London, Mar. 8.
'NITS of the Royal Air Force flew over Poland last night according to an official announcement issued today.
An Italian vessel, stated to be the Amelia Laura, while some miles off the British coast, was bombed and set aflame by a German, plane last night. A life-boat from the East Coast early this morning took off 29 men from the ship. Three of the men were wounded, The captain of the ship said that the bombs contained a number of smaller bombs, which did not explode at first. An hour after the attack, however, there were explosions on the vessel as the smaller ones went off, he declared. A member of the crew said: "We were lit up, and they must have seen our flag before they attacked." tive for n: an effort for armistice 1 Finland.
peace between the—United Press. mediator was turned down "when the extent of the inds was made known eight Sweden continued to with Moscow and is now Obtain more. acceptable ig Bt ye the Russians the possible exception of This offer, if made, was apparently insufficient. Today, the Russian terms are reported to include some or all of the following concessions:
1. Cession of Petsamo, with the nickel mines and fishery rights.
2. Demolition of all coast batteries by the Finns; 3. Cession of Viipuri and possibly of the whole of the Finnish shores of Lake Ladoga, including Sortavala.
In return, it is reported, the Russians might be prepared to relinquish their claims on Hangoe.
Speculation on the possibility of an immediate armistice in the Soviet-Finnish conflict is rife in Stockholm. This has been greatly stimulated by the action of Swedish authorities in Placing censorship on foreign press Field Marshal Baron Karl Manner-helm, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Forces, it is learned here, has now completely recovered from an attack of influenza, which recently caused him to be confined to bed. He is now said to be taking full part in national affairs.
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