Kalevalan Sanomat - Marshal Häyhä speaks on the Malminmaa issue, Scanian affairs

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Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF


- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - At the Talvilinna Army Prison, gunshots fired this morning heralded the deaths of three men and one woman whom the Higher Military Tribunal yesterday found guilty of the ignoble charges of engaging in espionage in favor of the Havenite communist junta. The four were found guilty of the specific charges of high treason and espionage, as well as a number of smaller charges including sedition and the possession of unlicensed firearms. A spokesperson of the Union Military Police said that the executions had occurred by way of a single shot to the back of the head, and that last meal, option to consult a priest and to see next of kin had been offered to the executed. The Information Office is keeping details of the case secret for reasons of national security, though it has revealed that the four planned to steal major political and military secrets from Fennian research facilities and to carry out acts of potentially violent sabotage in those confines.

"To the citizens of the Union, the case of this so-called Yrjönlinna Four serves as a reminder of the utmost and continuing need for vigilance", said Information Minister Kaarlo Nurmi when addressing the case today. "We must not let our guard down, nor must we forget that even at this moment, Bolshevist saboteurs and bandits are in our midst plotting to bring down the Union and the Fennian nation as a whole", Nurmi proclaimed. He called for citizens of Fennia to be vigilant against suspected sabotage and to render their support to the forces of law engaged in the stalwart struggle against forces of sedition and sabotage.

- PYHÄ HENRIK, PROTECTED TERRITORIES - A formal ceremony of changing of the guard and handing over the keys to the city of Pyhä Henrik marked the stepping-down of Vice Admiral Aleksi Sumuvuori from his office of the Governor-General of the Protected Territories which is formally to take place on Monday. Lieutenant General Yrjö Hannula, present head of Army Central Intelligence and the new Governor-General of the Protected Territories, arrived to Pyhä Henrik today aboard the Fennian Union Navy cruiser Turunmaa. The cruiser will take Vice Admiral Sumuvuori back to Fennia Proper, where a welcoming ceremony hosted by His Excellency the Stateholder General Joakim Häyhä awaits him in Kalevala. Vice Admiral Sumuvuori is set to assume the office of the Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff for the Navy in concert with promotion to the rank of Admiral, making him the head of the Fennian Union Navy.

From Kalevala, Stateholder General Häyhä sent a cable to Pyhä Henrik thanking Sumuvuori for his service in developing the Protected Territories and maintaining law and order in uncertain times, and wishing the incoming Governor-General luck in his assignment. "I have my utmost confidence that Lieutenant General Hannula will pursue the maintenance of the Protected Territories as a part of the Fennian fatherland, as well as the peaceful development of those lands for the prosperity of their denizens, with the same vigour as his predecessor has done", Häyhä said in his cable. Today's inaugural ceremony is accompanied by a formal reception at the Governor-General's palace, while next week Lieutenant General Hannula intends to commence a comprehensive tour of the Protected Territories to meet with regional Sub-Governors, mayors and other civic officials.

 

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Re: Execution of Communist Seditionists

We in the Mezhist Union receive this news with warmth both and concern. There is no doubt that our associates of the Fennian Union stand vigilant in the north as a stalwart shield against the blood red destructive sweep of the communist horde. Your commitment to the protection of your people from its vile influence is most admired here in the halls of Giecz. However, that the crimson tide of communism has reached its foul tentacles into Scania is a sign that it is indeed redoubling its efforts to accomplish its purported goal of a "global revolution". We humbly offer our hand to support your valiant fight against the communist scourge in any way possible.

Serving Under God,
Kondrat Olbroz,
Director of International Affairs

 

[Serbovia]

Ulkoasiaintoimisto
Foreign Office

Fennian Unioni
The Fennian Union

The citizens and leaders of the Fennian Union remain confident that God Almighty has destined us, and the Mezhist Union, to serve as a bulwark of civilization against the rampant forces of bolshevism threatening to engulf Europe. Civilized nations should be acutely aware of the constant risk to peace, stability and order in form of internal bolshevist agitators together with the prevalent communist states in our vicinity. Accordingly, the Fennian people looks to the Mezhist Union as a partner in warding off such menaces of the reds.

