The total number of the Council's foreign staff is 1,348 exclusive of the 324 members of the Russian Detach-
London, Mar. 13.
Soviet Ambassador, M. Ivan Maisky, was in the Diplomatic Gallery when the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, rose in the House of Commons this afternoon to make a statement on Finland.
The Prime Minister announced that the British Minister in Helsinki was informed this morning by the Finnish Foreign Minister that Soviet-Finnish peace te: rms were signed in Moscow last night, and that an armistice had been arrived at 11 o'clock, Finnish time, today between the two armies.
"Throughout the Soviet-Finnish struggle,' Mr. Chamberlain said, "His Majesty's Government, in concert with the French Government, has furnished to the Finns large quantities of war materials and supplies of all sorts (cheers).
"His Majesty's Government has, in fact, made plain its readiness to give all possible help to the Finns in their gallant struggle against aggression (loud cheers).
"And as I informed the House on Monday, we had made preparations to throw the full weight of our available resources into the scales British Planes Bomb Heligoland U-Boat
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