Great Britain, through our Minister at Stockholm, has promised to
recognize the independence of Finland, provided that she releases imprisoned British subjects, grants free passage for people and goods through her territory, opens her territorial waters to this country, and maintains her neutrality. If these conditions are accepted, a British Chargé d'Affaires will bo sent. Finland, according to the Scandinavian Press, is in sore need of material as well as moral support. There is a bread-stuffs deficiency of forty thousand tons, without prospect of help from Germany or America. The " Red " Diet has been wallowing in blood and loot. One member, a woman, was arrested in possession of notes to the nominal value of £1,000,000. The Finnish Press has lately been discussing the annexation of Russian Karelia, bordering on the White Sea, in accord with the alleged wishes of its Finnish- speaking people.
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