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Show GIVE IT TO DENMARK. the terms of peace, when completed, should carry a provision for the taking' of a plebiscite in Sehleswig-Holstein. in accordance with the treaty which Prussia failed to keep. There is no doubt of the result, now that the kaiser kai-ser has lost the war. The Danes in the stolen province have never been Germanized, Ger-manized, although the most brutal methods meth-ods were employed to force them to become be-come so. The majority of the inhabitants inhabi-tants are Germans, on account of the immigration of vast numbers of liberty-loving liberty-loving Danes. But these Germans in Schleswig-Holstcin can escape the pay ment of huge war taxes by becoming Danes and voting the territory back to its original possessors. They would also escupe the stigma that will attach at-tach to The name German for generations genera-tions to come. If Schlcswig-Holsteiu is returned Denmark will bo increased in sizo by one third. Tt will also be in possession'- of the Kiel canal, which should be neutralized, with the peace-loving peace-loving Danes as guardian. This canal was part of Kmperor Wilbelm's preparation prep-aration f fr war. The war having proved a complete failure, the waterway should be taken from Germany as part of her punishment and also as a precaution that it will not figure in future conspiracies con-spiracies against the welfare of the world. The war council now in session in 'rani-c will not be doiog its full duty if it fails to protect the Danes in fheir rights and take measures for the future so far as control of the Kiel canal is concerned. |