ESTONIA ANXIOUS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 September 1939, Page 7

ESTONIA ANXIOUS

RUMOURS OF IMPENDING SOVIET ACTION CONTENTION OVER POLISH SUBMARINE. REPORTED RUSSIAN DEMANDS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, September 27. General anxiety is mounting in Estonia over the relations with Russia as a result of alarming rumours of an impending Russian diplomatic offensive in the Baltic region, states a message from Tallinn. Reports from various sources say that Russia’s demands include the free passage of Russian trade through Estonia. According to a further message from Moscow, the Polish submarine which escaped from Tallinn had arrived in a damaged condition, and this, the message points out, contradicts the statement that the submarine later was able to leave. The only reason possible was that the submarine had been repaired, and that it was given sufficient petrol to undertake a fast sea voyage. The Estonian Foreign Minister has returned to Moscow for the second time in 48 hours.—By Radio. SOVIET DEMANDS NEW TRADE AGREEMENT. USE OF HARBOUR AS NAVAL BASE. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) COPENHAGEN September 27. The Politiken’s Stockholm correspondent reports that an Estonian delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister, M Garl Helfer, is flying to Moscow today. The Soviet is reported to have demanded a new trade agreement with Estonia also the use of a harbour in the Baltic as a naval base.