The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
HOHENZOLLERN
PRINCE CAN'T
RULE FINLAND
Representative Of the Red
Guard Says People Will
Never Yield.

The revolutionary government Of
Finland will never agree to Hohen-
zollern princeling on a Finnish throne.
Mr.. 8. Nuofteva, representing the
Revolutionary. government. of Finland
at Washington. yesterday, filed, a
memorandum with the state Depart
mept claiming the control of Finland
for his party and repudiatlng any
treaty with Germany.
'aThe government which concluded
this shameful treaty with Germany
was deposed by the people of Finland
last January" Mr.. Nuorteva says. 'It
fed to the northern part of Finland,
and since that time has succeeded in
maintaining itself in an area popu-
lated by about one-fourth of the peo-
pie of Finland. with the help of arms
and armed forces imported from Ger
many.
Socialists Control.
THE government which I represent
controls three-fourths of the country,
including all its political. industrial
and cultural centers. 1t is a govern
ment backed by the labor organiza-
>tions of Finland and supported by a
great majority of the people. 1t is
vehemently opposed to German control
of Finland, and will render desperate
resistance to German occupation OF
the country. 1t will fight to the
death against the effort by German
autocracy to restore the monarchy in
Finland>and put one OF the Hohen-
zollern princelings on the throne"
II NJ . H. .Tk, kEo.,
in Finland with that in the Baltic
provinces of Russia. He says the
Swedish Finnish junkers have sided
with Germany as they sided with the
Gar. He has not asked recognition
by the United States for his govern
ment until its status becomes more
clear He is trying. however, to get
food for the people. The other govern
ment of Finland is also represented
at Washington by DR.. Julie Reuter-,
who has asked for formal recognition
for the government which has made
peace with Germany.
Mr.. Nuerteva in his memorandum
to the State Department gives a
chronology of political events in Fin
land to sustain the juridical and
actual claims OF his government.
Finlands union with Russia he says
was based on the personal provision
that the Gar of Russia was also the
Grand Duke of Finland. But this
relation existed with the proviso that
should the Car lose his power that
power should revert to the Finnish
diet. When the Gar was overthrown
the Finnish Diet accordingly pro-
claimed Finland's independence and
established a provisional government.
This was not recognized by the Ker-
ensky regime in Russia. The diet
was dissolved and new elections held,
| Mr.. Nuerteva says in violation of the
law.
ReactIonaries Favor Germany.
Nevertheless the Socialists gained
control of the new diet and again pro-
claimed the independence of Finland.
which this time was recognized by
the Bolsheviki government Of Russia.
1t was after this that the reaction
aries attempted to control Finland
and make peace with Germany. They
were overthrown and chased into the
North in January of this year. says
Mr.. Nuerteva.
Germany has already moved troops
into Finland and established them on
the Aland Islands for operations in
Finnish territory. The forces repre-
sented by Mr.. Nuorteva have
popularity been called the Red Guard.
while those to which the Germans
have lent their aid have been known
as the White Guard.
1t was said at the State Department
last night that no action could be
taken on the memorandum of Mr..
Nuorteva.