Regards,
Mr. Kauko Vannas,
Foreign Minister

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF


- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - The Defense Review Board has presented its findings for a plan of Fennian military reform to the War Minister, Admiral Mikael Aminoff. The several months of work by the Review Board have materialized in a comprehensive plan of suggestions for the development of the Fennian Union Army over the following five years. A follow-up to the board's work will now see the War Office present the modernization plans to His Excellency the Stateholder General and the Union Congress before their implementation as the broad framework over the development of the Fennian military in the 1953-1958 period and onwards. "In the continuing political uncertainty and an environment where all Fennia stands threatened by foreign aggressors and conspirators, sharpening our Union's swords is the most important thing to do", Admiral Aminoff said to Kalevalan Sanomat today. "No one can question the importance of maintaining the capability of the Union Army to serve as a bulwark of Fennian independence and civilization and as the protective shield against the forces that would seek to damage us", the War Minister stated.

Among the most important items of the upcoming military reform is the full swing of the age of the jet aircraft. The War Office has proclaimed the jet engine as the future of the Union Air Force and announced its intent to place increasing emphasis on the development of jet-powered aircraft in concert with the Fennian aviation industry, expecting older propeller-based models to be decommissioned particularly in combat units. Additionally, the Union Army is continuing its general modernization and the replacement of obsolescent equipment in concert with a projected commissioning of new naval vessels to the Union Navy. The Defense Review will coincide with a broader look by the War and Foreign Offices over the development of international affairs in `the Fennian sphere of influence and the changes that they will necessitate in Union policy.

- PERÄPOHJA, TURUNMAA - Thousands of young men and women representing the elite of the Fennian youth are gathering to the town of Peräpohja, where the League of Young Lions hosts its annual Spring Camp for the duration of the week. The week-long program of the Young Lion Spring Camp will involve physical exercise and outdoorship as well as political classes and discussions hosted by notable visitors including National Unity Front secretary Johannes Mäki among other important Fennians. As part of the Spring Camp program, Mäki will also award distinguished members of the Young Lions for services rendered in advancement of Fennian culture and demonstrations of outstanding youth leadership. Today members of the Young Lions visited the center of Peräpohja in itself, where locals gathered to review a flag parade by members of the organization.

The Young Lions are the official youth wing of the National Unity Front and an organization dedicated to fostering a young cadre of patriotic leaders for Fennian social, political and economic life to maintain the Nordic virtues of self-discipline, dutifulness and tradition. An opening speech held by NUF Party Secretary Mäki at the group's flag parade praised the importance of the Young Lions in building the future of the Fennian people. "You will go on to assume the helm of the great ship that is the nation of the Fennians", Mäki spoke to assembled Young Lions activists and Peräpohja locals gathered to follow the parade, "You are the future elite of our country, and a shining example to all the youth of the Fennian Union in your dedication to our national tradition, the ideology of the National Unity Front and our Christian faith".

 

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To: Fennian War Office
Fw: Re: Acquisition and Development of Jet Aircraft
Date: 30 April, 1953

Greetings and most humble salutations. This message is to the Fennian War Office, forwarded from Malek Aeronautics, reviewed and approved by the Sarmatian Economy, Trade, and Industry Directorate.

Attached is the forwarded document in question. We eagerly await your response.

Serving Under God,
Ofelja Kindersaal
Director of Economy, Trade, and Industry

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To: Admiral Mikael Aminoff, War Minister of the Fennian Union
Re: Acquisition and Development of Jet Aircraft
Date: 30 April, 1953

It has come to our attention, via one of the Fennian Union's news organs, that your office has recently proclaimed the jet engine as the future of the Union Air Force, along with intentions to increase its emphasis on the development of jet-powered aircraft.

As a supplier of several aircraft to the Union Air Force, namely the Ma 323 Heavy Transport and Ma 264 Patrol Bomber, I believe it is Malek Aeronautics' duty to inform our valued clients that we do indeed have jet aircraft available for purchase to immediately fill in the niche while the Fennian aerospace complex develops its own indigenous designs. Attached to this letter is a part of our catalogue, specifically detailing our jet craft.

