Evening star., 1939-12-02
Moscow
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puUlC VI ulldIlu was CoooDAAoAASo,
with the Finnish Communist Otto
Kuusinen as Premier
This regime, announced by Tass
Official Soviet news agency and
over the Moscow radio station. was
said by these sources to have lin
vited" the Red Army to help it
overthrow the present Finnish gov
ernment.
Tass said the Supreme Soviet had
accepted request by Kuusinen that
Moscow established diplomatic re-
lations with his government
The news agency published
declaration by this group indicating
it considered itself a provisional
government with plans to reorganize
on Soviet pattern Immediately
upon arrival in Helsinki."
Publication of the statement by
Tass gave it color as likely
description of Russias aims for the
future of Finland.
Attacked Old, New Cabinets.
The Kuusinen statement attacked
both the government of former
Premier Aimo K. CaJander and its
successor, headed by Premier Risto
Ryti.
Having sold the interests of the
country's independence" it said,
"the plutocratic rulers of Finland
jointly with all kinds Of imperialist
enemies Of the Finnish and Soviet
peoples ceaselessly Matched plans of
anti-Soviet war provocations and
finally plunged our country into
the furnace of war against the
Soviet Union-the great friend of
the Finnish people.
In this critical situation, wide
masses of the Finnish toiling peo-
pie, who always desired and desire
to live in peace with the peoples of
the country of the Soviets, consider
it their elementary right and their
sacred duty to take the fate of the
Fatherland into their own reliable
hands"
Already, it said, "the first Finnish
army corps had been formed.
Not Soviet State.
Inviting aid of the Red troops,
the statement said the peoples"
government regards them as in
valuable assistance to the Finnish
people on the part of the Soviet
Union for the purpose of eliminating
as soon as possible by joint efforts
the most dangerous seat of war
created in Finland by the criminal
government of war provocateurs."
1t said the provisional govern
ment was mot state of the Soviet
type, because the Soviet regime
cannot be established by the ef-
forts of the government alone with
out the consent of the whole peo-
pie, in particular the peasantry."
1t proposed subsequent reorganiZa-
ton as a "toilers'" regime, how
ever.
AS primary aims it called for Gre
alton of a peoples army" state
control of large private banks and
industrial enterprises, complete"
elimination of unemployment, an
8-hour working day, confiscation of
big estates with their transfer to
landless peasants, exemption of
peasants from back taxes, state as
sistance for peasants, "democratiza-
ton" of the state organization and
courts, reorganization of the schools
and encouragement of culture
through enhanced state subsidies.
New Cabinet Assailed.
The new Finnish cabinet headed
by Premier Ryti came in for de-
nunciation by Commissar Molotof
also. He said its formation "un-
fortunately does not improve mat
ters."
/ Molotoff said Vaino Tanner,
finance minister in the old cabinet
and retained as foreign minister in
the new one, was "and undoubtedly
remains the evil genius in Soviet
Finnish negotiations"
Tanner was member of the
Finnish delegation to Moscow in ne
gotiations preceding the conflict
Molotof said his participation
spoiled the whole matter"