Helsinki, Dec. 4.
Aided by a blinding snow storm, Finnish troops reported new victories along a 750-mile front last night after the Finnish Foreign Minister, M. Viano Tanner, pleaded in a radio address that "Finland is fighting for the defence of all Western culture against the Russian terror." "I think Finland should have not only the sympathy of the rest of the world, but also effective help," he said.
Forty thousand Finnish troops were understood to be holding out success-{fully on the Karelain peninsula against 70,000 Russian troops, Sixteen Rus-ian tanks were reported to have been captured and destroyed on Saturday. Bad weather aided the Finns by slowing up Russian advances and bringing aerial activity to a virtual The newspaper "Sanomat" reported yesterday that exploding mines had caused civilians to conclude error ne ously that Finnish artillery had fired upon the Russian fortress at Kronstadt, Hundreds of Russian soldiers were reported to have been killed by land mines planted at Terioki by the Finnish forces before their withdrawal last Friday.
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