FINLAND'S CASE
MEETING OF ASSEMBLY
RUSSIA'S POSITION
EXPECTED TO LEAVE
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) (Received December 5, 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON, December 4.
The representative of Finland at the meeting of the League Council will be Dr. Rudolf Holsti, Minister at Berne, who will be at the head of a strong delegation. Mr. de Valera, who will probably be elected'chairman, has convoked the Assembly for December 11. The Geneva correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co. says that the Belgian representative, M. de
Wiart, will preside at the meeting of the League Council on December 9. The council will adjourn after a short meeting owing to the call of the Assembly. M. Souritz, Russian Ambassador in Paris, will represent Russia, and M. Modzelewski, Minister at Berne, will represent Poland.
It is learned at Geneva, that Russia will leave the League, j
The Press Association understands that M. Maisky, the President of the League Council, whose term of office expires automatically when the Council meets, is not going to the League meeting on December 9. A message from Paris says that Finland's appeal to the League recalls that Finland, alone among the Scandinavian Powers, has always remained faithful to the principle of collective security.
FINLAND'S CASE
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 9
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