HOW
FINLAND
HEARD
NEWS
HELSINKI
The
Finnish
people
received
their
II
A
11
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!
rst
intimaiion
mat
me
war
wiui
nussm
va
LPr
from
Russian
and
German
radio
broadcasts.
sler
Foreign
Minister
V.
I.
Tanner
formally
an-
PT
f
if.
.
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t
n
n
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r
I...nr1
Bit
HIS
vorcc
was
nreurung
wiih
vinuiiun.
n
jay
Ik;
some
days
Icforc
word
readies
all
the
ronts
that
the
war
is
over.
bows
tc
harsh
irul
concessions
if
he
Gulf
of
Fln-Ofn
She
also
a
non-Agtre-MlOfi
day
vear
leax-
on
k
Island
known
Gibraltar,
f
t
a
$7J0.0O0
for
u.-e
naval
bswv
and
Fighting
to
End
Finnish
communique
Che
lnauUc
moves
associated
wttn
me
ronnict
and
Its
possible
settlement..
The
outatftnding
event
earlier
in
t
rlav
wo
the
announcement
in
and
Rvbachi
thja
chftmbw.
0f
DeDflUes
at
Paris
i
o-
of
the
P
uamo
Prwnlef
Daladter
of
France
wrtatton
on
a
duty
lnat
M
Amed
expediUoaary
force
iU
uk
of
fifty
thousand
men
was
ready
'
"
ArcUf
Petsamo
f()r
dtopatn
to
the
war
In
Fln-
rded
peninsulas.
Und
wUh
a
transport
fleet
sUnd-Ftnland
also
go
to
lnf
to
carry
troops
Immedl-!.
troops
are
to
be
atey
folkmlrH.
a
request
for
such
frontiers
by
March
jaW
by
Helsinki
government
It
a
e
terms
Involve
vlr-
fn,phaslzed
that
Great
BriUin
nation
with
Finland
and
pnnee
could
not
aid
Finland
-
have
no
warships.
unleu
alked
direcUy
to
do
so
be-,
flghUng
pUnes
In
ot
the
opposition
of
Nlvway
m
The
dismember-
and
Sweden
Daladter
warned
Har-?
wit
honly
Soviet
ri
Hoima.
Finnish
minister
to
t.t
th
aus
could
not
runty
"unty
in
in
what
wnat
re-
re-
cw.
pnoce
nvllian
population
cations
to
Finland
offering
assts-
d.imajte
to
clUes
and'.tance
on
an
enlarged
scale.
ii
aerial
bombings.
t
things,
under
the
-orient.
Russia
will
Early
Reports
!
A
variety
of
reports
concerning
the
status
of
Moscow
peace
negotta-
"'didale.
resided
In
vtMnri,
it.
had
In
fact
lived
In
Trm"
"Pert
for
years,
was
a
member
of
the
first
City
Council
ana
ly
retimed,
to
Victoria
when
he
was
taken
inlo
the
Cabinet.
These
same
Conservative,
hav
nominated
and
are
solicit-
P't
your
support
for
a
Vancouver
lawyer,.known
to
very
few
of
us.
Has
thf
f'ninir-,il..
.i..n..,i
II.
tirlnclulcs
as
r"
I.
..
-
"mi.
Ilattlj
VtBM..j-.
'
I
'
V
"s
name?
VOTE
FOR
HANSON
R.
ua
Federal
Liberal
Association
of
Trlnce
Rupert.
B.L.
'
mm
nsm
ra.uiimi:ixiisim
:h::b
:.
1
1
)
Fascist
Editor
Says
Germany
About
to
Open
Up
On
Allies
is
I
ROME.
March
13.-Followtng
the
visit
of
German
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Rlbbentrop.
VIrglnloj
Oayda,
authorative
Italian
editor,
hinted
that
Germany
Intended
soon
to
unleach
a
terrific
offensive
by
land
and
air
against
the
Allies.
sc
ow.
