HOPE OF AGREEMENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 March 1940, Page 7

HOPE OF AGREEMENT

SETTLEMENT NOW SAID TO BE LIKELY MODIFICATION OF SOVIET DEMANDS. SOME CLAIMS ABANDONED. Uy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10 a.m.) STOCKHOLM. March 11. There are prospects that a Rus-sian-Finnish settlement within 24 hours is most likely. The “Aftonbladet” says Russia has yielded her claim to Hanko and is demanding Uto Island, half-way between Hanko and the Aaland Islands. A message from Copenhagen quotes the “Ekstrabladet’s” Helsinki correspondent. who states that peace between Russia and Finland has been concluded. Russia has abandoned her claim for the whole of the Rybach Peninsula, enabling the Finns to retain Petsamo, the Arctic coast and also the common border with Norway. Russia has withdrawn her demand for a puppet State. The Soviet is demanding a frontier on the Karelian Isthmus, from Taibela to Kuhmo. leaving the Finns Viborg and Helsinki. The Finnish Parliament is sitting. DEMAND FOR GUARANTEES. SCANDINAVIAN PRESS SUGGESTION. (Received This Day. 9.5 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, March 11. It is reported that the Finnish delegates have left Moscow by air with the Kremlin’s peace terms for submission to the Finnish Government. The Scandinavian Press draws attention to the possibility of Germany and Italy guaranteeing peace. It is believed that the Finns in Moscow demanded guarantees.