SOVIET DEMANDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 257, 31 October 1939, Page 3

SOVIET DEMANDS

SOME THAT FINLAND CANNOT CONCEDE Received Oct. 27. 6.5 p.m. HELSINKI, Oct. 26. A Foreign Office spokesman said there were certain Soviet demands to which Finland cannot yield but doubtless negotiations will continue. A Copenhagen message states that the Finnish Prime Minister, Professor Cajander. told Scandinavian Press representatives that it was impossible to say whether negotiations in Moscow could be continued or whether it would be necessary to seek some other means of arriving at a solution. Finland wanted a peaceful settlement. and the two countries ought to be able to obtain a satisfactory result in any situation by negotiation. He declared that if the situation became so acute that discussions could no longer be carried out he would "put his cards on the table" and speak openly. He added that foreign reports which claimed lo give the essential points of the Russian demands were incorrect. Finland, he said, was doing her best to find a way out not contrary to her vital interests. With goodwill on both sides a peaceful solution was possible. The Finnish Diet might be consulted, and contact maintained with the Nordic Governments.