FINLAND’S POSITION
REGARDED AS HOPELESS. LONDON, Feb. 20. If Finland hopes for a tolerable peace she must make up her mind to prompt capitulation. This is the agreed opinion of military and diplomatic commentators of London newspapers. They point out that the Soviet victories on the Leningrad front and the Russian drive towards the Baltic, followed by the heavy bombing of Helsinki, have emphasised the hopelessness of Finland's position. Finland’s population has been divided, and has become half-hearted in the war. The Finns have done little active fighting since retrieving the territory Finland lost in 1940. The pro-German element in the Government, however, is still strong. Commentators stress the precariousness of Finland’s situation. Apart from her inability to resist a Russian attack, the country cannot much longer rely on the Germans’ ability to supply it .with food. The military effect of Finland’s capitulation would be to mark the beginning of the closing of the ring round Germany, and would cause considerable depression in Germany and stimulate further unrest among Germany’s remaining satellites.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25466, 22 February 1944, Page 3
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