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...Approved non-military aid to Finland (see above...
...last several weeks dynamic V. A. Tanner, Foreign Minister of Finland, has made several hurried trips to Stockholm, where he has had long talks with Swedish Premier Per Albin Hansson...
...Tanner, whose part in the pre-war Finnish-Russian negotiations at the Kremlin made him the pet hate of Moscow, forthrightly asked Premier Hansson for two divisions of the Swedish Army. Otherwise, he warned, Finland would be forced either to sue for a peace with Russia "in a manner greatly concerning Sweden" (i.e., give up the Aland Islands which would point Russian guns squarely at Sweden's head), or appeal for direct aid from France and Britain...
...Premier Hansson referred the Foreign Minister to a recent speech before the Swedish Parliament in which the Premier stressed Swedish neutrality, promised only "material, humanitarian" aid to Finland. The Premier could also point out that Sweden had already sent more than $25,000,000 in voluntary cash contributions and $70,000,000 worth of materials to Finland, that thousands of Finnish civilian refugees have been cared for in Sweden. M. Tanner, on his part, could reply that what Finland desperately needs now to reinforce her small, tired Army is not money but soldiers. No soldiers, said the Swedish Premier...
...Foreign Minister Tanner next appealed to Great Britain and France, and according to most versions, got a promise of one Frances' division of skilled Alpine Chasseurs and two other Allied divisions. But there was a hitch. The only practical way for Allied troops to get to Finland lies through Norway and Sweden. M. Tanner returned to Stockholm and applied for free passage. It was a perfectly legal request: Article XVI of the Covenant of the League of Nations, to which Sweden. Norway and Finland belong, specifically provides for such help for a victim of aggression...