The Archive · 1905

FINLAND'S BID FOR FREEDOM

London tri Bombay, 2nd November.

Civic guards have been organised in every town in Finland. Many authorities, including those of Helsingfors, have yielded 10 the demand of the popuince to dium the p lice and entrust to the citing-us the maintenance of order.

The Senate, afier pa-sing resolutions prac ically demanding the full restoration of Fsnland's autonomous rights, resigned ina body and sent a cruiser to St. Pet: rsburg with copies of the resolutions and their resignations.—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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