Norman, head of the Bank of England.” At the London Economic Conference in 1933 this representative of an power” voted loyally for Britain on every “independent issue. He holds a British honorary title, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. The New York Evening Post, December 1, 1939, commented: British confers such honors only on “The foreign royalty or on prominent individuals who have earned the gratitude of the British Government for being unusually cooperative. Ryti rated his title because as Governor of the Bank of Finland he worked hand in hand with the Bank of England. He kept Finnish currency closely tied to the pound sterling.” Former Prime Minister Eljas Erkko is a rich man by inheritance who has added to the family fortunes. He is the owner of one of the biggest Finnish newspapers. The Helsinki Sanomat. In 1918 he was an officer of the White Guard, the Finnish counterpart of the Storm Troopers, which has kept Finland in a vigilante atmosphere ever since 1918. Although he has always had a pro-British orientation he had no objections to bringing in German soldiers to help crush the Socialist Republic established in independent Finland. The political to which he belonged—the Progressive Party—has had a liberal wing and a reactionary wing. Erkko is one of the leaders of the latter. He has been a close coworker of T. M. Kivimaki, Prime Minister in the pro-fascist administration of President Svinhufvud, just as he has been a bitter opponent of Holsti, who belonged to the liberal wing of his party. Holsti, as the first foreign minister in the Cajander cabinet, won the hatred of Erkko by advocating friendlier relations with the Soviet Union and admitting, on a visit to Moscow, that Finland owed its independence to the Bolsheviks. Erkko forced Holsti’s resignation and became Foreign Minister in his place. Tanner, Ryti’s Foreign Minister, is a He has followed the compromising policy that
Norman, head of the Bank of England.” At the London Economic Conference in 1933 this representative of an “independent power” voted loyally for Britain on every issue. He holds a British honorary title, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. The New York Evening Post, December 1, 1939, commented: “The British confers such honors only on foreign royalty or on prominent individuals who have earned the gratitude of the British Government for being unusually cooperative. Ryti rated his title because as Governor of the Bank of Finland he worked hand in hand with the Bank of England. He kept Finnish currency closely tied to the pound sterling.” Former Prime Minister Eljas Erkko is a rich man by inheritance who has added to the family fortunes. He is the owner of one of the biggest Finnish newspapers. The Helsinki Sanomat. In 1918 he was an officer of the White Guard, the Finnish counterpart of the Storm Troopers, which has kept Finland in a vigilante atmosphere ever since 1918. Although he has always had a pro-British orientation he had no objections to bringing in German soldiers to help crush the Socialist Republic established in independent Finland. The political to which he belonged—the Progressive Party—has had a liberal wing and a reactionary wing. Erkko is one of the leaders of the latter. He has been a close coworker of T. M. Kivimaki, Prime Minister in the pro-fascist administration of President Svinhufvud, just as he has been a bitter opponent of Holsti, who belonged to the liberal wing of his party. Holsti, as the first foreign minister in the Cajander cabinet, won the hatred of Erkko by advocating friendlier relations with the Soviet Union and admitting, on a visit to Moscow, that Finland owed its independence to the Bolsheviks. Erkko forced Holsti’s resignation and became Foreign Minister in his place. Tanner, Ryti’s Foreign Minister, is a He has followed the compromising policy that
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