DENMARK: Greenland for the Eskimos!

"So long as I remain in power," said Prime Minister Stauning in Copenhagen, Denmark last week, "Greenland will not be 'opened up.' I see no reason to start experimenting with these kindhearted, trusting, aboriginal people. The Eskimo thrives under our present system."

Under the "present system" no white man can settle in Greenland or even land there without special permission from the Danish Government. Trade is a Govern-ment monopoly, Eskimos are benevolently encouraged not to become too civilized.

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