Evening star., 1944-03-01
Britain ConsuIts Red.
And Agrees 10 Terms
Submitted 10 Films
Internment of Nuzis
Held Chief Obstacle
To Negotiations
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, March 1.-Great
Britain agreed today to peace
terms submitted by Russia to
Finland, demanding that the
Firms cease military opera
tions," break relations with Ger
many, re-establish 1910 borders
and intern all Nazi troops and
ships in Finland with or without
Soviet help.
Moscow dispatches said the Rus
slams were ready to receive DR.. JUNO
K. Paasikivi, who negotiated the
end of the winter war" in 1910
and who received the terms from
the Russian Ambassador to Sweden,
Nine. Alexandra Kollontay.
The Finnish Parliament held two
secret sessions yesterday, but an
official communique gave no inkling
OF the Baltic country's attitude.
Aware of Difficulty.
A Moscow dispatch said Soviet
authorities were aware of the diff
Guilty in clearing the Germans from
Finland. The same dispatch said
There is reason to believe the Firms
would soon meet the Soviet sug-
gestlons and that discussions would
begin shortly"
Should the Firms refuse to nego-
tiate on Russias original terms, pro-
posals which would be made subse-
quently would be extremely harsh
the advice from Moscow said.
German Foreign Office spokesmer
reserved comment.
Official British quarters said Brit
lsh acceptance of the peace terms
came after consultation with Russia
and that under terms of the British
Russian alliance, "a separate peace
cannot be negotiated"
The Swedish newspaper Morgon
Tldningen, which is the organ of the
Social Democratic party in Sweden
and has close contacts with the So
cial Democrats in Finland, said the
terms were harsh" but could be
used by the Firms as basis for fur
ther negotiation.
In demanding that the Firms stop
fighting and intern all Nazi troops
and ships as prerequisite for any
peace negotiations. the Moscow ra-
dio said last night in broadcasting
the terms that 'if Finland con-
siders herself incapable of fulfilling
this task the Soviet Union is pre-
pared to render her the necessary
assistance by troops and aircraft"
The questions of the partial
rehabilitation of the Finnish
Army, financial reparations and ter
ritorial claims were to be left to
future negotiations in Moscow.
The Russians also demanded i'm
mediate release of all Russian and
Allied prisoners interned in Fin
land.
Internment Problem.
The demand for internment of
the seven German divisions now in
Finland appeared to be the crucial
problem facing the Firms. It was
felt in London that Finland, still
closely linked with the Germans,
might hesitate to take such a step
or that the Firms might request a
delay in answering the Russian
offer in the hope that the fast
moving Red armies in the Baltic
might compel the Germans to with
draw from Finland, thus obviating
any need to intern the Nazis and
preventing Finland from becoming
another Italy"
1t also was suggested that Fin
land might delay action in an effort
to obtain a guarantee from the
United States and Britain that the
Russian terms would be fulfilled
and that there would be no Soviet
occupation.
A report from Bern, Switzerland,
said the Finnish government was
prepared, if armistice negotiations
with Russia failed, to evacuate to
Sweden, along with as much of the
Finnish population as could be
transferred in an emergency.
However, the Films are known to
be war-weary after almost contin-
uous fighting since 1899, and they
may compel the government to ac-
cept the terms, one London source
coid