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Sweden Working For Armistice In Finland
SOVIET SENDS
ULTIMATUM
NEW
Expiring Midnight Tonight
(SPECIAL TO “ CHINA MAIL “'):
PARIS, TO-DAY. A GUARDED STATEMENT ISSUED BY A FINNISH SPOKEMAN IN HELSINKI YESTERDAY SEEMS PARTIALLY TO CONFIRM PERSISTENT REPORTS THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE DELIVERED AN ULTIMATUM TO FINLAND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY OF CONCLUDING PEACE NOW, ON TERMS MORE SEVERE THAN WERE REFUSED BY FINLAND LAST AUTUMN.
The reports state that the ultimatum expires at
midnight on Friday, and that there is a possibi- PEIPING lity of an armistice on Saturday,
Russia's new demands include the surrender of the entire Karelian Isthmus including the existing
FOOD
Mannerheim Line defences, the port of Hangos, RIOTS
Passiviki In Stockholm
~ and the Petsamo region. The rumours declare that Russia has made a move towards an armis-
Stockholm, To-day. tice on these terms on pressure from
It is confirmed Germany, and that Sweden is, play-
that M. Passikivi, ing an active part in trying to ar-who led the Finnish mission to Mos
cow in the effort to avert the war, Finnish statesmen, not in the has arrived in Stockholm. Rumours Government, are reported to have ar-that he is here to take part in peace
range it.
rived at Stockholm.
"DANGEROUS” REPORTS
negotiations are not confirmed. Reuter.
The Swedish Foreign Minister has Telephonic Communication
refused to confirm the reports, and a close censorship has now been im- posed on all outgoing telegrams from Stockholm, because some of the re- ports sent out have been "dangerous." No indication of what these reports were has been given.
Interrupted
London, To-day. Telephone communication between Stockholm and a number of foreign terrupted at the Swedish end last capitals, including London, were in-
night.
told
Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues
In Copenhagen, Reuter was in the Viborg Bay area, where the Russians have suffered severe punish-because the Government doesn't want that calls to Stockholm were stopped
ment. Havas.
An Official Bulletin
London, To-day.". According to a Helsinki telegram, an official bulletin issued there states that from information if the posses-- "sion of the "Finnish Government, the Soviet Government is believed to to have planned the presentation of demands to Finland more far-reach- ing than those of last autumn.
sensational rumours published about the situation."
The word "situation," it is assum- ed, refers to rumours of Swedish mediation, in Finland.
A later report on the situation comes from the Paris radio, which states that the Soviet has presented Finland with an ultimatum, expiring. at noon on Saturday. No corrobora- tion of the report is available.
Meanwhile, in Stockholm, though Reuter. :
official confirmation is lacking, re- Radio Announcement. ports from usually reliable sources
Helsinki, To-day.
insist that negotiations are progres- The radio, has issued an official ing for an armistice between Finnish, Swedish, German and Russian dele-announcement gates.
Armistice Talk Reports Preliminary talks for an armis- tice are believed to have been going on for some days, although the Swedish Foreign Office, which is re- ported to be acting as chief mediator, will neither confirm nor deny the reports.
Germany's part in the negotiations is apparently being played by the Nazi press chief, Herr Dietrich, · who flew to Stockholm for a secret one- day visit.
-According to one version the pre- sent negotiations are being conduct- ed on the basla' of Russian demands for the cession of ́···
The Karellan Isthmus,
that the Soviet has presented Finland with new and more far-reaching demands.`
Further details were promised later.
Reuter.
WILL HAND BE FORCED?
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")' Helsinki, To-day. The Finnish telegraphic agency has issued the following communique “Ac- cording to official information Russia
Lake Ladoga and the territory north has planned to present Finland with
of thin,
A section of Lapland, Including Petsamo, and
The port of Hangoe.
Rome Story
new territorial demands which go much further than those of last autumn."
Semi-official comment is that Fin- to accept an honour-
land is reading into consideration:
oble peace,
Soviet interests but would refuse to accept any proposal destroying her independence..
According to the Rome radio, which reports considerable diplomatic ac tivity in Stockholm and Helsinki,it is believed that Russia, Sweden and General sentiment is that 'no pos- Germany are working for a plan for sible help could come from Norway mediation in the Finnish war. De-and Sweden while Allied help will legates of the three countries are ex-probably be insufficient. · pected to be joined by Field-Marshal Furthermore, Sweden and Norway, Mannerheim, the Finnish commander- fearing to become a battlefield, are In-chief,- and Marshal Blucher the therefore likely to refuse to allow Soviet commander, it was added. the transit of major Allied help. Reuter.
Havas.
NAZIS
BESIEGED
Washington, To-day.
The newspaper "Washington Star" deolares: - "Instead of fao- ing a Britain and France which Ribbentrop said would never fight, the Nazis are beslaged by land and water.
"Their ships have been swept from the same; their mighty army pinned on the Siegfried Line, their civilian population and in- dustry at its wits and to main- tain themselves against slow but sure strangulation.”—Reuter.
signs of developing into major tragedy and it is a wonder the Chin- ese, are able to exist, at all under
present conditions.
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According to the latest figures it costa for a family twice as much to subsist on the meanest fare as ité monthly Income.
Peiping, To-day. The spotlight locally has shifted from political affairs to the economic situation and even the forthcoming cen- tral political conference at Nanking, at which the future! political status of North Peping. Hundreds gather China will possibly be decid-witnessed as crowds of half starving ed, cannot obscure or even Chinese, including women and chil
dren, gather in the hope of purchas- rival the serious and rapidlying food which is either non-existent worsening situation.
or selling at exorbitant prices or is in thorities the food situation shows all Reuter.
Despite all the efforts of the au- the hands of unscrupulous hoarders.—
Already there have been riots in daily at the food shops and tragic scenes are
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