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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z Vol. 7, No. 9 September 13, 1944

Editorial — Danish Youth Resist

Editorial

Danish Youth Resist

Figures from Denmark tell of the predominant part played by youth in the underground fight against the invaders. It is confidently estimated by patriots recently arrived in Sweden that sixty out of every hundred acts of sabotage are carried out by activists between the ages of twenty and thirty years.

In five cases out of a hundred the saboteurs are under twenty years of age. If the youngsters had their way there would be many more, but the leaders of the illegal organisations do not allow the very young to be exposed to the great dangers implied on the job, with death threatening either through mishap in the execution of the task or from the firing squad, should the patriot be caught.

Apart from sabotage there are many others form of illegality. The principal sphere of activity for the very young is the printing and distribution of Denmark's thirty odd underground newspapers, whose total monthly circulation runs up to one million copies. Senior school boys and girls put all their skill and ingenuity into organising their age groups for the distribution of the precious truth.

Apart from helping in the editorial and circulation "departments" of other illegal papers, the youth run two or three of their own newspapers. One is the "Students' Information Service," which has an excellent reputation for speed and accuracy.

And yet we only have to lend—

Fight with all Your Might and Money!