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FINNISH DISCUSSIONS SOME TERMS UNACCEPTABLE FURTHER TALKS LIKELY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright HELSINKI, Oct. 26 The leader of the Finnish negotiators with the Soviet, Dr. Paasikivi, brought back from Moscow the entire delegation. This wab a surprise to the Finns, since they had expected the economic experts to remain at Moscow. A Foreign Office spokesman said there were certain Soviet demands to which Finland could not yield, but doubtless the negotiations would continue. After the delegation had reported to Cabinet, the Minister of Finance, M. Tanner, said the negotiations had slightly progressed. The, delegation would probably go back to Moscow on Sunday. Mines have been laid on the south coast of Finland and black-out rehearsals are to be held on Friday and Saturday. Several Communists have been arrested on espionage charges in North Finland. , A new law forbids the Finns to withdraw more than £ls from banks. They must register all valuables in their possession.
BALKAN STATES ITALY'S PLAN FOR BLOC APPROACH TO BULGARIA TURKEY WATCHING SITUATION LONDON. Oct. 26 The Italian Minister at Sofia, the Marchese di Castelnuovo, had a conversation with M. Georges Kiosseivanotf, Bulgarian Prime Minister, on the prospects of Bulgaria joining a Balkan bloo.
Turkey iB watching Italy's Balkan efforts sympathetically and will willingly support them if Italy genuinely desires to co-operate on the basis of equality and mutual trust, says the Istanbul correspondent of the Times.
DOGS AS FOOD MISERY IN WARSAW NO WATER SUPPLY OR LIGHT FAMOUS BUILDINGS WRECKED PARIS, Oct. 26 Further eye-witness accounts of conditions in Warsaw reveal the greatest misery and destruction. The cost of living is fantastically high. Even dogs are in great domartl as food, costing 10s each. There is no electric light, water or transport. The Royal Palace, the Bank of National Economy, the Opera and the Art Gallery and streets of famous buildings have been wrecked.
ROYAL OAK VICTIMS GIFT TO DEPENDANTS NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 The Maharajah of Gondal has-sent £7600 to the Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow, for distribution among the dependants of victims of the British battleship Royal Oak, which was torpedoed recently with heavy loss of life.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23489, 28 October 1939, Page 11
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