CONFERENCE IN FINLAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25300, 10 August 1943, Page 3

CONFERENCE IN FINLAND

DISCUSSION ON FUTURE POLICY LONDON, Aug. 8. A conference of extreme importance for Finland’s future policy was held in the Presidential Palace at Helsinki yesterday, says Reuter’s Stockholm correspondent, quoting reports reaching usually well-informed Swedish circles. Although no details of the outcome of the meeting are so far available, well-informed circles declare that the object was to examine the possibility of getting Finland out of the war as quickly as possible. Those present at the conference, which was called by President Ryti, included prominent Finnish military and civilian leaders. It is not known whether Fieldmarshal Mannerheim attended. Reports reaching Stockholm indicate that an increasing number of prominent people in Finland are demanding that the Government should take steps to save the country. The fall of Mussolini the recent Russian victories, and, above all, Sweden’s cancellation of German transit traffic have convinced even the most reluctant Finn that Germany has lost the war.