In fact, we would be happy to provide you with a production license for any of these jet craft, in exchange for a minimal importation quota of the model in question. Additionally, if you do so require, we would be willing to assist in the development of a new jet fighter specifically for Fennian requirements.

We hope that you will consider our humble proposition, and we look forward to continuing our part in providing you with world-class products.

Respectfully Yours,
Longin Malekowicz
CEO, Malek Aeronautics

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Sota-asiaintoimisto
War Office

Fennian Unioni
The Fennian Union
SALAINEN - SECRET
To:Malek Aeronautics, Sarmatian Economy, Trade and Industry Directorate

Desiring to continue the existing relations of military-industrial cooperation between the Fennian and Sarmatian nations the War Office will be in touch with Malek Aeronautics and other military suppliers in the country over the possibility of engagement in the ongoing development program of the Fennian military. His Excellency the Stateholder General has relayed the wish of our government as a whole for the possibility of joint research and development of military technology between Fennian and Mezhist Union producers to take place in the future where considered appropriate.

The exact acquisitions carried out as purpose of the ongoing five-year program remain to be determined, but given your existing history as a steady military supplier we will certainly be in touch when appropriate.

Regards,
Admiral Mikael Aminoff,
War Minister

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

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KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Häyhä worried of foreign interventionism in the Agderike-Ostveg Affair


As Sylvania and former Agderike continue to rattle sabers with the Danish Empire following several months of tension, His Excellency the Stateholder General has warned of the possibility of Plutocratic Europe attempting to use the weakened state of Agderike-Ostveg in order to exert their dominance over that country and subsequently over Scanogermania as a whole. Stateholder General Häyhä visited the cadets and insturctors at the Union Officers' Academy - his old institution of study - today and in an address to their assembly spoke about the many dangers and predicaments today facing the Fennian nation and the long-term survival of our new national order.

"The Agder, or the Ostvegians, however they desire themselves to be called, should question whether the Frescanians and Sylvanians and other assorted plutocrats genuinely have their interests at heart as they claim, or are they just a vehicle to extend foreign plutocratic authority into Scania and its other peoples", Häyhä said in his speech, noting the degree of foreign troop movements into Agder and Fey and the loud proclamations of Frescanian and Sylvanian stances against the Danish government. The Stateholder General called for the Frescanians and Sylvanians to back off from what he described as an internal Scanogermanian affair, and criticized their interventionism in the Agder-Danish tensions currently ongoing.

"It is not the business of the Union nor myself to take part in this affair, and the Fennian Union shall not tell the Agder who should be in charge there, but the Union shall make sure that the inviolability of the Union's borders and Scanogermanian peace is enforced", the Stateholder General proclaimed in his address to the Officers' Academy cadets. "I will, however, state my opinion that the Danes have been unjustly vilified by the Frescanian and Sylvanian governments. One might even suggest that the Agder are pawns of Europe's plutocrats in their political war against the Danish people. Fennia will endeavour to remain in warm terms with our Danish compatriots, whom I consider to be a beacon of civilized governance and policy in a continent riddled with bolsheviks and Masonic plutocrats", General Häyhä continued.

Also, for the first time since the Agder civil war Stateholder General Häyhä addressed the question of the possibility of Fennian recognition of the Kingdom of Ostveg. Häyhä stated that bringing that question to the Union Congress would await a satisfactory resolution by the Danes and the as-of-yet unrecognized Ostveg government to their diplomatic issues, as well as for Ostveg's claimant monarch Inger Lise to formally recognize Fennian sovereignity over the territory of Malminmaa. The Union's Northeastern constituent became a part of Fennia during a campaign consequent of the Unification Wars to liberate Malminmaa's ethnic Fennians from Agder rule between 1873 and 1875 and has been claimed by Agderike as their subject.

"To recognize Ostveg in a state where they'd continue to claim a part of the Union as their dominion would effectively signal our recognition of foreign sovereignity over the Union, a move intolerable for the sanctity of the Union and the right of the Fennian people to enjoy prosperity and order in a Fennian nation", Häyhä stated.

