Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-03-22 | Page 7 | Finland Faces Consequences for Refusing Terms, Reds Warn

Finland Faces Consequences For Refusing Terms Reds Warn MOSCOW March 22 UP UP- UP Russia warned Finland Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day that by rejecting the soviet terms for an armistice she had assumed all responsibilities for forthe forthe forthe the consequences consequenceS' The warning came in an announcement announcement announcement an an- of the foreign office information bureau reviewing the exchanges between the two countries countries countries coun coun- tries after Juho K former Finnish premier extended peace feelers to the soviet legation legation legation lega lega- tion in Stockholm last month I Recalling that the foreign commissariat commissariat com com- had published Russia's terms March 1 the announcement said that Finland's reply a week later revealed that the Finnish government hesitated to accept the soviet conditions for an armistice without preliminary dis dis- Russia replied March 10 that she considered the tho Finnish answer unsatisfactory and called Finland's Finland's Finland's Fin Fin- lands land's attention to the fact that the soviet proposals given to were minimum and basic conditions The government also stated that it would await the Finnish governments government's reply until March 18 the soviet foreign office re re- re ported On March 17 the Finnish Finnish Finnish Fin Fin- nish government gave a negative reply to the soviet declaration Thereby the Finnish government assumed all responsibilities for the consequences