• What Help for Finland ?
Nothing can in the long run avail the Finns against Russia's overwhelming resources unless help comes to them quickly and generously. They have the moral support of most of the world, which realises that they are fighting not for themselves alone but for civilisation. Indirectly they are affording some assistance to the Allies in compelling the Russians to use up petrol and other sup- plies which might have gone to Germany ; and within Russia their success is probably having the effect of dis- crediting aggression. But moral support alone will not enable the Finns to survive. It is all to the good that Red Cross units and other comforts should be sent. But that will not be enough. Credits in belligerent or neutral countries will enable them to buy arms ; and that is to the point, though results might be slow. The organisation of a Swedish volunteer force is practical, but its numbers are small. What is essential is that aeroplanes, anti-tank guns and other equip- ment on a large scale should be despatched with the utmost expedition ; and one would have thought that every member of the League of Nations would have felt it a duty to put gifts rather than credits at the disposal of a country which is standing up alone against outrageous aggression.
