GERMAN PLANS FOR DENMARK

Southland Times, Issue 24869, 8 October 1942, Page 5

GERMAN PLANS FOR DENMARK

NAZI REGIME MAY BE ESTABLISHED (Rec. 10.20 p.m) LONDON, October 6. The Danes are waiting tensely to see whether the Danish Nazi Free Corps will return to .the Russian front on October 12, when their leave ends. - It believed toe corps may be employed in establishing a political regime similar to that in Norway which, like Denmark, has been singled out for incorporation in a Germanic federation. The departure of members of toe corps on October 12 will be interpreted as meaning that the hour has not yet arrived for the Danish Nazi leader, Fritz Clausen, to act. However, neutral opinion in Stockholm is that Hitler considers the time has come for the creation of a Germanic federation as the nucleus of a new Europe. The German demands on Denmark, which are believed to have led to toe present tension are: (1) Construction of a military highway through Jutland; (2) More drastic measures against sabotage; (3) German control of the Danish police; (4) German officials to hold key positions in the Ministry of Justice. The- demands were submitted when the German Minister, Herr Renthefink, returned to Copenhagen after a vihit to Berlin in September. King Christian flatly turned down a further demand for anti-Jewish legislation. King Christian on toe contrary attended a special celebration in the Copenhagen synagogue, thus greatly annoying toe Germans. According to evidence received in London, the Germans arranged toe return to Denmark of the Free Corps knowing it would be resented and planning to use toe resentment as an excuse for further repressive measures.