to the carrying out of the exchange of territories for which Russia asked—unless she is allowing herself to be used by America or another Western Power. can be no possibility of Finland planning any “There attack on Russia by herself, nor would any of the territories, which Russia asked her to transfer, enable her alone to defend herself effectively against Daily Mail, Dec. 2. Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury would have been wisdom and kindness on our part “It if we had urged Finland to meet Russia’s desire to remove the possibility of guns placed only twenty miles away from the heart of the area which possesses a quarter of her industrial activities. deplore the situation might have been wholly “I avoided, together with the war itself, had we not spurned Russian friendship and thwarted her efforts to make the League of Nations a success. feared with reason a united Western attack. “Russia We through many desired Germany to be the spearhead of that attack. Many influential persons still desire and work for it. Russia knows that.” H. G. Wells is much to be said for the preventive security “There measures being taken by the Soviet Government.” Sir Stafford Cripps, M.P. the long run, I am convinced, it is of supreme “In importance to the workers all over the that a strong and powerful Russia should survive. I, for one, see no reason for blaming Russia, in a “And situation into which she has been driven by the capitalist governments of the world, for taking every step to strengthen her position. for the German Nazi influence in Finland and the “But anti-Soviet feeling stirred up, it is probable that the exchange of territory would have been accepted and
to the carrying out of the exchange of territories for which Russia asked—unless she is allowing herself to be used by America or another Western Power. “There can be no possibility of Finland planning any attack on Russia by herself, nor would any of the territories, which Russia asked her to transfer, enable her alone to defend herself effectively against Daily Mail, Dec. 2. Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury “It would have been wisdom and kindness on our part if we had urged Finland to meet Russia’s desire to remove the possibility of guns placed only twenty miles away from the heart of the area which possesses a quarter of her industrial activities. “I deplore the situation might have been wholly avoided, together with the war itself, had we not spurned Russian friendship and thwarted her efforts to make the League of Nations a success. “Russia feared with reason a united Western attack. We through many desired Germany to be the spearhead of that attack. Many influential persons still desire and work for it. Russia knows that.” H. G. Wells “There is much to be said for the preventive security measures being taken by the Soviet Government.” Sir Stafford Cripps, M.P. “In the long run, I am convinced, it is of supreme importance to the workers all over the that a strong and powerful Russia should survive. “And I, for one, see no reason for blaming Russia, in a situation into which she has been driven by the capitalist governments of the world, for taking every step to strengthen her position. “But for the German Nazi influence in Finland and the anti-Soviet feeling stirred up, it is probable that the exchange of territory would have been accepted and
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