, the power plant at Oersted and
the water reservoir.
Plan to Arrest 800 Hostages.
A list of prominent Danes has
been compiled and the Germans are
reported planning to arrest 300 hos
tages the moment the invasion oc-
ours, or If sabotage doesn't slacken.
The Danes, however, are anxiously
awaiting the invasion. They are
ready to make the fight they didn't
make when the Germans first occu-
pied the country April 9, 1910. The
revolt August % was step in that
direction.
Even Danish flag manufactured
is all set-he has hidden away large
stocks of American and British
flags.
The Germans have been busy boil
stering Danish defenses. Travellers
report the number of blockhouses
and fortified positions along the
North Sea coast has been doubled
and trebled.
Saboteurs have multiplied their
efforts to cripple the Nazis. Spe-
cially trained agents plan and work
carefully. Since August 49,. when
the Danes discarded the fiction of
being Hitler's model protectorate,
sabotage acts have ranged in num-
ber from 6 to 20 nightly. Most
Of them are against communication
and transport lines and factories
producing precision instruments.
Fortifications Weakened.
The saboteurs also get jobs build
ing Notifications for the Germans,
They weaken concrete forts by
mixing Denmark's plentiful supply
OF sugar with the cement or using
too much sand.
The railway system is damaged
regularly. A few days ago the
double-track line between Erzjerg
and Holding was wrecked so badly
that traffic was discontinued tenn
porarily. Such disruptions add to
the German difficulties in supplying
their forces in Norway as well as
in Denmark
Since Sweden has prohibited Ger
man transport over her railways
the Nazis are forced to use Danish
ports.
The invasion and sabotage situa-
ton has grown so critical that Won
Hannecken was forced to move his !
from the Amalienborg !
barracks, near Copenhagen, to
Silkeborg. He now concentrates on ,
matters, leaving German /
Minister Werner Best with the task ,
OF administering Denmark. ,
King Refuses to Go to Copenhagen.
King Christian, the government
OF Premier Erik de Scavenius and 7,
the Danish Parliament were shorn
OF power when Germany imposed
a military dictatorship. Since the
middle of September Won Han s
necken and Best have been trying {
various ways to get the Danes to I
assume the nominal direction of
the government since the Nazis !
lack the men to staff the civil posts.
Christian, who was told by the
Germans at Sorgenfri Castle Au-
gust 80, you are prisoner" still
regards himself as a prisoner, al
though Danish and not German
guards stand outside the castle. The
King refuses to 60 to Copenhagen I
Best must rely on Danish civil I
servant department chiefs to han !
die the bulk of the administration,
They refuse to take any important