HELP FOR FINLAND

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 7

HELP FOR FINLAND

DEBATE IN CONGRESS SENATOR’S ALLEGATION CONNIVANCE WITH BRITAIN United Press Assn. —Pec. Tel. Copyrig-nt) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 In the course of the debate in the Senate on the Bill to authorise a loan to Finland, Mr J. A. Danaher (Republican —Connecticut) said: “ The United States neutrality patrol is the eyes of Britain in American waters.” Mr Danaher alleged that the German liner Columbus, subsequently scuttled, was passed along from one group of United States destroyers to another until it was virtually delivered into the hands of the British. The voting on the Bill will take place on Tuesday. It is certafn of passage. In an address to the American Youth Congress, President Roosevelt said that Russian dictatorship was as absolute as any other in the world. United States sympathy was 98 per cent with Finland and the United States desired to aid Finland. Mr Roosevelt ridiculed suggestions that Russia “might declare war on the United States in consequence of its aid to the Finns. He described his own early interest in the Russian experiment and his hope that it would lead to the betterment of the nation, and added: “ That hope to-day is either shattered or put into storage against a better day. Russia has allied herself with another dictator and has invaded a neighbour so infinitesimally small that it could not injure the Soviet.” The President’s remarks were particularly pointed, as the organisation he was addressing has been stirred by controversy concerning its refusal to denounce the Russian invasion of Finland and allegations that its council is swayed by Communist influence. Exports to Russia The rising trend of Russian imports from the United States since the Finnish war is revealed in an analysis of the trade figures, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. In December Russian imports of United States goods were valued at 15,000,000 dollars, more than a-quarter of the total for 1939, in which year the adverse Russian trade balance was 43,000,000 dollars. There is evidence of accelerated purchases in 1940, mainly of machinery for the manufacture of aeroplanes. THE HAGUE, Feb. 11 At the non-political conference of the League of Nations, the Norwegian delegate, M. Charles Hambro, made a dramatic appeal for help for Finland. The conference agreed to study the points M. Hambro raised, which included questions of refugees and medical services. Relatives of wounded soldiers have left England to visit them. Relatives of missing men also will go to France in the hope of aiding in their identification. APPEAL FOR ASSISTNCE THE TEN-POWER CONFERENCE Unitffl Press Lii?i!. Til. Cqpyrlgr.t, (Received Feb. 12. 1 p.m.) THE HAGUE, Feb. 11 At the Ten-Power Conference last week M. Hambro made a dramatic appeal for help for Finland. The conference agreed to study the points which M. Hambro had raised, wmen included the questions ol refugees and medical services.