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...this were not enough wordage for one day, Premier-Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov elaborated on the same theses in an address in the Moscow opera house. He specially re-emphasized Russian neutrality, U. S. S. R.'s "policy of peace." Meantime, Finland, further tightening her defenses, clapped on mail censorship, cut off foreign telephones, waited to see if peaceful Russia would be as good as her protestations (see below...
...occurred to many sports-lovers that the policies now followed by Finland are exactly what might be expected from the nation known to them through the medium of the playing field. Aside from political, racial, and economic factors explaining the so-called natural Finish antipathy for Russia, persons familiar with Finland's national "personality" declare that her stubborn refusal to accede to Russian demands is entirely in accord with Finnish attitudes in athletics...
...competition the men of Finland are noted for the intensity of their efforts--plugging, determined efforts rather than competition of the flash-in-the-pan sort. They are characterized as patriotically inspired to victory but on the other hand are reputed to be hard-headed, reluctant losers...
...national temperament is reflected in part by the people's recreational abilities, then Finland's dogged tradition of excellence in sports is likely to stand her in good stead when some of the 3,500,000 Russians in Leningrad pour across the border. In any case it will be Goliath against a David who has kept in training for centuries...
Sweden was almost as jittery as Finland. Rumors were rife that Comrade Stalin would soon issue an "invitation" to Swedish negotiators to come to Moscow and talk about mutual assistance pacts and Swedish-Russian naval bases. While the almost fully mobilized Swedish Army trained in earnest, home folk began feverishly to dig huge underground shelters...