Evening star., 1943-09-01
King Cheers Danes
Refusing 10 Crack
Under kazi Horrors
By the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. En-
couraging words from King
Christian x today heartened the
Danish people who have refused
to crack under. a German mill
tary dictatorship enforced, eye
witnesses said, by merciless street
executions.
Refugees kho made a daring flight
to Sweden through Nazi patrols de-
clared they had seen German mech
anized troops pour volleys of ma
chine-gun fire into groups of Danes
waiting on safety-zone platforms for
streetcars.
Three Danes who laughed and
joked when German soldiers marched
by were shot to death without a
word of warning, eyewitneSses added.
Drastic measures were ordered by
Gen. Hermann Won Hannecken, mil
itary dictator, to restore state of
normalcy' to the nation which re-
volted against Nazi occupation and
was sabotaging German troop sup
plies and arms production.
King Takes Automobile Ride,
King Christian, who has been i'm
prisoned with Queen Alexandria in
Sorgenfri Castle since the Germans
took over the Danish government
Sunday, made his first public ap-
pearance yesterdays short auto
mibile outing under the watchful
eyes of German military guard.
In the little town of Lyngby near
Sorgenfri Castle, 1000 Danes ignored
Gen. Won Hannecken's prohibition
against assemblies to cheer their
King and Queen.
King Christians words to the
gathering were brief:-"I am happy
to hear the Danish language still
spoken in my country; continue with
that" They were significant how
ever, for the Danes, who apparently
interpreted them as an approval
of their stout-hearted resistance
against overwhelming odds. Yet
there was nothing in the Kings
remarks against which the Germans
could protest.
Gen. Won Hannecken, having
crushed Denmark's brief military
revolt, ruthlessly carried out against
any small assemblies of Danes his
threat to disperse groups without
consideration of human lives.
Armored Cars Patrol Cities.
German troops kept up contin-
uous patrols in Copenhagen and
other large cities in armored cars,
each of which mounted a bristling
array of machine guns.
German soldiers and Gestapo op-
eratives generally handled the en-
forcement of the martial law proc
lamation, as the regular police in
Copenhagen and other cities refused
to pledge loyalty to Gen. Won
Hannecken.
The dictator's iron hand methods
restored at least surface calm to
much of Denmark, and in Copen-
hagen the Nazi-controlled radio
said some normal public services
were being resumed today.
Details on conditions inside Den
mark came from eyewitnesses who
were brought to Sweden in Danish
minesweeper, which made daring
trip to the Danish coast near Copen-
hagen to pick up IL civilians and
then slipped past the German pa
trols to reach Malmo.
From the refugees also came
story of how one Danish submarine
was submerged by its crew as the
Danish Navy was being scuttled in
Copenhagen harbor Sunday, and re-
manned beneath the surface until it
could slip away to Sweden under the
cover of darkness.
Ordered to Sink Ships.
The dramatic last moments when
the scuttling order came from Ad-
miral Vedal, the navy's commander,
also were disclosed. Admiral Vedal
went to the Navy Ministry early
Sunday before German soldiers
reached his home. When he dis
covered that the Germans were
definitely taking over the entire
country, he radioed his commanders,
''now or never, fly to Sweden or sink
your ships. May God protect our
King and country"
German soldiers arrested Admiral
Vedal in his office in the general
roundup of members of the govern
ment, prominent politicians, educa-
tors, editors, clergymen, actors and
Jews.
Refugees also reported that Prince
Knud, the youngest son OF King
and Prince Axel, cousin
of the monarch, have been interned
with a number of Danish officers in
a hotel at Copenhagen. Danish SOL
diers and noncommissioned officers
were said to have been demobilized
and sent home.
Among the prominent persons ar
rested were K. A. j. Munk, noted
poet and priest; Frederick Schyberg,
an outstanding literary critic, and
Else Skouboe, Denmark's leading
actress.
1000 Killed in Clashes.
At least 1000 persons were killed
In Sundays brief but furious clashes
between the Danes and Germans,
refugees estimated, and said the
total would probably be much more
as result of Gen. Won Hannecken's
orders to shoot into groups of five or
more congregating on streets or
public places.
"a Reuters dispatch quoted the
Stockholm newspaper Svenska
Dagbladet as saying it had learn
ed that serious disturbances
broke out in Copenhagen last