The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-17

Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania and, fi- nally Finland. The first three Baltic countries had concered Russia demands TOT naval and airplane bases and spe- cial railroad and port facilities on their territory
 Turkey, Britain Agree < Word came from 1stanbul ana tAnkara, Turkey, that Turkeys pact of mutual assistance with Great Britain had been concluded and would be signed as soon as Sarac- og,u returned home.
 X Saracoglu resumed his negotla- tions with Molotov.
 Then Finland's special envoy, J. K. Paasikivi, had arrived and re- turned home without accepting any Russian demands.
 The news from HelsingforS was that he would not return here until Friday at the earliest - after the conference of the Finnish president and the kings of Sweden, Norway and Denmark at Stockholm starting tomorrow. This meeting was expect ed to result in a united Nordic neu- trality bloc.
 Tass, official Soviet news agency, announced that Russia and Lithu- ania had signed trade agreement Ion Oct. Is, covering 1889 and 1940. 1t provides for almost doubling the trade between the two countries, lfixing the total turnover at 40,0oo,- coo lits $4,0o0, ,0oc), it was announc- ed
 s At Kovno, Lithuania, 1t was re- ported that Lithuanian troops had entered ina territory taken by Russia from Poland and ceded to Litnuania, last night and were pre- paring for ceremonious entry into the city today. Wilma is the ancient Lithuanian capital. It was seized by Poland in 1923.
 { CA London, 8 Moscow radio { broadcast at 10 o'clock. last night, b(4 D. m. EST) described the trans formation of the Esthonian port of Paldiski into Soviet naval base, as provided in the new Soviet-Es- thonian treaty)
 Finland Withh0lds Reply X Helsingfors, Finland, Oct. IT - (UP)-Finland withheld its answer to Russia's proposals" today, await ing the outcome of the conference of Scandinavian governments start ing Wednesday at Stockholm, Swe- den.
 J. K. Paasikivi, Finnish ambassa- dor ts Sweder. who went to Moscow to receive the Russian proposals, " met with the cabinet an hour last night reporting on his mission. A 1 foreign office spokesman said the Russian problem presented some "dificulties, but a solution can be found if good will prevails"
 PaaSikivi is expected to remain here until Friday, conferring again with President Kyoesti Kallio and Foreign Minister Elias Erkko on their return from Stockholm, be- fore he returns to Moscow.
 Among those in the Moscow mis- sion who returned yesterday with Paasikivi were Johan Mycopp, for eigr office attache, and Baron A. S. A. Yrjoe-Kiskinen, minister to Rus sia. Paasikivi was jovial when he received newspapermen yesterday evening, but he seemed tired. He de- clind to discuss the proposals" in fear of which Finland put its troops on the alert along the Russian bor- der, but he said that Josef Stalin had taken part in the conversations and that tLey had been amiable.
 Finland Has Hopes
 Finland's hopes of preserving neu- trality were increased by her invi- tation to the tockholm conference, which also will be attended by gov- ernment leaders of Norway, Den mark and Sweden.
 Kallio and Erkko will be accom- panied to Stockholm by J. Floor, Kallio's second adjutant; A. Pos kaslathi, chief of the political sec- tion of the foreign office, and A. O. Saikku, his private secretary. They leave at 7:20 a. m. Wednesday by special airplane and plan to return Thursday evening.
 Hogland Island in the Gulf ot Finland, was evacuated yesterday The population of approximately 900 was distributed in towns on the Finnish south coast. It is one of the Finnish islands Russia is understood to want.