AID NEEDED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 5

AID NEEDED

FINNISH APPEAL ! DANGER PERSISTS SUPPLIES REQUIRED TREATING WOUNDED HELP FROM BRITAIN AMBULANCE INTENDED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) i (British Official Wireless.) ► Reed. 11.50 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 8. An Empire-wide appeal for help of every kind for Finland was made *ast night by Dr. Tancred Eorenius, professor of the history of art at London University, who is himself a Finn. “Although we have been victorious so far,” he said, “it is obvious that the hour of danger is not past.” In referring to the fact that the British Legion had lent a house to serve as headquarters of the fund, he said that the legion had not been slow to recognise that Britain and Finland were fighting for the same ideals. It was on Finland that the brunt of the battle was now falling. The greatest and most urgent need was medical supplies of all kinds The ruthless bombing of cities and villages and- the machine-gunning of civilians wherever Russian aeroplanes sighted them had created casualty lists of an appalling length. Dr. Borenius mentioned that the King and Queen had both sent donations to the fund. Mr. Paul Cadbury, the chairman of the Committee of Friends’ ambulances unit, revealed to-day that members of the unit would shortly leave for Finland with the encouragement of the War Office, the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Labour. The main party would leave in about 10 days and would work in conjunction with the British Red Cross and in co-operation with the Finnish Red Cross.