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Moscow, To-day. The Finnish question A has obviously taken a de- cided turn for the worse

following the Soviet de-

nunciation of the Russo- Finnish Non-Aggression Pact.

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GESTAPO REIGN OF TERROR

GRIM REVELATIONS OF BARBARITY IN POLAND

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Basel, To-day. NEW REIGN OF terror has been established throughout Poland in an attempt by the Gestapo to eradicate Polish national feelings, according to a diplomat who has just arrived from Warsaw. Apparently the S.S. men have received orders to make Polish resistance "impossible for centur- ies” and in order to do this they are to destroy all intellectual elements in Poland.

The Soviet considers that the Pact When the repression campaign began, numbers of aristocrats were shot and women and children murdered.

became inoperant as from yesterday "because of Finland's anti-Soviet policy.'

The Treaty, which was signed in 1932, provided that six months' notice was required for its denun- elation.

The Soviet Note states:- "The Finnish refusal to withdraw its troops shows that Helsinki desires to keep Leningrad under the immediate threat of the Finnish Army.

The Soviets do not threaten Finland

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the Soviet troops centrated 100 kilometres behind the frontier.

"Besides, a similar withdrawal of both sides as proposed by Fin- land is impossible as it would an- danger both sides."

ALARMING GESTURE

Political circles here are of the opinion that although it does not constitute an Ultimatum, the Soviet gesture is alarming.

Warsaw's population is in a des- perate plight, suffering from hunger and cold. Eighty per cent of the city was destroyed in the war and no new buildings have been constructed.

In reply to a question by a neutral diplomat, a Gestapo offi. cial said: "What's the use of re- llef measures? Our duty Is to Ilquidate the Poles, not look after their well-being.".

The fate of the Jews is still worse, as many are dying of hunger, as they

GERMANY

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The Soviet Radio alleges three in- HARD BLOWS

cidents on the Russo-Finnish border. In one case, it alleges, a group of Finnish soldiers attempting to cross the frontier was.repulsed by machine- gun fire.

All Soviet frontier posts have been

reinforced.--Havas.

London, To-day.

The Earl of Cork and Orrery, moving the Address in Reply to the King's Speech in the House of Lords, de- clared that Britain was fight- ing an unscrupulous enemy. There was a danger in under- ac-estimating German strength and how

far Germany was prepared to go.

GERMAN COMMENT ON SITUATION

Berlin, To-day. Political circles in Moscow, cording to a Moscow telegram, con- sider that while the denunciation of the Soviet-Finnish Pact greatly in- creases the tension, it does not ne- cessarily mean that an armed colli- sion is imminent.'

The Soviet move, however; is con- sidered to be in the nature of an urgent last-minute warning to Fin- land and further developments de- pend on the Finnish Government's reception of the Soviet Note, which repeats the demand for the with drawal of Finnish troops from the frontier.-Reuter.

STORY OF FRONTIER SKIRMISHES

Moscow, To-day.

No economic pressure, ho da. olared, will make Germany aud for peace.

Germany will give way only under severe blows on land, on sea and in the air. They must be hard and re- lentless.-Reuter.

Finns were taken prisoner.

According to Tass, five Finnish sol- diers fired on a frontier patrol in the Karelian Isthmus. The Finns were thrown back on their own ter- ritory. There were no Soylet losses.

Later the Finns fired Ave rifle

shots, to which the Soviet troops did not reply. Tass also alleges that following the firing of two cannon shots which burst in Soviet terri- series of frontier skirmishes be--tory, small groups. of. Finnish infan- tween Finnish and Soviet, troops are reported by the military command in the Leningrad area, according to the Tags Agency, which says that three

try attempted to cross the frontier, but in the face of rifle and machine. gun fire retreated into Finnish terri- tory.-Reuter,

are not allowed to leave the Ghetto, into which no food is entering. The Jewish death rate is appalling in Warsaw and also at Lublin, which suffered heavily from bombing and affords no shelter against the bitter cold.

DISGUST AROUSED

The attitude of the S.S. men and the power they enjoy draws bitter opposi- tion from Germans, both soldiers and civilians. Some of the youngest S. S. men have asked to be permitted to go back to the Reich.

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London, To-day.

It is very reliably reported that both the Germans and the. Russians are engaged in strenu ous fortification work on their new common frontier running through Poland.

Both sides have speeded up the construction of concrete block- houses and an intricate system of trenches and field fortifications.- Havas.

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London, To-day.

tion of the British Order-in-Council A German comment on the publica-

menace with worse menace. We shall for reprisals, says: "We shall meet fight until England bends the knee as no other Power has ever bent be- fore us."-Reuter.

ARTILLERY FIRE

Paris, To-day. Artillery fire at different points along the Western Front is reported, but no large-scale infantry operations were noted.-Reuter.

The Gestapo, however, is so solidly established that Hans Franck, the Polish "Protector," has moved his headquarters from Warsaw to Cracow | WEATHER FORECAST:-North-East in order to avoid friction.-Havas.

winds, fresh; cloudy, cold.

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