Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-10 | Page 2 | Denmark Calm after Invasion

DENMARK CALM AFTER tNY INVASION AStON By ELMER AV W. PETERSON COPENHAGEN By Way of Berlin April 10 UP Denmark jp-Denmark Denmark awoke Wednesday morning to her second day under German military control with so complete a show of normal life that the presence of nazi bombing planes over the city Tuesday seemed almost like a dream Morning papers appeared as usual but were devoted entirely to publication of proclamations and Berlin dispatches It became increasingly obvious that the efficiency with which the well planned wen planned German move was executed coupled with quiet acceptance ac acceptance ac- ac of th the situation by the Danish public has permitted the change over here to occur with hardly more than a stir in ordinary ordinary ordinary nary existence In an address to the Danish parliament par par- last night Premier Thovald Thovald Thovald Tho- Tho vald declared that Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark had accepted the situation in order to save the land and the th pe people le from th the co consequences ces of war war He said that Denmark had agreed under assurances that Germany has no intention in anyway any anyway v.- v. way y t to disturb the country's co ter ter- er- er integrity and ana political self sufficiency The present the premier w went nt on on has responsibility ity for what what- has happened but we believe that we have conducted ourselves with an honest understanding understanding under under- standing that we have saved the country from a much heavier fate late He He- announced that to make the government more more fully funy representative tive of public opinion an party all cabinet had been formed with three new members from the leftist parties and three from the conserva conservatives tives Apparently there is general acceptance acceptance ac ac- ac by the public that the government took the only course open to it and that Denmark may now escape the direct consequences of the war