Show interesting INTE HESTING LETTER gg r MAN the little country ot of denmark 1 Is making strenuous efforts to preserve her neutrality in the awful struggle between the large powers of europe but at the same time Is mobilizing her troops and making preparations to defend her borders from an invading army the conditions in that land right now are graphically told i a letter from elder denmark jensen to president stohl who has given the news permission to print the same t ft copenhagen 4 aug 8 prest oleen N stohl I 1 suppose by this ume time you know all about the wars and rumors of 0 wars over here also about the tact fact that the U S government has appropriated two and one half million dollars for or the relief of americans la in europe and the american consul of denmark has sent out a call to all americans to come to copenhagen and register and to see if their papers are all 0 K and if not that they might be provided with the necessary papers so they could be taken to america without trouble in case they should be short of means they can get help from the appropriation As soon as this news went out over the land the americans began to flock in by the hundreds I 1 was among the first being no but some ot of our brethren have not yet got thru the tourists want to got get away at once but we eldera elder will not act leave our post until the authorities release us things look very black here at present but we feel all will be well at least with us denmark is neutral as yet set but slie she is mobilizing just as bastas last ss possible thousands of men are being called into service taken away from their farms and from all places of labor crops are ready to harvest but nobody to gather them but women and children and old men their best horses are also being taken from the farms and put in to service factories and business houses are being dozed closed up for the want of men and coal all exports and imports have been cut off and denmark has no coal nor bread stuff to speak of coal you cant buy and bread has haa gone up in price one 1 halt 1 alf and many other things are the B same ame there are wives vives by the thousands lands with a family of small children I 1 left without work husband or money it is true the government here gives the families whose husband and fathi er Is called into service a small allowance ance but I 1 am informed it Is so I 1 small they can hardly exist on it I 1 see women on the streets with their babies crying and sobbing and wonder ing what they will io do they are in fear that the germans nay may come in and swallow them up any moment the king sends out word every day to the people to koep keep cool but tens |