The Archive · 1940

Urgent Plea Made For Aid to Finns

Swedish Shipping Organ Utters Scathing Comment; Neutrals Fear Next Move

SPECIAL TO THE wie pte Stockholm, Mar. 1.

King of Sweden, heads a group Prince Oscar, eldest forther of the representatives of Swedish culture, who have appealed to intellectual leaders in the United States to "come to the assistance of Finland soon, by every means possible.

The appeal states that there is a great, danger in delay, and speedy help is imperative.

ther signatories include the Arche bishop of Uppsala, Primate of Sweden, the novelists Selma Lagerlof and Carl Heidenstam, the scientists Professors Karl Siegbann and Theodor Svedberg (all of whom were Nobel Prize winners), and Professor Cassel, the world-famous economist.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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