PACT TO BE RATIFIED.
FINNISH GOVERNMENT. RESIGNATION PROBABLE. HELSINKI, March 19, After ratification of the llusso-Fjn-nish Treaty, for which Dr Paasikivi and a delegation of five have arrived in Moscow, the Finnish Government is expected formally to resign. It is explained that the fact that the present Cabinet is considered an interim War Cabinet necessitates its resignation and the appointment of a new Government of reconstruction. TRAGEDY-IS 7- FINLAND. PREMIER’S IMPRESSION. LONDON, March 19. “T wish I could say that further reflections after the first announcement of the Russo-Finnish settlement in any way modified my first impression that a great tragedy has occurred,” said Mr Chamberlain in. his speech in the House of Commons. “We arc once again compelled to sec a small State a victim of the aggression which we have taken up arms to resist. I. sav without hesitation that neither England nor France have anything to reproach themselves with in their actions.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 96, 21 March 1940, Page 8
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155PACT TO BE RATIFIED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 96, 21 March 1940, Page 8
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