29 APRIL 1916, Page 12

THE GERMAN WAR ON DENMARK.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")

Ent,—The quotations from Lord Salisbury in your article under this heading in the Spectator of April 15th prove that he clearly perceived that the real motive for Germany's attack on Denmark was a vision of "-the German Fleet riding in the harbour of Kid." Does not this make it more than ever incomprehensible that he should have consented to the transfer of Heligoland to Germany ? Is there any evidence that his view of German naval ambitions changed between 1864 and 1890 ?