| Show 7 e DR W JV Ei R EN FINLAND'S SURRENDER WASHINGTON Now Now that artillery artillery artillery artil artil- lery fire has departed from the battlefields of Finland the allies are getting an almost stricken panic-stricken picture of what that defeat means to them For when the history of this world war is written probably the letdown of Finland can be placed beside the British sabotage of the Spanish republic republic republic re re- re- re public as the wars war's two major catas catas- The surrender of Finland means not so much a triumph for Soviet Russia as for Germany It means that the remainder of Finland now will be welded together for self- self protection in an economic alliance with Sweden and Norway And most important of all it means means that fr- fr t. t FAN Mai Y 1 a d t 1 lu luAs As Finland sees it all Scandinavia will win come under the direct domination if not the control control control con con- of Germany In fact Nazi Germany is working working working work work- ing overtime to create a sort of United States of North Europe Europe- Norway Sweden Finland and Denmark Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark all operating co-operating in the closest manner economically and perhaps politically with the Reich That is why Dr Schacht Germanys Germany's economic economic economic eco eco- genius arrived in Stockholm exactly one day after Finnish peace was signed This means that another vital area of Europe becomes alienated from the British just as the downfall downfall downfall down down- fall of the Spanish republic meant that British influence vanished from fromon on one vital area of the Mediterranean CODE WASHINGTON There There is a very good reason why newspaper cables regarding the peace mission of Undersecretary Undersecretary Undersecretary Un Un- of State Stat Welles Velles are so meager He isn't saying anything about his conversations to a soul except the President of the United States Not even Secretary of State Hull Hullis is in on all of the Welles Velles reports though he gets them second-hand second from Roosevelt Virtually no other member of the state department knows anything about the progress Welles is making Confidential fact is that before Welles Velles departed he worked out a private code with the President This code consists of numbers so that Welles wires back a number and only the President knows what that number means Thus it is impossible impossible impossible im im- im- im possible for the Nazis British or anyone else to break down the code Welles' Welles code cables are sent to Secretary Hull who in turn takes them to the President who personally personally personally person person- ally decodes them After Welles' Welles conversation with Hitler he cabled back a single number and Mr Hull took the number over to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House gave it to the President The President did a little figuring then said look so good does it Note The Note The Welles reports are so brief that obviously he and the President President President Pres Pres- ident are counting chiefly on personal personal personal per per- conversations after his re re- re- re turn Mail lall Bag E. E C. C S. S San Rafael Cal Calif The Calif-The The The Rev Gabriel Richard was the only Catholic priest ever to serve in the U. U S S. S congress He was a delegate from Michigan territory in 1823 Born in France he came to this country as a mathematics professor sor then went west as a missionary among the Indians W. W G. G M. M Chatfield Minn The The senate pays the funeral expenses of deceased members the average being being being be be- ing about The Borah funeral was one of the most expensive costing costing costing cost cost- ing Reason for the high cost was wa s that a large party of senators were designated to make the trip to Boise Idaho The funeral of Sen Tom Walsh of Montana l at approximately approximately the same distance cost The funeral of Senator Overman of North Carolina cost Capital Chaff ChaIT John Paris is in Washington to settle blockade disputes between the U. U S S. S and British governments John Paris is the pen name of Frank Gwatkin Ashton-Gwatkin author of the novel on Japanese life titled Kimono Robert E. E Lynch able new general general general gen gen- eral counsel of the Dies committee is one of the few Americans who saw Lenin He accompanied Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- Bill Bullitt to Russia when Woodrow Wilson Vilson sent Bill to report o a Bolshevik revolution |
