Helsinki, Oct. 9. Associations in Latvia and Esthonia of. Baltic Germans recently informed their members that plans were in existence for a gradual evacuation to the Reich of German residents in the two countries, it was learned here today.
Work, it was added, would be provided in Germany for the evacuees while compensation would be granted for material looses incurred. This who @ few hours previously had been! photographing the Siegfried line from a height of only 100 feet, or another who has returned from shooting down "enemy" planes in a spectacular air battle. There is, however, little talk about it all. It is just taken as part of the day's work, While among the humbler ranks, talk is more of their families at home or df the cigarette ration than of the Might in which they have just taken part.—Reuter, was followed up an official German demarche to the Esthonian and Latvian Governments asking them to ce-operate in the emigration of German residents.
The Latvian authorities replied that to put the scheme into operation might prove very difficult as it would involve, for the three Baltic states (the other being Lithuania), approximately 6,000 German citizens and 120,000 persons of German origin, including the wealthiest landowners. In Latvia itself, the measure would affect 60,000 people. Ca-operation was nevertheless promised to all possible extent, The mass emigration of Germans. is, in fact, welcomed by the populations of the three Baltic countries, in which anti-German sentiments have prevailed for several centuries, especially under the rule of the Balt Barons, Whose descendents are still very uppopular.—Havas, Try AUS Types of
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