New York, Sept. 11 The London radio was heard yesterday to say that Russo-Finnish negotiations for a separate peace were interrupted due to "formidable pressure" from Berlin.
The radio added negotiations could be exp: cted to resume shortly. The announcer said that Russia had accepted restoration of the 1939 Russo-Finnish border as the basis for negotiations.—United Press.
Guarantees to Finland Possible Stockholm, Sept. 11 "I have been authorized to state that, if Finland lays down her arms, it will be possible for her to obtain suitable guarantees for her frontiers and assistance in her task of economic reconstruction, Mr. George Gibson, chairman of the British Trade Unions Coneress, stated in a press interview Mr. Gibson has been invited by the Swedish Labour to attend the Ci gress of Swedish unions t: at present at Stockholm. monial.
The Germans are said to be still retreating in the Smolensk region. Berlin admitted an attack by Russian tanks and infantry 40 miles north-east of the town but claimed that it collapse ed. Farther south, a correspondent of the Russian Army's newspaper, "Red Star," gives more details of the Russian victory at Yelnya. Here, the Soviet attack seems to have begun with a violent onslaught by Red aircraft on the enemy's tanks and communications.
The river over which the Germans were driven back after the fall of Yelnya is still unnamed but it is pointed out that the uppermost reaches of the Dnieper are in this area. Four thousand Germans are reported to have been drowned in the river. In addition, the Nazis lost much equipment.
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