March
13:
CP)-A
peace
Soviet-Finnish
TuTr
L
I
P
me
uuso-r
innisn
war
as
iroin
noon
iinmy
ittu
upon
the
Balkans.
I
if
ic
Standard
Time)
and
giving
Russia
far
.
.
r
f
it
"rial
Kllin&
in
the
choicest
portions
of
Fin-
agreement
had
been
reached
al-
n
had
demanded
before
the
war
started,
was
though
no
treaty
had
been
signed
last
niRht
between
Premier
and
Foreign
Min-
,twm
l
made
,
public
Reuters
sUled
that
peace
.!ov
of
Russia
ana,
,
agreement
rumors
were
unfound-
P-i
thus
culmirtat-'
wet
of
VUpurt
atia
run
northeast-
Htvas
qubted
reliable
sources
a'rd
negotiations
i
progress
since
ward.
In
Helsinki
to
the
effect
that
Rus-.
sla
was
ready
to
make
concessions
last
to
Finland
regarding
Sovtet-occu-
boviei.
granting
0....1....
,
,..ui
were
.keeping
up
unrelenting
pre-
has
large
holdings,
sure
on
the
northwest
shore
of
Finnish
efftelats
In
Helsinki
said
VUpurt
Bay
and
"succeeded
bvad-
last
night
that
ParrlamenU
which
vane
tan
a
tittle
In
some
places."
was
to
pass
on
any
terms
with
Elsewhere
the
Russians
were
re-
Russia,
had
not
taken
any
action
,rmsRuafets
p,
the
Finns
claiming
that
up
to
early
evening.
It
was
Inhmus
mciuci-
uttwx
RuwUn
plane
had
been
ted
that
a
secret
session
of
Par-
;m
Line,
the
city
lhnt
Ant.
mtnr
Monriav
llament
would
be
hld
Atr
last
p
shore
of
Lake
the
various
negotiations
and
dip-
not
comment
on
this
posslbUity.
I
IaU
S
1
A
"SKLL-OLT-
assume
responslblUty
for
Finland's
.
araUficatlon
lui-aay
war
wmcn
nost-war
lemwirwi
iwiiuo
laities
running
Into
of
men
as
well
as
u'.red
planes
and
1500
h
lones
were
prin-
Helsinkl
appealed
for
aid.
The
British
government,
the
Fbreicn
Office
disclosed
yesterday.
had
sent
a
number
of
communl-
iw
Even
after
the
official
Moscow
announcement,
it
was
stated
In
official
Helsinki
circles
that
there
had
been
no
confirmation
from
the
Finnish
delegation
to
Moscow
of
the
signing
of
the
treaty.
Nor
would
the
treaty
be
binding
upon
Finland
until
it
had
been
ratified
by
Parliament.
There
was
talk
of
a
"sell
out"
to
Moscow
without
sanction
of
Parliament
which
might
refuse
to
ratify
the
harsh
terms
and
defy
Hussia.
Undoubtedly
some
members
of
the
Finnish
cabinet
will
resign
in
protest
at
the
arrangement.
News
of
the
peace
treaty
was
re
celved
with
mixed
feelings
in
Lon
In,
some
quarters
at
the
bringing
to
an
end
of
an
unequal
contest
with
resentment,
however,
with
an
ag
gressor
nation
once
more
oy
vir-
of
sheer
power
getUng
away
with
spoils
on
terms
which
Great
Britain
had
officially
felt
to
be
onerous.
It
was
also
realized
that
peace
would
allow
Russia,
weak
ened
(hough
she
might
be
for
a
way
across
Finland
m
rushed
London
from
various.,
1M
.
Via
etra.n
of
ihm
Finnish
Inlngrad-Murmanskjjources
last
night
before
the
of
ft-
campalgn,
to
give
economic
sup-th
Gulf
of
Bothnia,
cial
Moscow
communique
nno"n-,p0rt
to
Germany
In
the
war
aga-'"
be
other
new
tran-
Ced
the
signing
of
the
treaty
at2:-;lnJt
the
AUlw
A
SOznl-of
ricla.1
Brl-
'
s
30
a
m.
