London, Feb, 24.
That France and Britain should brow all their weight by sea, air and and into the task of helping Finland was urged by Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, former Secretary of State or War, in an address last evening "afore his constituents at Devonport.
Tt was his first public speech since resigning from the War Ministry.
The Allies, Mr. Here-Belisha said, nad no easy task before them. To assure a triumph, must rely not on an internal collapse of the enemy, but on defeat by an external continued, "gives reason to believe that Russia's might rests on insecure foundations, The risk of helping Finland may be great but the risk of not helping her may be greater. Does anybody imagine that if Russia wins, she will be satisfied with Finland, or hat Germany will not receive from Russia equivalent advantages in Scandinavia?
"The control of Finland, Norway and Sweden by Germany and Russia would mean that our considerable purchases there could be stopped, and Germany able to organize additional markets for herself."
Mr. Here-Belisha added that well-planned and adequate decisive action row could curtail the duration of the war, while any half-hearted intervention would be abortive from the start—Reuter.
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