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Show Finland Cannot Stave Off Russians Without Aid, Declares 'Angel' of Siberia in S. L. Appeal " ( , rN I bs 'V, f?rv-- ... J r iv 7 It Is only wishful thinking to believe be-lieve Finland can stsve off Russia Indefinitely, according to the "Angel "An-gel of Siberia. " 'The angel" is Mrs. EUs Brand-strom-Ullch of Cambridge, Mass., who arrived in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning to make an appeal for Finnish aid. She will apeak at a public meeting Wednesday Wednes-day at 8 p. m. In the L. D. S. assembly as-sembly hall on Temple square. Sweden, she ssld, Is remsining neutral because of fesr of Germany, Ger-many, but at the ssme time the sympsthy of the Swedish people Is all for Finland. Through private donations, Sweden hss given $22,-000,000 $22,-000,000 to Finland and has sent 25,000 volunteers to fight for the neighboring republic. A native of Sweden, Mrs. Brand-strom-Ulich received her sobriquet because of her relief work among prisoners in Siberia at the close of the World wsr. Her fsther wss Swedish ambassador to Russia at the time. She was met st the Hotel Utsh 4y Mrs. L. A. Stevenson, president ,11 of the Salt Lake Council of Women, Wom-en, who will Introduce her at the public meeting; Burton W. Musser, Mus-ser, central Utah director of the Finnish Relipf Fund, Inc., and Christen O. Jensen, president of the American-Scandinavian foun-I foun-I datton. .Mrs. Brsndstrom-Ulich is making mak-ing a nation-wide tour appealing for aid for Finland. "If we had all given Finland help earlier, that nation would have had a better chance to win," she declared. Meanwhile, C. H. Carlqulst, chairman of the Nordic committee, announced that approximately 25 volunteers of the "flying U" squadron squad-ron have left Salt Lake City to make their way to Canada to enlist en-list in the Finnish air corps. The United Ststes government, he said, haa decided the Nordic committee cannot aid the volunteer volun-teer fliers to reach Finland without with-out violating this country's neutrality. neu-trality. Members of the group sre hitchhiking to Csnsds, where the Finnish government has set up recruiting re-cruiting ststions. ELSA BRAND8TROM-ULICH 1 Appeals for Finnish aid |