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9) "Enhancement of State subsidies for cultural needs and reorganization of schools, to insure the possibility of attendance at schools to children of workers and other needy people; also solicitude of every form for the development of public education, science, literature and the arts in a progressive spirit.
"Arise, long-suffering, toiling people of Finland! Arise to the courageous fight against the tyranny of your oppressors and hangmen! Arise, all citizens to whom the future of our country is dear! Let us throw down the black pack of reaction from the shoulders of our people! Let us clear the road for the progress, welfare and culture of the people, for the realization of the age-old national aspirations of our people. Let triumph the cause of the workers, peasants and working intelligentsia of Finland.
"Under the banner of a free and independent democratic Republic of Finland, onward to victories!"
Later, Gospodin Kuusinen and Premier-Foreign Commissar Molotov initiated in Moscow a "mutual assistance" treaty between the two Governments which, it was significantly said, will be formally signed later in Helsinki. The Soviet Union, having cut off all communication with the now unrecognized Finnish Government, paid little heed to appeals delivered through third parties. As it began to appear more & more that the Finns would have to fight it out, Premier Ryti stout-heartedly declared: "We will not consent to bargain away our independence. . . . We will fight alone and we expect to win."
Early this week Finland made the last desperate gesture of a hard-pressed Government. It appealed to the League of Nations to intercede. Professing bewilderment, Soviet Russia informed the League of Nations that she regarded Finland's appeal as "unfounded," declaring that she was maintaining "peaceful relations" with the "People's Government" of Finland.