Helsinki, Dec. 4.
667 HERE was little acti on the eastern front owing to heavy: snowfall, except north of Lake Ladoga, when the Russian' {nices have suffered heavy losses, states a communique issued here today. An official statement, denying the Russian allegation that gas had been used by the Finnish forces, says that "it is not out of the question that the Russian accusation is a pretext for their future! use of poison gas."
The announcement added that the General Staff stated emphatically it had never considered the use of poison gas, me Finnish Government, the communique concluded, was] ready to allow a neutral commission to make exhaustive enquiries.
'The allegatic that Russian troops brutally treated inhabitants' who had not evacuated their homes north of Lake Ladoga, is contained in an official resume published today. It is also claimed that a large number of Russian troops were blown up when they' entered a mined forest near Terijoki, The Russian losses have been placed at several thousands, while eighteen tanks are said to have been destroyed. While fighting continued on the eastern front, the capital passed a relatively peaceful Sunday, From official statements Issued during the day it appears the Might of civilians from northern Finland being covered by the five of six divisions which, it is claimed, reeaptured Petsamo' and took about 800 prisoners,
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