The daily worker., 1934-09-04
British, Japanese, Nazis
Have Close Military
Relations
BY A. T.

England, Germany and even far
off Japan, the chief organizers of
war against the Soviets, have paid
an extraordinary amount of atten-
ton to Finland. Because of its
geographic position as a neighbor
of the Soviet Union, Finland is an
important factor in anti-Soviet in
tervention plans.
The frontier of fascist Finland is
only cannon's shot from Lenin-
grad, an important Soviet industrial
center. T he harbors and entire
coast of Finland offer an excellent
landing place and center of opera
tions for the navies of England and
Germany. The fascist bourgeoisie
and the social-fascists of Finland
are good servants and humble
lackeys in organizing anti-Soviet
provocation and war. These are the
reasons why the great imperialist
powers pay so serious attention to
Finland.
The past few months are rich
with examples of the way imperial
lists have consolidated their position
in Finland for war purposes. Last
autumn special English Week"
was observed in Finland. Dozens
of the highest officers and military
experts in the British army utilized
this week" to travel to Finland to
investigate the possibilities of attack
and to organize the intervention
against the Soviet Union. At the
same time the British capitalists
dictated commercial treaty to Fin
land-a treaty that serves their mill
tary detectives and has caused even
the most conservative economists in
Finland to cry: After this treaty
we can no longer speak of Finland
as an independent country!"
Nazis Active
Fascist Germany has been equally
active of late in Finland. Follow
ing a small commercial war the
capitalists of Germany also sue
ceeded in forcing Finland to accord
Germany a number of unusual ad-
vantages. There has been close and
active cooperation between the La
pua fascists of Finland and the
Nazis of Germany. 1t has often
been brought out publicly that the
German NaziS have donated consid-
cradle sums of money to the Lapua-
men of Finland for organizing anti
Soviet provocation and war. A great
deal of commotion was aroused by
the fact that distant Japan is inter-
ested enough in Finland to send two
of its highest military officers "to
investigate and acquaint themselves
with the organization of the Fin
niSh army 1t is needless to point
out the connection between these
Investigations" and the war pro-
vocations and aggression plans of
Japan in the Far East.
The foreign policy of the Finnish
bourgeoisie has fora long time been
a policy of preparing war against
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Finland's fascist government have
faithfully supported the anti-Soviet
war front in all International con-
ferences. In the Geneva disarma-
ment conference Finland belonged
to the bloc led by England. For a
long time it refused to sign the non
aggression treaty offered by the So
Wet Union, until it was finally
forced to do SO. When Comrade
Litvinoff proposed the definition of
an aggressor, Finland's fascist gov
ernment made clumsy manoeu-
yer by at first declining to sign it.
Extend the Borders to Urais."
But at the same time that we
observe how the great imperialist
powers have made Finland an i'm
portant bulwark in organizing inter-
vention against the Soviet Union
and how faithfully the Finnish
bourgeoisie has served them. we