KNOTTY PROBLEM
FINLAND & THE RUSSIAN DEMANDS RESOLUTE OPPOSITION TO PROPOSALS. THREAT TO TRADE ROUTES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. I Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 1. The British United Press’s Helsinki corespondent states while it is understood that the delegation will refuse the Soviet demands, the Government has issued a statement that Finland will never allow a third Power to use her territory in a manner inimical to Russia. The Moscow demand for a naval base on the Finish mainland, presumably Hanko, is expected to be a very thorny problem, because it would permit the severance of Finland's trade arteries at will. The compensation of Karelia would merely worsen the defence position by extending the frontier to include a population alien in race and religion. Hcnsinki newspapers point out that the Soviet demand for the fortified island opposite Baltiski, at the mouth of the Gull of Finland, would result in Helsinki. Viipuri and Kotka being under foreign control.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 6
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158KNOTTY PROBLEM Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 6
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