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RUSSIA REPORTED TO HAVE PRESENTED FOUR DEMANDS TO FINLAND: MILITARY PACT? DIVISION OF OPINION
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16 (Reuter)--Moscow correspon- dents of Danish newspapers report, from a reliable
source," that Russia has made the following demands of
"Finland:
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FIRSTLY, the cession of the islands of Tytarsaari. Lavan-
saari and Selskaart, and pussibly, Surrsaari, which com- mands the entrance to the Kronstadt Bay in the Gulf of Finland. In return Finland would receive territory in, East Karella;
SECONDLY, Finland is not to fortify the Aaland Islands.
ceding 10 Russia the right of Inspection; and THIRDLY, Finland is to conclude a Military Past with Russia. The fourth demand is unknown and it is believed to be the reason of the return of the Finish delegation to Hei- "sinki.
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The Finnish Nazi Party re- į cently sent a delegation to:
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FINNISH NAZIS
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Berlin, but returned crest- In Copenhagen yesterday, a Dan- fallen, only seeing a minor ish newspaper published a report official who said that the from its Helsinki correspondent
Finnish interests are outside the German sphere.
OPINION DIVIDED HELSINKI, Oct. 16 Renter)— Helsinki yesterday was hoping for satisfactory outcome of the negotiations with Russia.
The talks in Moscow have been interrupted in order to allow the
Finnish Envoy to return to Helsinki for consultations. He was seen off from Moscow by the Norwegian
and Danish Ministers early yester- day morning and is expected back in Moscow in a few days,
The Government admits that the Envoy's return means there is a division of opinion, "but state that there is no complete breakdown of the talks.
It is doubted if the Moscow talks can be resumed before Wednes- day's meeting in Stockholm of "the heads of the Scandinavian States.
Another view in Helsinki is that Russia has neither made brusque demands nor delivered an ultimatum. The Russian demanda are. still unknown. However, political circles say that the Rus alan demands include at least these three points:
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FIRSTLY, the use of islands in the Gulf of Finland;
SECONDLY, a Soviet-Finland military alance; and
THIRDLY, the status que ia the Aaland Islands to continue with Russian supervision to ensure that they remain un- forlifled.
Well-informed circles state that the first demand would not be strongly resisted by Finland.
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NO CHANGE Regarding the Aaland Islands, the Russian insistence that they re main unfortified means no change
Berarding a military alliance, an alliance beween Finland and any power is out of the ques- tion. "No neutral country has ari alliance."
The Finnish Foreign Min- ister, broadcasting to the Unit- ed States, Insisted that Russia had not delivered an ultimatum. "If Russ bad delivered an ultimatum." he declared, "Finland would not give way. The Finnish Government has agreed to an ex-
change of views as a contribution to the maintenance of peace.”
REFUELLING
OF GERMAN U-BOATS
"NAZI SHIPS IN MEXICAN WATERS UNDER SUSPICION
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (Reuter)— The Mexico City correspondent of the "New York Times" says that it has been definitely ascertained that there is at least one more German U-Boat now ready to attack allied shipping in the Caribbean.
The correspondent says that" | has been proved that Nazi sub- marines are being provisioned and saying that a delegation of Finnish refuelled by German ships now in- Nazis recently went to Berlin to terned in Mexican waters. try and see Herr Hitler and put
CLOSE WATCH their case before him, but saw neither Herr Hitler nor Herr von There is only circumstantiai Ribbentrop the Nazi Foreign Min-evidence, he says, but the Mexican ister, but only minor, cmcials.
Government is keeping a close
They were told that Herr Hitler watch on at least two German was sympathetic towards them, but ships. Both have taken on oll and that Finland was out of the Ger-provisions and the captains have man sphere. This was a severe something they wish to hide. blow to the Finnish Nazis, who al- ways expected that Germany would
intervene on their behalf at some future date.
SOVIET WARSHIPS TALLINN, Oct. 18 (Reuter)———- One Soviet cruiser and ten smaller warships anchored in Tallinn Bay on Sunday.
