Show del denmark gium ark opens 4 vim e nd s way to battle atle new fairway will make short route for large vessels going either way 1 U copenhagen I TRADE THRIVES new nations nation to the th east open important market for american products port becomes become important distributing center copenhagen den marks new fairway enterprise through the brogden channel southeast of copenhagen Is expected to enhance en hince the jeep deep drought draught seafaring trade of the whole baltic to ion the commercial resurgence of copenhagen the queen of the baltic which of old defied alone the german aggressions of the league Is one of the phenomena resulting from the world war and the bolshevist eclipse in russia extensions and improvements prove ments of the copenhagen harbor between the islands of seeland and aninger Atu ager during lie file war and after cost denmark kroner that she Is now to upend kaend from onu one to several million krooner kroner to excavate the brogden Drog clen channel between the islands of almager and salt holm Is a token dofher newly achieved climent from what Is called distressed europe it Is planned to clear a shallow in a ley key position which lias has hindered deep draught baltic traffic tile the local waters are unaffected by tides but the nu numerous merma shallows of the baltic formerly made it poss itile tor for only moderate sized vessels to visit baltic ports since the war a number of these harbors besides that of copenhagen C pen hagen hae been excavated to a depth of 23 to 33 1 1 feet admitting large freight sten steamers niem the alie present drog den channel lina fins a depth of 22 feet the plan Is ID to excavate it to zi 21 feet beet with a minimum bottom width of biz 82 feet cepl passage for steamers steamer this excavation will enable freight steamers ste amera to pass through tho the sound cound south of Copeti copenhagen lingen saying earing the long detour by way of the kiel kid canal the germans lime hane been contending that the treaty of versailles does not require ue ole opening of the kiel canal to international shipping and the council of ambassadors has decided to turn the question lon over vi t the international court of justice at tile hope anyway the kiel canal built tor for military purposes never lias has been much cinch of a thoroughfare tot foe merchant men the establishment of nt the he new battle baltic states finland Est Esthon honin ln latoria lithuania and poland some of which recently have excavated their harbors tor for dep deep fret freighters liters has made Is the new baltic market more mora important than ever befog prior to the war this market was of small email interest to the united states except for denmark and sweden it 11 was dominated commercially by germany american imports were negligible li and the stars and stripes were seldom seen in the baltic all thin has been ch chan anred fed copenhagen the gateway to the baltic Is now entered by an american vessel every fourth day on an average the year round most of the american exports there still go to sweden and Den denmark for the fiscal year of 1922 1920 Dent denmark imported WOM worth of american goods and S sweden aeden little its s it Is in tills country denmark Is as good a customer as for instance the brazilian republic 1 whose imports from the united states for tile tho last as t it year amounted to djs tile the united states shipping board the more important new york tork bank banks i ninny many export and import firms end other large american business eun i cerns have hm general agencies and their own representatives in Copen liag n secretary hoovers magnus isson when ihen lie to lo europe to supervise the distribution of 0 american foodstuffs in and the baltic countries unhesitatingly chose copenhagen for or lilii hin distributing or center enter the same conditions which determined this choice logically point toward important operation cooperation co between Amer fron exporters and danish mer chants tile the american beti along very well with the dane as a tula tole americans directly interested bolier rolier stand the importance of the gibat market around the baltic sea denmark and northeastern Ger twiny sweden anti and northern art are tile the old baltic balle trailing trading but duce the war rapid development haa overcome some backward conditions in finland esthonia Esth Est onla honin latvia and polo poland d combining in area as great ns as that of france and the ui cited kingdom aind a population only a few millions ices than that of farnce ariere new republics will have bare to be b reckoned lor for the grent great future grade ot ol the th whole hole baltic region denmark la Is tunic ing pm preparations and improving the port of copenhagen which Is the dm dim donellen da do nellea nelles of the north tile the port being convenient for transshipment storage and warehousing large steamers bound for the lie beltle with cargoes for several ports find it unprofitable to go unload loading ine from one harbor to another they use copenhagen as a port of 0 where there tire no n duties to pay for goods gooda in and whence they can have the r cargoes I 1 distributed to the t arious pirth of viti mate by this th regu tar mutt I 1 vessels teasel |