SHIPPING FOR PETSAMO

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23360, 20 June 1941, Page 7

SHIPPING FOR PETSAMO

I , fi; [ ' - .i RAN IMPOSED BY S*' BRITAIN C.,‘ 1 GERMAN TROOPS IN ;;|£y FINLAND RUGBY, June 18. Ministry of Economic Warfare '■frapuaces that the British Governinformed the Finnish Govsramcot that from June 4 no further traffic will be allowed into the v«fcHc;port of Petsamo, SHt autumn the Finnish Governgranted the Germans the right troops across Finland to and ,;|p .Norway. Although this was reas a grave breach of neutrality, Government, desiring to the Finns to try to maintain '

P Independence, agreed to permit presumption of sea traffic to and M Petsamo, provided suitable ay * made to prevent any BmSfflS, obvioM W viw&n tAwHC W»re entering [ftneTlri such la*® numbers as to “® it tolerably ch.>xl that they were jfflf VP permanent positions in Fin* Of'- and were not in transit to Nortt Accordingly, the British Governin'is no longer able to regard the fnish Government as capable of Splylng with the terms agreed upon wrtumn, ■ rafnavicerts will, fo/ the time becfee granted to ships, proposing to Finland, and already , three FinCr vessels on their way to Petsamo j been Intercepted and detained. ' ne Helsinki correspondent of the plated Press of Great Britain bell telephoning a dispatch, saying: i streets of Helsinki are crowded S uniformed men, women, and soi- «, fully armed.” The Finnish Cenik then broke the telephone con-

dp. Mail Service to Anzaca.— To cope ftjhuge quantities of air mall from p i Zealand and Australia for the pcs flighting in Palestine, Egypt, IJSytia, Jtoyal Dutch Airlines to-day row an extra weekly return service Men Malaya and Palestine.—Batapuaett, • \ ; _ ■