File No. 763.72119/906
The Minister in Denmark ( Egan) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 23, 9.30 a.m.]
1461. Crisis in Germany acute. If our Government would make it clear that it will treat for peace if the Reichstag is a power, the effect in Germany would be good. It would accentuate the President’s distinction between the people and the autocrats. If negotiations can be arranged, the Emperor of Austria is inclined to treat for a separate peace. Spain would be willing to mediate. The German Minister here, Count Rantzau, Progressive Liberal, is playing for German Secretary of State when Socialist Liberals grow stronger. He recently received a deputation of Danish Socialists and is becoming very popular because of his arrangements with trade-unions here about coal. Germany is suddenly posing as the only real friend of the common people in Denmark.