London, Mar. 1.
"Much has been written about the Allies wish to see northern countries involved in the war, and German propaganda encourages this belief" commented the "Gothenburg Trade and shipping Gazette" yesterday, states a Special official commentary issued he Sweden and Norway" the paper added "would be dissatisfied if the Allies declared they would never enter the northern war centre, thus giving the Russians and Germans the freedom of the Baltic.
"German propaganda blames London and Paris for the Polish mas-sacros, If Germany had been left alone the Poles would have been enslaved without the massacres.
London is blamed for the U-boats sinking neutral ships and for Russian massacres of civilians in Finland, because she is said to have dissuaded the Finns from capitulating to Moscow. Thus the aggressor is always right.
"The Allies' position towards the north," the newspaper continued "has been decided by the North. Probably the Allies will later be blamed for their insufficient help to the Finns, like the Czechs and the Poles, "The fact is the Northern countries braked the Allie Swedish caution is the Allies' excuse for not helping Finland. The Swedes dissuaded Finland against going to Geneva and did not believe the Allies" promises of help. The Finns knew better than the Swedes and the Allies" help is now significant, thanks to Geneva."
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