A
British
Broadcasting
Ush
slatement
observed
that
It
Ru.sso-Flnnlsh
boun-
Corporation
message
from
t,was
an
lnstance
of
victory
for
mmenee
thirty
miles
Stockholm
observer
stated
that
an
..brutal
aggre5Sion
against
a
small
-
but
valiant
neighbor."
1
i
1
rt.kU..Mi
mvm4
C
t
a
.
.
v
.
...
-
wneciA
urn
c
seen
gppn
nv
tiimiiv
Consistency
Thou
Art
a
Jewel!
IN
Hi.
ii.i
..
..
..
.
1
1..
msitf
a
strong
was
by
observers
as
the
real
although
In
direct
victor.
For
Der
Fuehrer
It
might
be
regarded
as
a
tremen
dous
dlDlomatlc
victory.
As
for
Russia
her
military
record,
as
a
,
I'luimnii
cirruon
inc
i.uiici-'
.
,
IVl
ich
Plnl
of
the
fsrl
that
the
Honorable
T.
D.
Pattullo,
the
Liberal
g,
tornUhe(L
campaign,
Berlin
received
news
of
the
trea-
n-ty
with
delight,
seeing
in
It
a
!
crushing
reverse
for
Allied
dlplo-
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More
Harsh
Than
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Not
Fought
At
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Canadian
Officer
Dies
At
Aldershot
Lieut.
II.
It.
Cory
of
Woodstock,'
New
Brunswick,
Accorded
Military
Honors
ALDERSHOT.
March
13
(Canadian
Press)
A
full'
'.'military
funeral
was
accorded
Lieut
H.
R.
Cory
of
Woodstock
New
Brunswick,
yesterday.
He
was
killed
by
the
explosslon
when
a
rifle
he
was
handling
Jammed.
REACTIONS
GREAT
BRITAIN
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
told
the
British
House
of
Commons
today,
in
announcing
the
termination
of
the
Russo-Finnish
war.
that
Finland
had
agreed
to
Russian
terms
because
shf
felt
it
was
to
her
best
Interests
to
do
so.
Great
Britain
and
France
had
furnished
great
help
to
Finland
during
the
war
and
had
been
ready
to
give
more
had
it
been
asked.
The
House
cheered
loudly
when
Mr.
Chsmberlaln
said:
"The
people
of
this
country
will
be
united
in
their
symoathr
for
Finns
Ip
the
position
in
which
thev
find
themselves
and
in
admiration
of
their
rourate.
The
governmeat
decision
not
to
give
large
scale
aid
until
Finland
-ms
an
appeal
for
ltWa
attacked
by
Leslie
Hore-Belisha,
former
war
secretary.
GERMANY
In
Berlin
it
was
predicted
that,
following
the
outcome
of
the
Rus-so-Finnish
war.
Turkey
and
other
smaller
nations
which
have
been
leaning
toward
the
Allies
may
change
their
attitude.
Vice-Chancellor
Herman
Goering
declared
that
plans
of
western
powers
to
squeeze
Germany
by
rereading
j
the
war
northwards
had
definite-
J
ly
failed.
SWEDEN
The
Swedish
press
branded
the
Russo
Finnish
settlement
as
a
"peace
of
violence"
and
demanded
Immediate
increase
in
the
defences
of
that
country.
Some
Swedish
politicians
felt
that
the
peace
had
been
forced
upon
Finland
under
threat
of
war
of
total
extinction.
The
Russo
-
Finnish
peace
"brings
no
relief
to
Sweden,
for
the
danger
Is
not
past"
Foreign
Minister
Christian
Guenther
said
in
a
broadcast
tonight.
ITALY
Virginio
Gayda,
authoritative
Fascist
editor,
said
that
the
Rus-so-Finnish
war
had
ended
with
"honor
to
Finland
and
notable
success
to
Russia."
