HELP FOR THE FINNS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 80, 15 January 1940, Page 5

HELP FOR THE FINNS.

AMERICAN DELIBERATIONS. LONDON, January 12. The rallying of sentiment among nations in all parts of the world behind the magnificent resistance of the Finnish people is the theme of a leading article -in the “Daily Telegraph,” which sees a drawing together of the nations as an outcome of the threat to the independence of the small states which Nazi aggression constitutes—an aggression raised into a calculated system. The “Daily Telegraph” ' states: “On a view of the European problem as a whole, wo find the same lesson en.forced—there can be no security without collaboration. “Out of the close association of Britain and France, and out of the collaboration of the neutral states we may reasonably hope to build up a system which will replace the oxtravagant nationalisms of the last half-century by recognition that safety and welfare are only to lie found in common action. “Hitler has announced that, his fight is against the old Powers of a decaying world, which (is She exact opposite of fact.. Hitlerism stands for the old savagery that he should take who has the power and that he should keep who can,” —British Official Wireless. NORWAY'S DEFENCE FINANCE. SAME TAXES TO BE DOUBLED: (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) OSLO, January 14. The defence estimates total £11,800,000 in a budget of £18,700,000. The Government proposes to double the income tax. capital tax and tax on war profits.