SOUTHERN SCHLESWIG
SEPARATE POLITICAL ENTITY (Rec. 8 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Feb. 3. It is authoritatively stated that an. agreement has been reached between the British authorities and representatives df the Danish minority, in Southern Schleswig, recognising the latter as a political entity. Schleswig-Hol-stein has been a controversial issue in European politics for many'years. In 1866 Schleswig was ceded by Austria to Prussia with the proviso: "The populations of North Schleswig shall be again united with Denmark in the event of their, expressing a desire so to be by vote freely exercised." A plebiscite in 1920 restored North Schleswig to Denmark, leaving South Schleswig still in Germany.
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Evening Star, Issue 25708, 4 February 1946, Page 6
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105SOUTHERN SCHLESWIG Evening Star, Issue 25708, 4 February 1946, Page 6
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