To the Editor of the "Nonrn-Cinna Dany News"
Stm—The "North-China Daily News" of today's date contains an. article by Mr, Barnard Ellinger, previously Dublished in "The Times" Trade and Engineering Supplement, this article it is said that at the conclusion of the war of 1914 Germany "restored Schleswig-Holstein to. Denmark."
1 would, however, like to draw your and your readers' attention to the fact that there has never been any question of restoring Schleswig-Holstein in their entirety to Denmark. It was only the Northern part of the old Danish crown Slesvig, which in virtue of the expression of the free will of the Population in that part by the plebiscite of February 10, 1920, was retroceded to Denmark in that yea ed territory, which forms an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark, amounted at the last election of the Danish Parliament in April 1939 to about 15 per cent." of the total votes there," Lo. about 15,000 German votes and about 85,000 Danish votes in the said region, Pout. Scurrt. Danish Charge d'Amfaires, Shanghai, Nov, 15.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.