Fighting in the Russo-Finnish war ceased at 11 o'clock yesterday morning under the terms of a treaty of peace signed in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon and subsequently ratified by the Finnish Cabinet and Parliament. The Finns had resisted the Russian invasion for three and a half months. ...
Article : 1,198 wordsLONDON, March 12.—The Air Ministry announced this evening that a plane from the Royal Air Force Bomber Command yesterday. successfully attacked a ...
Article : 186 wordsCANBERRA, March 13.—Objection by the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) to the removal from his control of the Department of Industry has caused a ...
Article : 1,383 wordsLONDON, March 13.—In the House of Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) announced that the British Minister in Helsinki had ...
Article : 429 wordsLONDON, March 13.—M r. F. Ashton-Gwatkin (adviser to the British Ministry of Economic Warfare) and Professor Charles Rist (economic adviser to the ...
Article : 221 wordsLONDON, March 13.—In his speech in the House of Commons yesterday when introducing the Army Estimates the Secretary for War (Mr. Oliver Stanley) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 736 wordsLONDON, March 13.—Another British ship—the freighter Gardenia, of 3,743 tons—has been sunk in the North Sea, by what means is not yet known. The ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, March 12.—It was officially announced in Oslo today that the statement issued from the German Legation yesterday evening defining on what basis ...
Article : 220 wordsLONDON, March 12.—Mr. Sumner Welles, the American Under-Secretary of State, who is surveying conditions in Italy, Germany, France and Britain on ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, March 13.—Precisely what will be the future of Finland, and particularly of Scandinavia generally, as a result of the Russo-Finnish peace is ...
Article : 952 wordsHELSINKI, March 13.—Broadcasting to the Finnish people at noon today the Foreign Minister (M. Tanner) gave them their first official information that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 780 wordsLONDON, March 13.—European comment on the Russo-Finnish peace terms naturally varies greatly. Russian and German sources express great jubilation ...
Article : 347 wordsLONDON, March 12.—Writing in the Home newspaper "Giornale d'Italia" to- day. Signor Gayda (who is regarded as Mussolini's mouthpiece) says that the ...
Article : 278 wordsNEW YORK, March 12.—The correspondent of the United Press at Ciudad Trujillo (Republic of Dominica) says it is reported that the master of the ...
Article : 181 wordsLONDON, March 12.—The Minister of Economic Warfare (Mr. H. H. Cross) stated in the House of Commons at question time today that the whole subject ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, March 12.—Reports from the Caucasus state that the Russians are evacuating, all women and children from Batum, the Black Sea port near the ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, March 12.—The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Viscount Craigavon) entertained at Parliament Buildings, Belfast, today, a number of ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, March 13.—Quiet again appears to reign over the western front. "There is nothing to report," says this morning's French communique. A Berlin ...
Article : 160 wordsLONDON, March 13.—In a leading article "The Times" says: "Finland her- self must be the first judge of whether the conditions of the treaty are ...
Article : 274 wordsROME, March 13.—Italy and Germany have made an agreement for the transportation of coal to Italy by railway, using three and possibly more Alpine passes. ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, March 12.—A further list of nine German prisoners of war was issued tonight. They were members of U-boat personnel The issue of this ...
Article : 60 wordsNEW YORK, March 12.—The Washington correspondent of the United Press says that a major controversy is likely to follow the announcement yesterday ...
Article : 146 wordsNEW YORK, March 13.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" reports:—"The first reaction here to the Russo-Finnish peace is to believe ...
Article : 281 wordsBRUSCELS, March 12.—The Foreign Minister (M. Spaak) tonight instructed the Belgian Ambassador in Berlin energetically to protest against the flight ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, March 13.—The Dominions Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden), in a speech today, said that the help given to the Empire in this war had no parallel ...
Article : 144 wordsROME, March 13.—Official circles here greeted the news of peace with the greatest satisfaction. The Russo-Finnish treaty is regarded as checking an ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, March 12.—It is announced that David and Robert Behar, who were dismissed recently from the Ministry of Supply, are relinguishing their temporary ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, March 13.—An official spokesman in Berlin did not conceal his jubilation at the Russo-Finnish peace. which he described as "honourable," and ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 14 Mar 1940, Page 13
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