Up to now, efforts to catch them in flagrant violation of Mexican neutrality have proved fruitless, Mexican officials stat- ed that they are ready to in- positive tervene if there is evidence of guilt, when they would take action of the utmost severity.
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U.S. NAVY
SHAKE-UP
Vital Faults In Warship Construction
HIGH RANKING CHANGES
LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter)— The discovery of vital faults in the design and construction of several new American warships. has resulted in a big shake-up in the United States Navy, A involving the transfer of three admirals and a re-shuffle among many officers of lower rank, according to the "Daily Mail's" New York correspon➡. dent.
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Rear Admiral Harold Bowen, formerly head of the Bureau of Engineering, has
70,000 Russian Troops he been mored to
To Be Stationed In Baltic
States Under Soviet Pacts
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OFFENDS CANADA
"PURE HITLERIAN DOCTRINE"
TORONTO, Oct 16 (Reuter~- the Command of the Naval Re Much offence has been caused to search Laboratory in Bellevue: Canada by a broadcast by Col. Rear-Admiral william Dubose, Lindbergh, the famous American Chief of the Bureau of Con-airmen, in America on Friday struction and Repair has been night. Col Lindbergh virtually the Command of suggested that Britain and the LONDON, Oct. 16 (Renter)-According to a Rome re-the New Model Basin at Carderock other European countries should port, 70,000 Russian troops are to be stationed Esthonia, and has been relieved by Rear, withdraw from the Western Hemit- Admiral Alexander Ven Keuren phere, lest they drag the United Lithuania and Latvia. Twenty-thousand will enter the Esthonian naval and air bases on Wednesday and a fur-from the Washington Navy Yard States into war ther 5,000 will follow later.
Latvia will receive 25,000 Soviet troops and Lithuania 20,000)
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OVERWEIGHT
The stability of two new 1,600 ton destroyers is questioned. - They are many tons overweight and are lacking in operation efficiency.
The broadcast is described by one Toronto newspaper as "pure Hitlerian doctrine.”
"He would detach Canada. Ironi her. British connexion," adds the A message from Tallinn states that the first Soviet
journal, "and would refuse her right troops, numbering about 300, landed at the Esthonian port Ten other destroyers of the same
to prefer the Crown of England to group were expected to join the of Paldiskle from a transport and one warship.
fleet soon but drastic changes will American Independence. It is for- KAUNAS, Oct. 16 (Reuter) Russia, which was signed on Tues- now have be made in their con- tunate that Col, Lindbergh's broad- -Refugees from the Russia day.
struction and it is understood that cast is not representative of the occupied areas of Poland yes- The Foreign Minister, in his changes in the Navy's high ranking slew of the vast masses of Cana- terday swarmed over the new speech. said that Lithuanin was have been made with that necessity da's good neighbour in the South."
confident that Russia would con- view. | Lithuanian frontier. Many
tinue to respect her sovereignty thousands are
now in the and "would not interfere in strip of territory round Vilna Lithuania's internal affairs. ceded to Lithuania.
According to Polish refugees who entered North Rumania yesterday, the Russians have * concentrated large forces on
the Soviet-Slovak
frontier.
Ther also report the fortifica- tion of the new Russian-Ger- man frontier.
Numerous tanks, motorised columns and large convoys of infantry were seen moving
westward in South-east Poland.
POLISH PROTEST
He revealed that the Lithuanian Delegation at the Moscow talks had at first re- fused to agree to a Russian Gerrison in Lithuania, but
·lated agreed with the Soviet view that the war in Europe. made precautionary measures necessary.