Though the Northern border has been reopened with the cessation of fighting in Agderike, the War Office has continued to prop up existing border security in form of rotational call-ups of Union Army and Border Corps reservists as well as Suojeluskunta volunteers. In notice of the continued regional tensions, the War Minister, Admiral Mikael Aminoff, recently announced a program to renew and modernize border security installations along the Northern border.

 

[Frescania]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Republic wants peace and stability in the North and we are hopeful that the recent talks between Danmark, Ostveg and Sylvania produce a lasting understanding between all parties. We would welcome such steps towards peace.

Yet, the Republic has a right to self defense of its territory, and given Ceosrath's location, we are within our rights to station troops in the region. Furthermore, we have an alliance agreement with the Kingdom of Ostveg and given the Kingdom of Danmark's past rhetoric against the young state, Frescania will not standby against any possible aggression. Thus our forces' position and readiness.

We would be happy to discuss the issue further with representatives of the Union as we want cooperation between nations to be the cornerstone of Nordic peace and stability.

 

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Ulkoasiaintoimisto
Foreign Office

Fennian Unioni
The Fennian Union

The Frescanian government needs to understand the fact that until the claimant monarch of Ostveg and her administration will recognize that Malminmaa has been and will be a part of the Fennian Union, the Frescanian government will in effect with its policy of alliance with the claimant state of Ostveg be in support of a foreign state's territorial claims over a Fennian constituent.

The backdrop of historical Agder irredentism against the Union in the context of the present claimant successor's unwillingness to address these questions - in spite of presenting itself as a successor of the Kingdom of Agder and Fey - presents a very worrisome context to the Frescanian alliance with the aforementioned claimant successor together with the aforementioned Frescanian troop movements.

The Union government understands and appreciates the Frescanian need to protect its territorial integrity, but at the same time the Frescanians need to be be respectful of the historical Fennian predicaments, their reflection to the current Scanian situation and the Union's resolve to maintain the sanctity and inviolability of the territories and nations under its protection.

Regards,
Mr. Kauko Vannas,
Foreign Minister

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF


- KALEVALA/PYHÄ HENRIK - The Union Overseas Office and administrators in the Protected Territories are cooperating in a campaign to encourage settlement in New Fennia by Union citizens currently residing in Fennia Proper. Overseas Minister August Lammenhovi today inaugurated the New Frontiers Program aiming to draw in settlers to New Fennia in form of advertisement campaigns in Fennian cities as well as economic incentives provided to internal migrants and locals acting in cooperation with the Program. At the same time, the New Frontiers Program marks the first significant internal development during the tenure of Lieutenant General Yrjö Hannula as Governor-General of the Protected Territories. Lieutenant General Hannula took the office this week and has so far largely spent his time visiting colonial administrators and citizens and getting acquinted with the towns and areas of the territories of New Fennia.

According to Overseas Minister Lammenhovi, the New Frontiers Program aims to address the warnings of overpopulation in Fennia Proper that have been given by demographic researchers in the recent years on account of medical advances and growing urbanization. As part of the Program, migrants into the Protected Territories will be provided tax incentives and interest-free loans by the Bank of New Fennia as well as opportunities for cheap purchase or renting of Union land, and economic incentives will also be extended to landholders willing to accept new migrants as workers and rent-farmers. The Overseas Office has clarified that the initiative will not cover possible migration into the autonomous Tribal Reserves, citing the prerogative of local tribal leadership to decide on their own land use.

- UUDENMAANLINNA, GRAND DUCHY OF UUSIMAA - While in the interruption of a break-in at a weapons dealership, a constable of the Uudenmaanlinna Police was killed and an another one wounded during the course of last night. A beat constable on foot patrol had noticed signs of a break-in at the gun store and alerted nearby automobile patrols, resulting in an exchange of gunfire between the burglars and the police as the former attempted to make their escape. Constables managed to shoot out the tires from the burglars' getaway car, and a single perpetrator knocked unconscious in the ensuing car crash was captured alive. Though several hunting rifles and shotguns along with hundreds of rounds of compatible ammunition were discovered in the back of the car, two remaining criminals are said to have made off possibly in possession of multiple heavy-caliber handguns and compatible ammunition. One of the culprits was reportedly wounded by police shotgun fire, and constables have been checking out hospitals in the Uudenmaanlinna area in an effort to find him.

