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...three Baltic States bordering Russia, all of them formerly in Tsarist Russia, do not want guarantees, and least of all by the Soviet Union. What they want is neutrality. (Denmark last week signed with Germany a non-aggression pact which, in Copenhagen, was hailed as a certificate of neutrality.) But, argued Comrade Molotov, it may be that these little States will "prove unable to defend their neutrality in the event of an attack by aggressors." In that case, since they are border buffers, Soviet Russia would want them defended whether the States themselves agreed or not. The Foreign Commissar used...
...four Oslo Powers do not have the same German problem. Norway, Sweden and Finland have some protection against Germany in the Baltic Sea. Denmark has a common 42-mile border with the Nazis. Furthermore, in the 1,500-square-mile province of North Schleswig, Denmark owns territory that, from 1864 to 1918, belonged to Germany. Several times during the last few years the German press has indicated that some day North Schleswig would be returned to the Reich. While Britain indicated last month that she would fight if Denmark were invaded, the Danes know that the German Army could probably...
...attempt to forestall Encirclement in the Baltic, Führer Adolf Hitler invited Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia to conclude non-aggression pacts with Germany. Latvia and Estonia jumped at the chance. The other four countries reserved judgment until their foreign ministers had a chance to meet at Stockholm, agree on a common policy. Sharpest opposition to acceptance of the offer appeared in Norway...
...Adolf Hitler last week showed more grimly than ever his determination to press his demands against Poland (see col. 3), the Free City of Danzig, the old Hanseatic town on the Baltic, became Europe's chief danger spot. Danzig is 95% German. It is ruled by Nazis. It is politically (if not economically) free from Polish rule. Students of the Treaty of Versailles have long criticized the detachment of Danzig from Germany at the World War's end and the placing of the city in the Polish customs union. If it is accepted that Austria, the Sudetenland...
Alarms. By lining up on their side Eastern European countries from the Baltic to the Aegean, the British and French did much to restore the balance of power that had recently been weighted heavily in the dictators' favor. They also convinced many an observer that war had been made inevitable. When the British guarantee to Poland was announced three weeks ago, the Axis answered by the seizure of Albania. With Greece and Rumania added to the Peace Front last week, all Europe knew that it was again Hitler's and Mussolini's move. The German press screamed...