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...Schleswig-Holstein Affair," Professor Langer, Harvard...
With Nazi propagandists baying on her borders, Denmark has issued an appeal to Norway and Sweden for a united front against Hitlerism, external and internal. The external attack which the Danes fear is an attempt by Germany to seize Schleswig, that famous member of the Schleswig-Holstein duet which was such a factor in European politics of yester-year. The theft of Schleswig, they say, is one of the primary objects of the Nazi regime, being desired not simply as an additional pasture for German cows, but as a symbol of Teuton expansion and the first of many successful conquests...
...much-gnawed bone is Schleswig-Holstein. In 1460 the Kings of Denmark became Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein, agreed never to join it to Denmark. They kept their word for almost 200 years, then lost it to Sweden, got it back in chunks. In 1806 Schleswig-Holstein was joined to Denmark. In 1848 Denmark allowed German-populated Holstein to join the German Confederation and during the next two years beat off Prussia's ungrateful attempt to seize Schleswig too. But in 1864 Austria and Prussia ganged up on Denmark, bloodily took Schleswig away. For 50 years Schleswig and Holstein were...
...many-motored DO-X, back in Germany after her winter in the U. S., roared over Fehmarn Belt last week, a strait between Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish island of Laaland. Down below was a little grey barkentine plowing through the water with all sails set: the German naval training ship Niobe. It was a bright sunny afternoon but the air was rough. The DO-X dipped low over the Niobe in salute, then hurried...
...late 1870's a woodcarver named Dirks left his home in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, and shipped himself, wife and nine children to the New World where he settled down in Chicago's West Side lumber yard and railroad district. One son, Rudolph, soon picked up broken English, discarded newspapers which he sold for 1? profit, and a knack of drawing. In time he | drifted to New York, originated in 1897 a color page of comics called "The Katzenjammer Kids," became one of the world's most beloved cartoonists...