Kolsinki, Feb, 14
Showing no signs of casing their offensive, the Russians continued to Isunch violent attacks on the Karelian front yesterday, concentrating on the Summa sector, and have sent up all their reserves and tanks to this front.
It is estimated that no less than 300, (00'shells of all kinds were hurled by the Soviets yesterday alone, while hundreds of bombs were dropped on the Finnish lines Uy airplanes.
The Finnish High Command says 40,000 Russians have been killed on the Karelian front the beginning of Helsinki, Feb. 14
Finnish troops desperately held their positions on the Summa front yester-"despite fighting of greater inten sity than anything seen during. the World War" which was still raging. ist night, the Finnish General Head-
Quarters asserted yesterday.
It was reported that the Finns evacuated certain advanced positions in the Summa sector. The evacuated Positions were mostly machine-gun. Posts in nosman's-land which the Finns left under the pressure Russian attacks. Several posts were regained by Finnish counter-attacks U-Boat Action Amsterdam, Feb. 13, Holland is seething with indignation over the news of the torpedoing by German submarine of the Holland-America "vessel Burgerdijie (0,053, tons) which is now oMfleially con-Armed.
'The vessel, it is learned, was nine-tenths laden' with goods destined for the Dutch Government, including a quantity of grain, the remaining tenth consisting of piece-goods for Individual Dutch importers, Bound for Rotterdam, the vessel did not plan to louch at any foreign por so there can be no question of con traband, The affair is regarded here as an even more flagrant violation of international law than the recent tor-pedeing of the motorship Arendskerk, which was carrying non-contraband, Hoods to South Africa, This is the 18th ship lost by Holland during the war and the third be torpedoed—Reuter.
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