TENSION GROWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 264, 7 October 1942, Page 5

TENSION GROWS

PREMIER CALLS FOR ORDER. (Rec. 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 6. The tension in Copenhagen is growing hourly and the guards around the palace have been quadrupled. The Danish Parliament met to-day and the Premier (Dr. Buhl) appealed to the Danish people to act with commonsense and to preserve orderly and quiet conditions in what he called “these critical times for our country”. According to the Berlin radio Dr. Buhl declared that Denmark’s nonbelligerency would be maintained. He added that Denmark wants to cooperate with Germany’s new order in Europe. Denmark’s interests require the Danes to act in a spirit of collaboration and prudence, and that settled conditions should prevail. The Danish Chief of Police (Einer Mellerup) has warned the people in Copenhagen not to gather in the streets or hamper the police arresting rioters. More forceful methods will be used if this warning is ignored. The Berlin radio said: “Reports of tension in Denmark are treated with the utmost reserve in German political circles, but things in Denmark are not going as might have been expected from the correct attitude displayed by German quarters. The examplary conduct of all Germans in Denmark could give no grounds for complaint. Evidently certain Danish circles misunderstood this attitude. The fact that the Danes who risked their lives as volunteers to fight against Bolshevism were treated on their return with disdain and even jeers has given a very bad impression.”