Evening star., 1943-05-09

he can do under present circumstances.
He is, they say, at least highly intelli-
gent man and the alternative would seem
to be letting the government pass to the
Danish Nazis, who are far from intel
ligent, although they may be honest ac-
cording to their lights.
The small indigenous Nazi element in
Denmark is headed by a big, broad
shouldered, uncouth country doctor
named Frits Clausen His compatriots
describe him as a good man gone wrong
In poor rural district IN South Jutland
he first attracted attention by his chari-
ties in treating the poor and his agita-
tions for social reform. He was a real
Dane. He was good doctor. There was
an element of sincerity in his work
But somehow or other DR.. Clausen got
the idea that Hitler had the answer He
turned from pills to politics. at which
he was quite inept, and started Nazi rail-
lies. He soon became the victim, his COM
patriots believe, Of delusions of grandeur
The doctor now is recognized by Ger
many as the leader of the chief Danish
Nazi group, the DNSAP, or Dansk Ma
tionsocialistisk Arbejderparti 1t num-
hers, at the best. only few thousands
The members ape the Germans, even to
wearing long, black boots.
Despite lot of German money at his
disposal. Dr. Clausen has been political
flop. In 1910 he thought he could over
throw the government by pressure from
the street. His plan was to stage a series
of demonstrations through the rural dis
tricts to reach a climax in a mass meet
ing in Copenhagen. But the first of
these gatherings at the market town of
Haderslev in North Slesvig started riot
Clausen and his followers were beaten
up by mob, assisted by police. Several
of the latter were hurt. King Christian
sent them his personal greetings, thus
demonstrating, say his subjects here,
where the monarchs sympathies lie.
Horse Doctor a Rival.
Clausens chief rival in his ambition
to become fuehrer of Denmark is even
more hopeless-a horse doctor named
Moeller from the same South Jutland
countryside. This territory, North Sles-
Wig, was part of the two provinces, Sles-
Wig and Hol.tein, taken from Denmark
by Germany in 1853. The brief war, in
which the little Danish army was hope
lessly overpoWered in few weeks by
Bismarks needle-gun armed troops,
marks the real beginning, Danes here in
sist, of the Reichs drive for world do
minion. The rest of Europe stood in
differently by and let Bismark pocket his
loot. The Franco Prussian war, they say,
stein, in 1914 logical sequence to 1870,
and 1889 a logical sequence to 1914.
No attempt to right the wrong was
made until 1919. Then a plebiscite was
held But in more than so years Hol-
stein, the southern part of the stolen
territory, had become hopelessly Ger
manized. So also, although to a lesser
degree, had Southern Slesvig It's people
voted for amalgamation with the Reich
by small majority. Northern Slesvig
voted to return to Denmark. The ma
jority of its people had remained Danish
in blood and culture.
1t is among these North Slesvig Ger
mans that the horse doctor operates. Dr.
Moeller is a German and his small party
is made up of youths of his own race.
Even Clausens Danish Nazis hardly
make common cause with it. A note of
regret is discernible in the voices OF
those who have known him when they
speak of the country physician. He was
good to widows and orphans in his day,