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...much Sir Stafford who failed as the British Government in London, which understands Russian sensitivity less than its Ambassador. While Sir Stafford was earnestly assuring Moscow of Britain's friendship, the Government froze the Baltic States' bank balances in England, refused to surrender Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian ships in British ports, and last month requisitioned several of those ships. All this served to deepen Joseph Stalin's Oriental distrust of the Occidental Britons...
...Berlin, Lithuanian Minister Kazys Skirpa immediately made himself Candidate No. 1 for Soviet justice. After Russian officials in a big black car had taken over the Estonian and Latvian Legations, they called on Minister Skirpa. The Minister sent word that he was out. The Russians then demanded of First Secretary Stasys Kuzminskas that he surrender the Legation. Secretary Kuzminskas asked for their authority...
...newspapers, were not even allowed watches. Inveterate house of Commons questioner Laborite Emanuel Shinwell thereupon visited Pentonville himself, angrily clucked: "I think we've gone crazy. We've lumped into Pentonville . . . doctors, scientists, men of color and Chinese seamen. Some of the 'suspects' are Latvian, Estonian and Dutch sailors. Some were on vessels heavily bombed by the Germans. Some were in the water for hours before being picked up. Now to their amazement they find themselves in jail...
...alone Witnesses claim 1,000,000 followers, are prepared to proselyte in Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bohemian, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek. Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lettish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian and Yiddish, as well as English. All told they seek souls in 36 nations, in 88 languages...
...Thirty-one Russian bombers raided the port of Turku, set fire to its 700-year-old castle, and the Finns retaliated with a remarkably successful raid on the Estonian island of Oesel in the Baltic, damaging the Russian air base. The three Finnish raiders were led by an Italian-made Savoia-Marchetti bomber...