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Show uu Hi fJOHHEl Prohibition Movement Is Gaining Ground l Among the Danes Copenhagen, Oct 2S The Prohibition Prohibi-tion movement has made such great etudes in Denmark that during tho coming elections the Prohibitionists are to make strong effort to secure parliamentary representation. Hitherto the backers of the movement move-ment have" been content to bring pressure upon the candidates of the regular parties in an effort to interest inter-est them In tho propaganda, but now they feel they are influential enough to bo directly represented in parliament. parlia-ment. In every district where there Is a possibility of polling a iajorlt. vote they will have candidates for the lower low-er house. This will introduce a novel and interesting feature Into the parliamentary par-liamentary elections which have formerly for-merly been a straight fight between the government and the Social-Democrats. t t Denmark's neutrality in a possible war between Great Britain and Germany Ger-many is beiug constantly discussed just now. There is no doubt that Denmark Den-mark would bo placed In a serious predicament, for at least one of tho combatants would want to use the waters of tho Baltic or other Danisli waters. The German fleet has ma neuvered In these waters frequently and it Is believed that tho visit of the English and Russian fleets to Copenhagen Copen-hagen lately was an answer to the German activities In tills connection these have been rumors of an alliance between Denmark, Den-mark, England and Russia whereby Denmark will be expected in case of war to facilitate the mooments of the English and Russian war vessels through her waters. Another version states that Denmark Den-mark has entered Into a secret treaty with Germany, whereby in case of war with England and Russia, Gorman troops can bo landed at convenient points In Denmark. Both rumors are declared to bo pure fiction. The present government, as proof of their desire to maintain a strictly neutral attitude, requested the English and Russian fleets to time their visits so that they would not be in Danish waters together. Officially Offi-cially the reason given for this request re-quest waB that there was not room enough in the Copenhagen harbor for both fleets. If it was only a question of sentiment senti-ment there would be no doubt as to which side tho Danes would favor, for ditring the past ten years English influence in-fluence has arown steadily In Den mark, whereas the Danes continue to resent the efforts of Germany to Prussianize Prus-sianize the people of the former Danish Dan-ish Slesvig. But Denmark realizes that her future lies only in strict neutrality, and she Is determined io "Lucky pennies" for tho assistance of the blind are the latest schema evolved by Postmaster Holboll. who introduced tho Christmas stamp Idea for the support of consumption hospitals hospi-tals II has designed a ponny which will be given by babies who see tho light for the first time to those who never sec it. This penny is to be coined by the million and sold to all the mldwives In Denmark. The midwives then sell the penny to the parents of the newborn new-born chlid, who will pay for it according accord-ing to tholr moans and inclinations This money will then be given for tho support and education of the blind. To Interest the midwives In the matter mat-ter their Insurance and old-age funds will be given a percentage of tho sales. Music from Greenland is shortly to be added to the delights of music lovers. lov-ers. A Danish composer has returned tiom a trip to Greenland with 160 original pieces of music which he secured se-cured from the natives by using a phonograph. He declares that the musical sense of tho natives Is highly developed and where thoy are tho least influenced by culthatlon the most typical tunes have been found. Several of the songs which he secured resemble the songs of tho Canadian Indians and tho Eskimos. Es-kimos. He also discovered similar resemblances in their native dances. ' . Tho 'project of Improving tho harbor har-bor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies by a state-subsidized company has beon abandoned and the work will be done by private capital, a largo share of which Is likely to be furnished furnish-ed by Amorlca. It was found that tho government restrictions hampered the company, and the Danish capitalists, headed by Prince Valdemar, have concluded to act as a private corporation. Under this now plan American capitalists cap-italists are taking an active Interest in tho formation of the company, and it is quite likely that the directorate will be largely in their hands. oo |