BALKAN STATES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 11

BALKAN STATES

NAZI EVACUATION SOME v REFUSE TO GO SOVIET NAVY ACTIVE STOCKHOLM TALKS ASSURANCE TO FINNS (Reed. Oct. 21, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20. A message from Tallinn states, that Germany has asked Estonia to prolong the repatriation of local Germans until March 31 owing to the difficulty of- transferring money and property. Many have decided to stay rather than abandon their possessions. German farmers have asked the Government for protection in order to remain. The Latvian Government is installing Latvians in abandoned German enterprises. No cash will be transferred from Latvia to Germany The transfer of property is confined to the limit of German funds due to Latvia. 3)he majority of Germans have departed* from Latvia. Schools are closed and newspapers are ceasing circulation. Hospital ships are taking invalids. Germans serving with the Latvian Army have been released by decree. Kiel Canal Passage It is understood that great Russian naval activity is taking place in the Baltic. Several Soviet submarines passed through the Kiel CanalThis possibly has no significance as normally Russian warships go to the White Sea in this season. Copenhagen messages state that the Scandinavian and Finnish papers are all satisfied with the Stockholm conference. The Oslo Morgen Bladet emphasises that it was found the time, was not ripe for a peace appeal. A message from Helsinki states that the Finnish Minister, M. Paasakivi, is going to Moscow to-morrow night.

3*l Daily Herald says that Swedisl and Norway are massing troops or

their north-eastern frontiers in order -to—protect their neutrality and to assure the Finns that their promises of support mean more tnan words. Eight Swedish divisions have been despatched to Norrland.