FINLAND MAKES
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ANOTHER OFFER
OF PEACE TALKS
Helsinki, To-day.
SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN over the Finnish radio, M. Tanner, the Foreign Minister, told M. Molotov, the Soviet For- eign Commissar, that Finland was prepared to continue
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Finnish dispute.
M. Tanner asked M. Molotov to broadcast his reply whether
he was prepared to resume the negotiations.
He added that if no answer comes, or the answer is in the negative, the world will know what value to set on Rus-
sian principles and promises.
M. Tanner recalled that during the Russo-Finnish negotiations M. Molo-
the sole purpose
of the tov stated
was to Soviet's territorial demands
and particularly secure the Soviet, Leningrad, against eventual attacks by a third power.
TRUE PURPOSE
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were in
He asked if this was M. Molotov's true purpose, and if so, then the con- cessions made by Finland their opinion sufficient for the purpose. The Finns also notified the Soviet to consider even of their readiness greater concessions.
TO THE LAST
M. "If this is the Russian aim," Tanner declared, "they can be sure Finland will defend herself to the last. "The Finnish people are not minded to lose their independence and liberty or be brought to submit to an alien yoke."-Reuter.
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Paris, To-day.
is
now
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Bri- in Minister, Prime tish France to spend some days with the British Expeditionary Force.
M. Tanner said subsequent events were calculated to give the idea that Russia all along nursed aims of a
Mr. Clement Attlee, Leader of the
Green character which more far-reaching seemed to be to gain possession of the Opposition, and Mr. Arthur whole of Finland and restore the fron-wood, his Deputy, will make a similar
visit in the near future.-Reuter. tier of Czarist Russia.
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Santiago de Chile, To-day. The German merchantman Dusseldorf (5,000 tons) has been sunk by a British warship.
The Chilean Government has instructed the warship Arauco to proceed to the spot and rescue survivors.
The Dusseldorf, owned by the North German Lloyd, left Val- paraiso on Wednesday evening.— Reuter.
DASH TO ESCAPE BY GRAF SPEE PREDICTED
(Continued from Page 1.) what action to take towards the Graf Spee.
Most of the crews of vessels sunk placed on by the Graf Spee were board an unarmed ship which is still at large.
The wreaths at the funeral of the in- Graf Spee's dead included one scribed "To the memory of brave men of the sea from their comrades of the British Merchant Service.".
In London yesterday, an Admiralty communique issued at 7.45 last even- ing, announced that four were killed and three wounded in H.M.S. Achilles during the engagement with the Graf Spec-Reuter.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN LONDON
London, To-day. Damage to the Graf von Spee is such that she can still navigate, reports from Montevideo state.
Photographs sent by wireless have been received in London and show the actual damage done. Naval ex- perts who have examined them say that the Nazi pocket-battleship's 11- THE
inch guns are out of action. The ship LATEST itself, however, can still put to sea.
Five British warships are now out- side the mouth of the River Plate and the Graf von Spee has the choice of being interned for the rest of the war or of coming out to be sunk.
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The 62 British seamen 'on board the Graf von Spec have been landed in Montevideo. Some of them are from two merchantmen which have not previously been reported lost. They said that they counted 17 hits-Reu- ter.
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Shanghai, To-day. The Settlement police were kept busy all day yesterday as a wave of rice riots swept over the city.
Twenty-one Chinese rice shops were looted in the Settlement and one in the French Concession, and there have been over 70 arrests, The extent of the loss suffered In by the shops is not known. many cases they were damaged during the rioting.
The police were most reluctant to use force on the rioters, the majority of whom were the poor- est class of men, women and children, but in some cases they fired into the air in order to dis- perse the crowds.
Most of the riots took place in the western district close to the outside roads area. Some of the riots are reported to have been or- ganised with a view to creating disturbances in the foreign areas. The price of first grade rice has declined a dollar, and is being sold at present at $42 a picul, while the price of second grade rice has decreased $2.-Reuter.
London, To-day. It is now learned that five Mes- in serschmidts were shot down the air attack on the German coast on Thursday.
It is confirmed that .. British losses were only three bombers. -Reuter.
Buenos Aires, To-day.. The Uruguayan Government, it is reported, has given the Graf Spee 72 hours in which to leave or be interned, according to Montevideo despatch.Router.
Moscow, To-day.
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A Red Army communique states that Soviet troops continued the of advance from the direction Murmansk-Reuter.
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