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Show DENMARK. A number of Danish steamers have already been sunk by the German tub-marines tub-marines with a loss of many Danish lives. But the Danish government will no doubt content itself with a formal protest, perhaps accompanied by demand for indemnity. The great majority of the Danes are in sympathy wit!) President Wilson's policy toward Germany, but the military situation makes It impossible for the country to opeidy manifest its feelings. Every clear-minded Dane knows that the country would meet the same fale as Belgium, if war comes. Germany Ger-many will never tolerate breaking break-ing off of the diplomatic relations on the part of Copenhagen. Such a stop would lead to war within 24 hours. It Is true that the Danes never have forgotten for-gotten that Germany took Sehleswlg-Ilolstein Sehleswlg-Ilolstein by force of arms, and later persecuted its Danish population with Prussian thoroughness. But Denmark's Den-mark's army and navy are small. They lack modern equipment. The Cabinet Zuhle, formed on the policy of the strictest neutrality, has undoubtedly won a victory over the opposition, which tried to force a break with Germany, after the latter had announced her new campaign of rutblessness. During the first days of February the position of the Punish cabinet " seemed dangerously dan-gerously weak. It was expected that the country would discontinue discon-tinue co-operation with Sweden and Norway and Join the allies In order to liberate Schloswig-J lolsl eln. The king of Sweden, who Is an ardent ar-dent believer In the blessings of neutrality, neu-trality, hastened to Copenhagen to prevent pre-vent what be considered m disaster for the Scandinavian countries. King Gustaf won a diplomatic victory and the Cabinet Zahl now seems to be stronger than ever. President Wilson has signed the bill appropriating $25,00(1.000 for the purchase pur-chase of the Punish West Indies and the establishment of a government there. The middle class, which still receives re-ceives about the same salaries as before be-fore the war, Is hardest bit by the extremely ex-tremely high cost of living. Every kind of food can be obtained In Pin-mark, Pin-mark, but the prices have been more tlmn doubled during the war. The Panish government Is trying to force down prices through more efficient distribution. dis-tribution. Many Panish business men have made large profits out of (be wur, but they are forced to pay a special tax of 25 per cent on war profits. |