"The above representatives have agreed to the following nine points:
"1, Military operations between Soviet Russia and Finland will halt at once in accordance with the attach-protocol.
2, Two new state frontiers will be be included in Soviet whole Karelian Isthmus, with the city of Viipuri, the whole of Viipuri Bay The Foreign Minister made a reference to the refusal of help made by Sweden, and described this as a "negative Swedish attitude."
M. Tanner proceeded: "Some time lage Finland was offered military help;|by the Western Powers. This plan was closely examined by the Finnish military authorities, and there was found to be one weak point in it, namely, the question of transport of troops. The Scandinavian countries Bless, Of, Fiplepet end of the Western had given a negative answer to the
ind consequently Finland had to state that this help could not be counted on.
"Bearing these facts in mind, the Finnish Govrenment realized that it was better to make peace while Finland's forces were still unbroken. A treaty was therefore signed last night.
"There will naturally be different ideas about this question," the Foreign Minister concluded, "and there will be arguments advanced for a continuance of the war, but now our efforts must be directed to reconstruction and consolidation of peace, and all our forces must be concentrated on this work. We must try to forget the past and look forward to the future."
"The terms are unexpectedly heavy in comparison with what the enemy achieved during the war," M. Tanner said. "The demands go further than those presented last autumn.
"Our delegates fought to modify them fut' unsuccessfully, and as no prospects were found of obtaining better results by continuing the war, it seems wiser to accept the peace terms than to continue a hopeless struggle.
"No political terms were presented. The Soviet Union does not interfere with our internal politics. The Kuulinen Government has been put to one side. The peace will be very heavy, and it was with great hesitation that the Government accepted the terms."—Reuter.
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