GERMANY AND THE NEUTRALS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2653, 27 December 1915, Page 6

GERMANY AND THE NEUTRALS

DANISH BUSINESS" MAN'S VIEWS.

Writing to a well-known public man in London, ail equally well-known citizen of Copenhagen, in 'the course of a business letter, makes the following remarks: —

We are still flooded' with "made in Germany" proofs of our southern neighbour's irreproachable conduct both before and after the outbreak of the war. A wicked world has forced the innocent Germans to defend themselves, and they deeply regret their share in the slaughter we are witnessing. Right up to the last, however, they honestly did their best to evade the conflict. But their bloodthirsty enemies would not let them rest in peace. And now Germany is obliged to rearrange' the map of Europe in such a manner that a lasting peace. may be secured .to humanity, under hor truly liberal and benevolent Imperial guidance. You will-find this melody varied in most of the German publications, but few readers in neutral countries are blind and ignorant enough to be duped by such arguments. In Denmark and Norway the sympathies are with England and her Allies. In Sweden the Germans have a good many admirers amongst the upper classes, but tho working population does not share these sympathies. Though the Germans boast of the ineffectiveness of tho English blockade, we yet see many signs. to the contrary. Lately German goods have been paclted in wrappers woven of •spun paper and tied with paper strings. We "have been shocked at the Balkan development, but it seems to me that the attack upon Sir Edward Grey and Mr. Asquith are very unjust. Germany acts promptly without seriously: consulting her allies, whereas England necessarily is bound to wait until sho lias conferred with Franco, Russia, and Italy. Besides, Germany has a decided advantage in the fact that Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is a German and King Constantine of Greece is tho German Emperor's brother-in-law. Yet, in spite of all new complications England and her Allies are sure to gain the victory in the end. It appears from the American telegrams that President Wilson expects to have a "say" in the framing of the terms of peace. If the United States doer.. not share in the fight, it would be strange to give her a voice in tho peace arrangements. You ought to be able to manage that part of the business yourselves.