The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Russia Threatens To
 Hit Finland, Sweden
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(Continued press no desire at all to reach agree ment with the U.S.S.R. for consoli- dation of friendly relations between the Soviet Union and Finland" Pravda said.
 "The government of Finland has taken number of emergency meas ures comprehensible only when country is preparing for war. They include evacuation of urban popula- tions, mobilization of reservists and reorganization of industry to serve war needs"
 In ominous tone Pravda likened the attitude of Errko to that adop- ted by Col. Josef Beck, who was foreign minister of Poland before and when German troops invaded Polish territory on Sept. 1.
 After drawing parallel between Beck and Errko, Pravda said of Beck:
 "He too made provocative speeches before the Polish- German war and the result was that he provoked war with Germany"
 Answer Is Sharp
 "Our reply is simple and clear" Pravda said. We will throw to the devils all the games of political gamblers and tread our own way de- spite everything. We will insure the security of the U. s. s. R. without regard to anything, breaking all and every obstacles on the way to our goal.'
 The Pravda article was devoted to negotiations between Finland and Russia.
 Considerable improvement has taken place in relations between the U. s. s. R. and Baltic countries dur ing the past two months" Pravda said. Mutual assistance pacts have been concluded between the Soviet Union and these countries to assure the security of the western frontiers of these states and to contribute to the development of the trade and progress of national economy in Es- thonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
 "These pacts were based on actual respect for the state and social and economic structures of the other countries and they consolidated peaceful good neighborly relations between them. Attempts to deny the mutual advantages of these agree ments for all the signatories are made only by their common enemies interested in fomenting war not only in western but in eastern Europe as well as in particular on the Baltic coast. Y
 Baltic Public Agreeable
 Public opinion in the Baltic coun- tries, however, warmly welcomed the conclusion of the pacts with the Soviet Union guaranteeing their peaceful existence and state inde- pendence.
 Naturally, the government of the U. s. s. R. was bound to address a similar proposal to a fourth Baltic country bordering on the U. s. s. R., Finland.
 Tt is sufficient to glance at map of the Gulf of Finland to realize that problems of the security of the U. s. s. R. are especially acute on the Finnish border. The Soviet Union not only has the right bu tis obliged to take measures to assure the .secur- ity of the sea and land approaches to Leningrad, whose population equals the population of Finland. The government of Finland cannot avoid considering these interests and rights of the U. s. s. R.
 Meets Finland Half Way
 "In a report to the fifth extra ordinary session of the supreme So- viet of the U. s. s. R. Molotov (Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov) informed the deputies to the su- preme Soviet of the position of the U. S. s. R. in the negotiations with Finland. The Soviet Union is meeting Finland half way on all important questions. The Soviet Union did not insist on conclusion of a mutual assistance pact since the government of Finland believed that such pact would not be compatible with the position of absolute neu- trality binding Finland with the Scandinavian countries.
 "In exchange for territories on the Karelian Isthmus and certain areas, vitally necessary for the se- curity of the U. s. S. R., we of- fered Finland territroy double in size in Soviet Karelia. The pro- posal of the U. S. s. R. regarding creation of a naval base for the Soviet navy at the northern en- trance to the Gulf of Finland meets not only the interests of the U. S s. R. but those of Finland her. self, fully assuring the security ol the Gulf of Finland against hos. tile actions on the part of thirt states.
 Want No Agreement
 However. in despite of common sense. certain leaders in Finland ex lpress no desire at all to reach agree ment with the U. s. s. R. for tn consolidation of friendly relation between the Soviet Union and Fin land, The Finland nress. iointl