SOVIET DENIAL
LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter)--A denial of the recent reports that Soviet troops are massing on the frontiers of Afghanistan and Iran has been issued by the official Tass News Agency,
SURVIVORS OF ROYAL OAK
KAUNAS, Oct. 16 (Reuter--M SINKING NOW TOTAL
Charwat, Polish Minister here. has protested to the Lithuanian Gov- OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ernment against the incorporation of Vilna in Lithuania, according to HELSINKI, Oct. 16 (Reuter)- Government and official Finnish reliable reports, He emphasised orcles, while declining to reveal that Poland considered that Russia the particulars of the Russian has no right to dispose of this ter demands,
thritory and holding that the matter
information
de-
maintain that
ls one that could be settled only be- concerning the mands published abroad in no way tween the Polish and Lithuanian
Governments, accords with the actual facts.
M. Charwat 15 leaving Kaunas to-day..
ANOTHER DEMAND
HELSINKI, " Oct. 1-14 (Reuter)--| The Finnish Delegation which left Moscow yesterday morning is ex- pected back to-day,
Another demand by the So- viet, in addition to the three reported earlier, is stated to have been made and It is be- lieved this demand Is the reason for the delegation's re- turn,
There is now much anxiety here, though it is pointed out that the Finnish delegates have only permission to dis- cuss limited points.
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ADMIRALTY LONDON, OCT. 16. (REUTER) —THE 'HAS ANNOUNCED ANOTHER 18 SURVIVORS OF H.M.S. ROYAL OAK SINKING, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUM- BER OF SURVIVORS NOW TO 414.
Кет I Washington, Senator Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, de- clared: "Col. Lindbergh's broad- Cast was subject to the construc- tion that he approves of a brutal conquest of the Democracies by Totalitarians through Warn threat of destruction through war."
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Concentrating Troops For An Attack On The Saar Area
PARIS, Oct. 16. (Renter)-If Herr Hitler strikes, ob- servers here express the opinion, that it will probably be on the Saar Front, where his concentrations are reported, to be most heavy. The Rhine Front, with its fast-flowing river, would present great difficulties, especially as the French have now blown up the main railway bridges.
The front just east of Luxemburg Includes "wooded hilly country, very difficult for tanks, on which Herr Hitler is believed to place great reliance.
If Herr Hitler launches an offensive, it seems probable that he will use masses of tanks and swarms of bombing and fighting planes.
The French Command is well prepared for every even- tuality.
JAPANESE TO PROTEST
LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter) The French, of course, refuse" to -German propaganda con- follow Herr Hitler's example to stantly states that the French Poland. The presence of French S'hai Sing - Song
gains on the Western Front on German soll has deeply- House Shooting
are small and that Saar affected the morale of the Rhme- land population from whom the bruecken and other open Nazis concealed the truth as long SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (Reater) towns, only two miles inside as possible, The Japanese Consular authorities the frontier, are still in Ger- plan to lodge a very strong protest man hands and that the Sieg- with the Shanghai Municipal Po fried Line, far bébind, was sing-song house bombarded, but is otherwise lice over the
Japanese were wounded.",
The death roll is now believed to be just under 800 and it is expected that this list will be reduced. The possi-shooting on Oct. 14 in which two intact. bility that any more men were saved must be regarded as remote.
According to Japanese reports,
Over 2,000,000 people: haye been evacuated from this re- gion, an experience which the Germans have not endured for 'over one century.
The economic, results are' also of: SIEGE WAR VALUE :**
first importance, as the French Air The Germans would doubtless Force and artillery have brought all
the Japanese Consular authorities LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter) message, the Royal Oak was sunk have completed investigation of prefer frontal attacks and large industry in the Bear to a stand- The Nazi claim that H.M.S.at 2.30 am. on Saturday.
the incident and intend, in their casualty lists, but military operatin, depriving Germany of a Royal Oak was sunk by a
protest, to charge the Bettlementtions are not the most important much coal and iron as she has ob German submarine was an-
Police with continued "Maxity in part in the first stage of the pre-tained in Polish Stora
sent war.
· KAUNAS, Oct, 16 (Reuter) The nounced with much satisfäc-
curbing activities of agents of Lithuanian: Parliament has unant- tion in Berlin yesterday. The
of Chungking. mously ratified the Treaty with claim was accompanied by still, more exaggerated state-
Vocational Schools For Free China CHUNGKING, Oct. 16 (Central, The Ministry of Education has drawn up a comprehensive plan for the establishment of vocational schools in key cities in Free China
It has been decided that to meet
ments.
