PRAISE BY PRESIDENT
SPIRIT OF PEOPLE (Reed. October 2, 9 a.m.) TALLINN, Sept. 30. The President of Estonia, M. Paets, broadcasting, declared 'that Estonia’s peaceful submission to the Soviet demands “spared the nation a hopeless struggle and assured the maintenance of complete home and foreign independence.” He praised the spirit of the people and their readiness to fight, but pointed out that these qualities were insufficient against Powers equipped with modern machinery. RATIFICATION OF PACT (Reed. Oct. 2, 9 a.m.) MOSCOW, Sept. 30. The Soviet Parliament has ratified the So'vict-Estonian pact,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20057, 2 October 1939, Page 9
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