Nothing
like
(it,
however,
could
occur
within
the
sphere
of
Italian
influence,
Gayda
declared.
who
resigned
a
couple
of
days
ago
out
of
protest
at
the
Prem-
ler
s
attitude
on
federal
mat-
ters,
had
reconsidered
his
res-
ienatlon
and
was
returning
to
3
1
in
Copenhagen
ohe
Danish
news-
j
the
cablnet
3
i
paper
saia
tnai
me
peace
wmui-
Nlxons
reconsideratlon
itions
eventually
wouia
-oring
pm
!far
beyond
Finland's
border."
jSi
Sweden,
saved
at
least
tempor
arily
from
the
possibility
of
De-coming
a
battleground,
received
of
the
ueaee
treaty
gravely
Nixon
Back
In
Cabinet
Of
Ontario
TORONTO,
March
13:
(CP)
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
an-
nounced
last
night
that
Harry
Nixon,
provincial
secretary.
fol-
lowed
a
meeting
or
the
cab-
lnet
at
which
other
ministers
renewed
pledges
of
loyalty
to
Premier
Hepburn.
Bulletins
ASSASSINATION
IN
INDIA
LONDON
Sir
Michael
ODwy-er,
former
Lieutenant
Governor
of
the
Punjab,
was
shot
dead
at
a
meeting
of
the
India
Association
by
an
Indian
gunman
who
also
wounded
Lord
Zetland,
Secretary
of
State
for
India,
and
two
others.
RE-ELECT
MAYOR
SEATTLE
Arthur
B.
Langlie
was
re-elected
mayor
of
Seattle
with
59,000
votes
yesterday,
a
majority
of
19,000
over
Warren
L.
Cook.
Robert
Jones,
West
Seattle,
merchant,
replaces
Coun-ei
man
DeLacy.
Harry
C.
Kane
was
elected
mayor
of
Tacomaln
a
close
contest.
NAVAL
BILL
PASSED
WASHINGTON
The
Senate
veMerday
apprcred
the
Vinson
6"0.'O0,C00
naval
expansion
bill
providing
for
an
eleven
percent
increase
in
naval
strength.
The
rrcgram
incudes
twenty-one
new
cruisers
and
1000
new
naval
airplanes.
WESTERN
FRONT
PARIS
Spcdy
German
pur.
suit
planes
again
flew
low
over
h
Maginot
Line"
yesterday.
There
was
reconna'ssance
activ-"y
both
on
land
and
air
by
both
sides.
STOP
GOODS
BY
PACIFIC
LONDON
Hon.
R-nat
Cross,
min's'er
ot
ec-nnm'c
warfare,
nnon-es
that
the
government
is
cons!dering
measures
to
prevent
shipments
of
supplies
to
Germanv
from
United
States
v'a
Vladivostok
and
Tokyo.
IRISIIMFV
SENTENCED
DUBLIN
Three
Irishmen
have
been
sentenced
to
terms
of
twelve
yars'
mprisnment
each
for
oarticipVion
In
h
ammunition
raids
here
last
December.
RETURNING
MONEY
TORONTO
Now
thst
the
Rus-o-Finnlh
war
Is
over.
Senator
Arthnr
Meiehen
announces
that
some
SfiO.000
raised
bv
the
Fin-r
n'sh
AM
Committees,
of
which
he
is
chairman,
to
finance
send-I
ing
2000
volunteers
to
Finland
will
be
returned
to
the
donors
,
as
it
is
not
needed.
MAPLE
LEAFS
WIN
VANCOUVER
Maple
Leaf
defeated
Tookes
47
to
36
in
senior
basketball
last
night
and
won
the
city
title.
HOCKEY
EVENED
UP
I
TRAIL
Nelson
Maple
Leafs
ev-
I
ened
up
the
West
Kooteuay
Hock-
j
ey
League
Final
series
with
Trail
Smoke
Eaters
last,
evening
by
,
winning
4
to
!.
Each
team
has
now
won
q
game.
MEDIATE
MAJOR
WAR
WASHINGTON
It
is
suggested
that
settlement
of
the
Jusso-Finnish
war
may
lead
to
renewed
efforts
by
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
to
mediate
the
war
between
the
Allies
and
Germany.
