DENMARK: The Fox in the Coop

Hitler's New Order was put to the vote in occupied Denmark last week. For reasons best known to themselves, the Germans permitted the Danes to hold parliamentary elections. The result was the biggest vote in Danish history and a smashing rebuke to the Nazi overlords—a boomerang to the Germans, who, also for reasons of their own, had taken care to advertise the elections to the world.

Public electioneering by press and radio, distribution of posters and leaflets were banned. But the issue was clearly drawn. "Say No to Germany" was the BBC-borne advice...