"We will, naturally, do our utmost to find the culprits of this heinous crime and to bring them to justice, and a full investigation is underway to identify and capture others involved in this act and the murder of Constable Luhtala", said Uudenmaanlinna Police Commissioner A.L Vettenhovi. Commissioner Vettenhovi alluded to the possibility of underground Communist elements being involved in the crime, either to attain funds through the sale of arms to criminal elements or to attain weapons to carry out further criminal acts themselves. "Likely, regular thieves would've preferred to escape instead of committing to a potentially disastrous gunfight with the police force", Vettenhovi said. The police have been unable to interrogate the captured criminal who is undergoing hospital treatment due to wounds received in the car crash and a later - successfully subdued - attempt to attack the arresting constables after being transferred to the Uudenmaanlinna Police Prefecture.

The lawman killed in the gunfire has been identified as Constable Ahti Luhtala, an eleven- year veteran of the Uudenmaanlinna Police with a wife and two young children. A burial with full honours is to be held next week.

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

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NEWS IN BRIEF


- FREE CITY OF PIETARI - The 1952-1953 season of the All-Fennian Hockey League drew to a close on Monday when Pietarin Pallo scored a close 4-3 victory against the 1951-1952 winner Kalevala-Kiekko, drawing a full audience to the Pietari Ice Hockey Hall. The first League final to be televised in Union Public Radio also reportedly drew in major television audiences, according to polls conducted by the Public Radio in several Fennian cities. This year's final match was a very close one, with Pietari's top forward Marko Kahiluoto scoring the decisive fourth goal of the game only five minutes before the conclusion of the third period.

In Pietari, supporters of Pietarin Pallo filled dance halls throughout the city immediately after the conclusion of the game, and local constables were kept busy by the high consumption of alcohol during the victory celebration. The team will be received by the Free City's Mayor Nikolai Järvipelto today at the City Hall.

Meanwhile on Sunday, last season's silver team Pasilan Ässät attained a 6-3 victory over IFK Malm, though it was a sour victory for the supporters of the Pasila team who had been confident that they would again be in the finals with a winning chance owing to the team's stay in top three during most of the season. At the same time, Second League winner Haagan Urheilijat gained a 3-1 victory promotion/relegation match against All-Fennian's last team Yrjönlinnan Ilves, earning a spot in the Union's top league while Yrjönlinnan Ilves will see a relegation for the forthcoming season.

- YRJÖNLINNA, WEST KALEVALA REPUBLIC - The Yrjönlinna Union Shipyards laid down today the first ships part of the recently announced Laivasto 55 (Navy 55) modernization program of the Union Navy. Navy 55, itself part of the broader Five-Year Reform of the Union Army, aims to modernize and develop the Union Navy through the entrance of new types of naval vessels and the modernization of types currently in naval use. The first two of the as-of-yet unnamed Hävittäjä 1955 (Destroyer 1955) project of large ocean-going destroyers, intended as a replacement to the Mezhist- made Puolustaja class, were formally laid down at the Union Shipyards in a ceremony presided by Admiral Aleksi Sumuvuori, the new Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff for the Navy. The Destroyer 1955 Project ships are to be named by a contest open to all servicemen and reservists of the Union Navy and arranged by the Defense Staff Navy Section.

"The sea is, more and more, the lifeblood of the Fennian people, and the Union Navy is thus brought to an increasingly important role", Admiral Sumuvuori stated in a speech held during the laydown ceremony, "The Navy 55 program shall, in concert with the general improvement of the Union Army, guarantee security and peace for the Fennian people." Admiral Sumuvuori also said that the Navy intended to commission a new class of submarines to partially replace the Vesikko and Vetehinen classes currently forming the bulk of the Submarine Service, along with the continued renewal of Naval Air Service elements serving aboard Fennian aircraft carriers and in land-based units.