ANOTHER
PURGE
STARTS
MOSCOW
The
Premier
and
all
members
of
the
puppet
government
for
Finland
which
was
set
up
by
Russia
at
the
frontier
at
the
start
of
the
Russo-Finnlsh
war
are
reported
to
have
been
executed.
1TALO-GERMAN
AGREEMENT
ROME
Italy
and
Germany
signed
an
agreement
today
whereby
the
Reich
agrees
to
supply
Italian
coal
needs
by
rail
on
account
of
the
Allied
sea
blockade
against
boat
shipments.
Details
of
the
agreement
are
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
returned
to
the
city
on
thf
Prince
George
this'
rooming
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Fighting
Stops
But
News
Of
Peace
Brings
No
Joy
To
Finland
Women
Weep
And
Crowds
Silent
.HELSINKI,
March
13.
Weary
Finland,
lacking
weapons
and
skeptical
of
foreign
offers
of
help,
ended
the
bitter
struggle
agaiast
Russia
by
yielding
more
soil
and
economic
and
military
independence
than
was
demanded
before
the
war.
At
11
a.m.
today
the
army
stopped
fighting,
gloomy
silence
settling
over
the
battlefields.
Beginning
Friday
the
Finnish
troops
will
retreat
at
the
rate
of
seven
kilometres
a
day
to
the
narrow-'ed
frontiers
fixed
by
the
treaty,
a
pact
that
is
still
to
be
ratified
by
the
Finnish
Diet
within
three
days.
It
was
officially
announced
that
War
Minister
.Inho
Niuukanen
and
Education
Minister
Uuno
Hannula
had
resigned
from
the
government
because
they
were
opposed
to
accepting
the
Russian
terms.
News
of
the
peace
brought
no
joy
to
the
Finnish
neople.
Crowds
huddled
around
the
public
rfdins
and
many
women
wept.
Vaino
Tanner
disposed
the
term?
to-
the
Finnish
people
in
a
rad'"'
'd'lress
today
declaring
that
the
Finns
vp-p
fnrred
o
roitulate
because,
though
the
AIWp
offered
assistance,
the
"only
possible
route
vrjc
f
trough
Norway
and
Sweden
who
refused
to
let
the
troops,
through."
Louisiana
City
Tornado
Swept
Eight
Persons
Killed
and
spread
Damage
Done
in
Shreveport
SHREVEPORT,
Louisiana.
March
1
13
Eight
persons
were
killed,
homes
were
wrecked
and
widespread
damage
done
by
a
sudden
wrecked
Ingleside
portion
of
this
city
yesterday.
There
were
also
fatalities
and
damage
elsewhere
in
Louisiana
and
Texas,
the
datr
"st
totnlline
at
lea''
ten.
it
WEATHER
FORECAST
I
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
appears
low
over
the
British
Columbia
coast
and
relatively
high
over
Southern
British
Columbia.
The
weather
has
been
unsettled
and
showery
on
the
coast.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Fresh
to
strong
south
to
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
occasional
rain.
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Students
iPass
In
Exams-
Toronto
Conservatory
of
Music
Announces
Results
of
Theory
Tests
The
following
is
a
list
of
successful
candidates
in
theory
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suburban
Rupert.
The
names
are
arranged
in
order
of
merit:
GRADE
IV.
Harmony
Pass
Patricia
McClymont.
Counterpoint
Pass
Jean
M.
Deny
GRADE
III.
Harmony
Pass
Joyce
Gawthorne;
William
Bond.
GRADE
II.
i
First
Class
Honors
Marie
Nick-erson;
Dorothy
Kergin;
Audrey
Green.
GRADE
I.
'
First
Class
Honors
Ruth
M.
Hon.
T.
D.
Pattullo
Senator
J.
H.
King
Speaking
in
Support
of
Olof
Hanson
And
The
Liberal
Party
Chairman:
DR.
W.
T.
KERGIN.
Tonight
Moose
Hall
8:00