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between Sassnitz, Germany, and Traelleborg, Sweden, the accessi- 
sility of Central Europe to the Baltic through Stettin, Danzig, and 
Koenigsberg, and the easy accessibility to the Baltic of light French 
and English craft, are factors of such importance as almost to dispose 
’f the advantages of using the Copenhagen free port as an entrep6t 
for the distribution of European goods. The United States is thus 
eft as practically the only manufacturing country of capital rela- 
lonship to foreign trade which could advantageously use the Copen- 
lagen free port, but the postwar establishment of a direct freight 
service between American and Baltic ports and the maintenance by 
3 Danish line of a similar service through Danzig, have greatly 
reduced the profits derivable from this source. The postwar develop- 
Tents in Russia have likewise greatly affected the Copenhagen free 
Jort’s expansion. 
Influence of free port on the development of the Danish merchant 
marine.~—~While the tonnage of Danish ships has steadily increased 
n the 34 years since the Copenhagen free port was established, it is 
10t believed that the increase has been due in more than a minor 
degree to the free port. Speaking generally, Danish tonnage is 
“ployed either in the general carrying trade abroad or in the 
lelivery of goods from foreign ports for Danish consumption, and 
the transshipment of parts of cargoes discharged along with Danish 
Teight, in the free port is but an incidental part of the traffic. The 
transshipment trade, especially in so far as general merchandise is 
*oncerned, is more apt to be shared in by foreign ships than is the 
delivery of products for exclusive home consumption such as grain, 
foodstufls, mineral fuels, and fertilizers. It is to be observed, inci- 
lentally, that an appreciable amount of the materials just mentioned 
each Denmark through transshipment at Hamburg. 
It is interesting to note in regard to the question of Danish shipping, 
that statistics show that the actual number of Danish ships which 
tered the Copenhagen Harbor decreased between 1900 and 1922 (the 
last year for which the statistics are stated) the total number in the 
rst year mentioned being 13,274 and in the latter 10,936. The loss 
QU numbers, however, was offset by an increase in tonnage, the figures 
deing 2,146,000 tons against 2,527,000, respectively. The foreign 
hips entering the harbor also decreased from 7,760 to 4,727, but 
Mth increased tonnage, the figures being 1,196,000 tons against 
1,236,000. Of the 4,727 foreign vessels which entered the harbor in 
1922, 2,838 were Swedish, 281 Norwegian, 858 German, 244 Dutch, 
179 English, 241 Finnish, 33 American, and 53 of other nationalities. 
The figures stated do not include the ferry boats operating between 
‘he free port and Malmo, Sweden. 
. The following table represents the number of ships and the tonnage 
Wet registered) thereof, which entered the general harbor and the