El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-24


4 ONION. Eng, Jan. "a "Finlans
IS able TO pay ali her debts with
her exports and all her taxes with
the revenue derived from her In
ports" was the statement neds D.
Dr. Rudolph Holstt, minister q Tor
elgn affairs for Finlznds AZ Helsing-
The statement vas made by d.
Hoist n answer 20 questions put 20
hin REGARDING the present and future
situation Of Finland in the worlds
markets. together with query - %
the reason for the biz depreciation
OF the Finnish mark IN the monsy
market
ut must Be remsm bersd.- oonfin-
ued DR.. HoIsti- that Finland has had
to finance q civil war. u has cost
hundreds OF millions and A. much
more has been spent n ths rserEan-
ization OF national dsfsnses- We are
nov in the happy position q not
needing loznE to organize = political
machine as are 50 many ether gtates-
The loans We are nov seeking are
for the purpose Of Increasing tbs
value OF the Finnish marx y IN
vestment n Finnish manrfactorles.
which viii. Of course incrsass cur
exports and imports.
Il an co1fIdent nat Wifhln the
next tFEo or three ye1rs FlnlEzd
viii be the most fiouTilhlng
Should ths warfare against tbs
Bolshevists continue ~ lock - Great
Britain and France 70 s8s that the
BolshsFist fieet Is hald harmless. The
neet cannot attack before next hfav.
and In the meantime Ne viii take
stspg TO improve cur coastal defeuces.
In this respect We have had The beat
foreign advisers and are rot IN the
least anxious A. regards The land
defenceE, there are more thEn q thou
sand kllometsrs OF land frontier, eE-
tending rom the coast 70 Lake Lode
60 which Is Gosolutely untrzyelahle;
II
The territory the Bolshevists could
cross II IL were left defenceless IS
very small indeed II Is also worth
while remembering that north OF Lo-
diego there are few thousand Fin
nish volunteers who have crossed the
frontier into Russian territory and
are Weil able 10 hold their own
Thus the Finnish regular army
would be needed only for garrison
duty, with the exception o. the two
or three regiments sent 70 the karc-
Ian lsthmus between Fib0rg and Pc
CrOErad- We would not have any dif-
ticulty in defending Finland against
the Bolshevists, even though they had
an army OF twice the present size.
1T must not be forgotten that En-
addition 10 the regular army we have
the White Guards. a volunteer organ
ization OF 11o.ooo men. under the
command OF Col Essen
This gives q strong backing
10 the regular army and mans
that we are able 70 prevent any
civil var and 20 reslEf the At
tenpta o. the B0lsheFtEtB t. get
control OF the country.
1T Is also worth while % remem-
Der that the Finnish general STAFF
the flying corps end the tank regl
ments haze all been organized b.
french officers who are Httll In the
Finnish service A great number Of
Finnish officers have taken courses
In the French and Italian military
and naval academies.
IF the allies decide 20 make peace
with the Bolshevists We must fan IN
with them, but We are confident that
in such a case the allies VII back
u up in taking proper measures 70
guard AGAINST Bolahevist encrcach-
ment Propaganda must Be prevented
and all precautions taken 20 see that
the evu does not again apreSd
through Finland
we have suffered fron the fact
that until We attained our indopsn-
dence we had no proper foreign rep
resentation and IN too mauy eases
hau 10 Use swedish aud German
agents, who made huge profitE- This
year we have organized our OWE con
sular and diplomatic service, which
has been especially selected and in
structed to see TO our exports and
establish markets. We expect that
during next year cur export1 VIII
amount In value to over tive mllllarcs
this year to export our goods 20 any
extent. these including = large guam
rity OF sawn logs.
eve now have plenty q legs
and wood pulp 10 supply ne
United States a. soon n ETl can
get shipping accomm1el ntions
Very little Is known Of Finland.
especially in the United States. where,
! understand, you have had but few
Of the best class settling. stilL It
must be admitted that the Films are
a hard working and saving race. and
an asset 10 any country. We hope %
make ourselves better known 60
America by our eXports-uot o. peo-
pie, but OF those necessities which
America needs We feel We owe a
great debt TO America and our thanks
90 cut to Mr. Hoover and his staff
for the great assistance they have
given as. both in food and clothing
Our thanks are also due to the Amer
lean Relief administration ard the
American Red Cross for all they have
done 20 aid and assist us.