Sweden Moves For Measures To Aid Protection
Helsinki reports Finnish Foreign Minister A Tanner said a conference would be held with Sweden Norway and Finland to form a defense alliance to secure borders and independence. Stockholm warned the danger persists and urged impartial examination of northern cooperation. Gunther noted Finland’s peace terms differed from Sweden’s earlier offer and asserted Sweden’s intermediary role between Finland and Russia.
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Stockholm
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Moscow
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Reich
First Canadian Contingent Trains For Comfort Of Troops
London reports that Canada’s First Division will train under conditions far different from 1914. The army emphasizes good living conditions with rations, billets, and warm clothing. Troops arriving in Britain are offered prepared camps and shelters while awaiting equipment and dogs.
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Welles visit met with British resolve against big business
The Daily Mirror mocked Sumner Welles as charming yet divorced and warned that Britain seeks no help from America that would hinder its task. It stressed a clear Allied aim to defeat German domination and Hitler’s barbarisms, with no division between Paris and London on these ends. The Daily Mail noted friendly talks on Anglo American economic ties and contraband control.
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Shooting of Sir Michael O'Dwyer at London meeting
Indian gunman shot and killed Sir Michael O'Dwyer former lieutenant governor of Punjab at a Fast India Association meeting in London. Lord Zetland secretary for India was wounded and Lord Laming ton and Sir Lows Dane injured. An Indian named M Azad was charged with murder.
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Twelve-year Sentences For Phoenix Park Magazine Raid
Dubtin Joan Parnen Jonny Lyons and Joseph McErmott were sentenced to 12 years each in prison on charges from the Phoenix Park magazine raid last December 23. Most of the loot, about 1,250,000 rounds of ammunition, has been recovered.
Asahi Hints Steinhardt Links to Russo-Finn Peace
The Asahi suggests the US ambassador to Moscow Laurence Steinhardt arranged the Russo Finnish peace to free the USSR for continued pressure on Japan, reflecting Tokyo’s interpretation of Washington’s motives.
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Britain weighs steps to curb Vladivostok trade routes
London reports Britain studies contraband control as Geoffrey Mander questions US goods moving to Germany via Vladivostok. Ronald Cross says measures are under review and invites suggestions while noting Allied control has seized over 1.1 million tons of contraband through March 8, about half by Britain.
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Belgium protests to Berlin over German air intrusions
Foreign minister Paul Henri Spaak directed Belgian ambassador Vicomte Jacques Davignon to lodge a strong protest after German planes were reported over Belgium on three separate occasions in one day. A Belgian aircraft was forced to land after being badly damaged by machine gun fire from a German craft in Belgian territory.
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Antarctic seal hunt map by Bayliss from Newfoundland
A newly produced map by K P Bayliss of Newfoundland shows the Antarctic seal hunting area north of the region. Seven steamers from the Department of the Interior pursue the ancient hunt for pelts as the map marks political boundaries in South Polar waters.
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Italy to defend liberty with 1 million trained men
General Ubaldo Sol Tralian told the Fascist chamber Italy is ready to defend liberty of action with 1,000,000 trained men and a fortified Alpine bulwark. General Soddu said Italy has built up military might since the war began, recruiting from younger classes and expanding reservists. He noted frontier fortifications with Germany and France, describing them as strengthening natural obstacles rather than artificial lines. The remarks followed approval of the War ministry budget amid Russia and Finland’s peace treaty.
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Britain seeks huge wartime loan as spending soars
London reports government spending at about 280000 pounds daily with a 700 million pound lump sum requested to fund the war. Sir John Simon notes 200 million from last September’s fund spent, another 100 million projected by April, while the first war loan nears oversubscription. Official Bank statement awaited.
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Renewal of Allied pledge to win the war intensifies
The Times reports renewed determination by Britain and France to aid Finland amid Finnish Soviet peace talks. The Daily Mail notes earlier promised aid and a British force ready to embark, while The News Chronicle highlights moral factors over material aid. Nordic refusals to allow Allied reinforcements are discussed as weakening support. Commentaries on Romanian wheat and oil contracts suggest a Balkan campaign may begin.
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Loeuvre
Neutral Loses Heavy Shipping in Five Months War
French authorities report five months of war have cost neutral shipping about 430000 tons, seven-tenths of 1 percent of world totals. Norway tops losses with 47 ships and 120000 tons, while Greece shows the largest percentage hit with 17 ships and about 100000 tons. Among British convoys, 15 of 285 ships were sunk. among French convoys, 3 of 2000 were sunk.
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Air Force Personnel Strength Raised in Ottawa
Defence minister Norman Rogers announced a near fourteen thousand rise in Royal Canadian Air Force personnel. Total strength reaches 30 400 with 2 400 officers and 28 000 airmen remaining in service.
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