For instance, the Nazis say they have sunk 88,000 tons of British warships and that HMS. Hood (the world's largest warship) is so badly damaged that she will be out of action for months to come. Both claims are, of course," ab- solutely unfounded.
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Lochavon Survivors Land In England
LONDON, Oct. 15 (Reuter) The crew and passengers of the Royal
Mall. Line steamer Lochavon land- an England yesterday morning.
The Lochavon (9,400 tons) was sunk in the Atlantic early. on Saturday morning.:8; 0; S. messages from the steamer were answered by British war- ships.
There were six passengers - on
SUNK
HEAVY U-BOAT 'LOSSES urgent requirements these schools The German statement that board the Lochavon. all whom, The Finnish Foreign Minister will first be established in Sze-they are now using destroyers in-together with the crew of 62, were stated yesterday that the Finnish-chwan, Yunnan,
Kwelchow, stead of submarines against mer-picked up.: chant ships is regarded as an ad- Russian relations were based on Kwangsi, Shensi and Kansu.
Courses will include agriculture. mission of their heavy submarine THREE FRENCH SHIPS three treaties that of 1920, (which Finland has always honoured), the animal husbandry, spinning and losses. In Paris it is estimated Non-Aggression Fact of 1932 and weaving, carpentry, civil engineer that at least 17 U-Boats have been another pact a year later (in ing, printing, and chemical goods sunk. Others are believed to have been sent to the bottom, but this which the word "aggression" is de- manufacturing." fined) and hoped that Russia would The cost for the establishment number is not, definite respect the principles which she of each school is tentatively fixed had emphasised at various inter- at $60,000 and itë' maintenance fee. national conferences
$40,000 yearly..."
FARIS, Oct. 18 (Reuter)-Three French ships, whose names are given as the Minguet, Brestague and Louisiane, were sunk during the past few days, according to wireless "L'Intransigeant."
SUNK AT 2.30 ́AM: LONDON, Oct. 16. (Reuter) According to a German
MOBILE FORCES ACTIVE
SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (Reuter)= | Chinese mobile forces have been) active along the Shanghai-Nan- king and Shanghai - Hangchow rallways.
The Allies, warned by their
painful experiences in the last
war, are conducting a methodi
WAR COMMUNIQUB PARIS, Oct. 18 (Reuter)-War Communique states: "The weather. was misty and rainý. Th
cal siege war and these reno great activity on the front.
ing the day, put north wen Wissembourg our scouting “par obtained the results aimed ́GREAT ACTIVITY PARIS, Oct. 18 (Reuter) irunique states that between Moselle and the Baar “thế great activity within the enem lines. West of Wissembourg thi
strained tactics have already achieved, at a very small cost in casualties, results the great value of which cannot be gauged from the depth of the French penetration alone.
IMPORTANT JUNCTION Saarbruecken is an importanţ A Chinese despatch states that road and railway junction and it is units are engaging the Japanese now surrounded on three sides and was patrol activity on both sides. garson at Changchow, south-all roads and railways are under west of the city on the Shanghal-fire of powerful French artillery Nanking railway.
Chinese despatches trom Cheklang report that a Chi- nese mine blew up a Japanese military train on Oct. 7 on the Shanghai - Hangchow railway in the vicinity of Kingping, while at the same place an- other Japanese military train was derailed on Oct. 14.
solidly established on the sur- rounding heights
The capture of the town would add nothing to this, but would en tall unnecessary casualties, through traps or hand-to-hand fighting.
Nothing would have been easter than to shell, this open town with its large civilian population (130, 000).
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·BACK HOME ROTTERDAM, Oct. 18, (Ren- ter)—The Netherlands · Hner Rotterdam left Rotterdams you terday, for New York with
· 1.100 Americans from different parts of Europe on bo
Next Friday, another 14 Americans will mall on the Netherlands vemet Bistendam.
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