NERVOUS GERMANS

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 242, 14 October 1942, Page 3

NERVOUS GERMANS

DENMARK AS SECOND FRONT.

P.A. Cable.

LONDON, Oct. 11.

Agreement has still not been reached between the German and Danish Governments on the demands made by the Germans, but the negotiaticns are believed to be in the final stage, reports the Stockholm correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The terms of, the compromise suggested

by the Danes stop short of any step which might bring Denmark into active participation in the war against the Allies, The Stockholm newspaper Arbetaren says Denmark is one of the occupied countries most suitable for an Allied second front, and it is not to be wondered at that the Germans are beeoming nervous. Reports that disturbances occurred on Thursday night in several parts oi Denmark and that German soloi^rs are firing on Danish patriots are contained in messages from Stockholm. Details have been eensored. The Afton Tidningen say that the German demands against Denmark include the despatch of 30,000 volunteers to the Russian front and the acceptanee of the Danish Fascist leader Dr Fritz Clausen, as a member of the Gpvernment. The meagre news leaking through from Denmark suggests that the defenceless Danes will eventually be forced to yield to some vital German demands, says the Stockholm correspondent of the New York Times. Denmark is still undecided whether to consent to arm her merchant ixiarine. The passenger train and ferry service between Denmark and Sweden was temporarily suspended after a ferry steamer struck a mine this morning. Six passengers were v/ounded and the ferry was severely damaged and beaehed on the Danish coast. ^ Mine-laying between Denmark and. Sweden has been intensified lately, causing flshermen on the Swedish side to abandon fishing. v