SOVIET CONDEMNED
RESORT TO WAR NOT JUSTIFIED Statement by British Prime Minister RUSSIA OBVIOUSLY WANTING TO DOMINATE FINLAND AMERICAN OFFER OF MEDIATION WELCOMED (By Telegraph.—Press Association-Copyright.) (Received This Dav, 1.22 p.m.) LONDON. November 30. In his statement in the House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain said that despite the Finnish offer to withdraw all troops from the Finnish frontier in the Karelian Isthmus, with the exception of ordinary frontier' guards and Customs officials, the Soviet denounced the Non-Aggression Pact, which was expressly designed to settle disputes peacefully. Britain found it difficult to believe that strategic measures of such a scope and importance as were suggested should be considered necessary in order to protect Russia against a small country like Finland. In announcing that Britain warmly welcomed the United States offer of mediation, Mr Chamberlain said Britain believed that the questions at issue did not justify a resort to war and that he deeply regretted this fresh attack against an independent nation. (Loud, cheers). It was quite obvious that Russia wanted to dominate Finland.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 December 1939, Page 6
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172SOVIET CONDEMNED Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 December 1939, Page 6
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