T II E A M E li IC A N - S C A N DIN AVIA N R E VIE l\ r 
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Denmark 
*1 The labor conflict in Denmark lasted through the month of March 
and was the subject which demanded the daily interest of the entire 
population. In several of the towns in the provinces blows were ex¬ 
changed between the police and military on one side and the crowds, 
who were incited by the communists or syndicalists, on the other. The 
police used their clubs, the soldiers the flat of their swords, while the 
mob threw stones which broke many window panes. There were no 
fatalities anywhere, but many of the instigators of the trouble were 
arrested, sentenced to imprisonment, or fined. The most serious dis¬ 
turbance occurred in Randers, where the conflict led to a general strike 
in which the employees of the public utilities took part, so that it was 
necessary to run the gas, water, and electrical works with the organized 
Community Aid, Samfundshjcelpen . In the early part of April the 
labor conflict was enlarged throughout the country, partly by lockouts, 
partly by sympathetic strikes on the part of those workers who are not 
affected by the lockout. However, as the difference between the con¬ 
flicting but always negotiating parties is really very slight, all parties 
agree in hoping that peace will soon be established and life renewed in 
all the trades now forced to inactivity. C| In the Rigsdag the Social¬ 
ists directed an attack against Minister of Justice Rytter on account 
of the attitude taken by the police and militia in the towns of the 
provinces, and on Minister of the Interior Ivragh because he has lim¬ 
ited the loan extended by the State to the existing societies for insur¬ 
ance against unemployment, at the same time limiting a so-called con¬ 
tinuous subsidy which under normal conditions goes into effect when 
the support paid by these societies is exhausted. As this latter subsidv 
is paid from funds provided by the State, the municipalities, and the 
employers in conjunction, it can not, of course, legally be used for 
the support of those who are out of work because of implication in 
lockouts and strikes. A want of confidence vote to the ministry 
was proposed by the Socialists, but was defeated in the Folkething 
by 80 against 40 votes, the Liberals, Conservatives, and the mem¬ 
bers of the Industrial Party voting against it. CJ The budget for 
1922-23, which was completed during the last days of March, 
showed current receipts of 329,000,000 kroner and current expendi¬ 
tures of 358,000,000 kroner; in other words, a deficit of 29,000,000 
kroner, to which will be added expenditure on the property para¬ 
graph amounting to 49,000,000 kroner. The new series of taxes 
will, however, increase the current receipts of the fiscal year by 124,- 
000,000 kroner, according to the statement of Premier Neergaard, 
The deficit will thus be changed to a surplus, and it appears that 
neither the supplementary appropriation nor the new State loan that 
have been discussed will be necessary for the present. 