 

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Kalevalan Sanomat​

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KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Government reform, constitutional modification prepared by Union cabinet


The Union Justice Office has announced that it is preparing a major government and administrative reform set to be enacted within this year. According to Justice Minister Kyösti Mechelin, the administrative reform program was to include revising the Union Constitution by the end of 1953 and that the proposals made for that would be brought to the Union Congress before the commencement of its summer holiday in late June.

"What the Union intends with this, is to achieve better, more meritocratic and fairer governance throughout all of the Union", Mechelin stated in a press conference held in Kalevala regarding the planned reform, "These reforms will reinforce the existing structure of our national government and the Stateholder General's promise that the Fennian Union shall have the most efficient, most functional, system of administration in all Europe by the next year."

The reforms will entail constitutional change as the Union government plans to regulate constituent administration in ensuring that all constituents maintain a division of powers and similar administrative principles as the Union government in itself, ensuring that Fennian citizens will be governed by the same standards regardless of their place of residence within the Union. The Justice Office has stated the possibility of hereditary privileges rendered to aristocrats in the Union level and in constituents could be affected to an unspecified degree. Additionally, the reform will create an unified set of admission tests for civil servants in constituents and municipalities, parallering those in Union government use. The aim will be to reduce nepotism and to root out unpatriotic elements from the ranks of the civil service.

Furthermore, before the 1954 Union Congress elections the government intends to carry out a rearrangement of constituencies and seat allocation based on a renewed census to be carried out in the course of this year. Also, for the first time those Protected Territories citizens without Union citizenship in itself will be able to vote for a set amount of non-voting delegates to Union Congress. Union citizens residing in the Protected Territories will still vote for their regular Congressmen as usual.

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF



- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Following the earlier announcement of an extensive program of military reform aimed to take place between 1953 and 1958, the Union Navy today announced a plan to permanently bring the Fennian fleet's last battleship out of retirement. The Kekkonen class battleship UA Turisas has been mothballed as part of the Inactive Reserve Fleet, and was last restored to use during last year's Thaumantic Crisis in anticipation of a possible war against Havenshire. Indeed, the announcement by the War Minister, Admiral Mikael Aminoff, followed earlier news from Havenshire regarding the Communist junta's renewed naval construction plans. However, the War Office denied any specific connection with the ongoing tensions with Havenshire as well as the generally high level of global saber-rattling including the prolonged tensions between Danmark and Sylvania.

The War Office announced that the Turisas would be refurbished at the Yrjönlinna Union Shipyards and prepared for renewed active service under the Northern Thaumantic Fleet. While the ship's readiness will undoubtedly be a significant combat asset in the event of a war, during a time of peace the ship will not be involved with operational activities. Rather, it will have a peacetime role of serving as a training vessel embarking Naval cadets and petty officers in training as well as Naval Reservists undergoing refreshment training. The refurbishing of the Turisas will entail installment of modernized communications equipment and an update to the ship's anti-air capabilities.

- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Overseas Office puts up street advertisements and launches film and radio advertisement for the migration campaign into the Protected Territories
- FREE CITY OF PIETARI - Professor Antti Niukkanen, University of Pietari head of psychology, publishes a study advocating conversion theory for convicted sodomites
- VAPAALINNA, PROTECTED TERRITORIES - Major shipment of illegal liquor confiscated, three Fennians and six Swanas arrested in what's termed New Fennia's "largest booze seizure"
- ROVANIEMI, LAPINMAA - Nuorgam National Park to be increased in size by 15% with the incorporation of new areas

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

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KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - The Great Fennia League rallies for the Fatherland's sovereignity


With many Fennians and decisionmakers in Kalevala growing suspicious of the encroachment of foreign powers in the Scanogermanian littoral, and the unresolved status of territorial claims still made against the union by the Kingdom of Agderike's unrecognized successor of Ostveg, Union Congressmen are rallying together civic action to strenghten the resolve and unity of the nation in a time of political uncertainty. Today in Kalevala, Congressmen part of the National Unity Front issued a founding proclamation of the Great Fennia League, with blessings of the Stateholder General himself and the other leaders of the National Unity Front.

Chaired by Foreign Minister and Union Congressman Kauko Vannas, the new organization states its charter as the mobilization of the Fennian nation in defense of the Union Constitution, Fennian national sovereignity and the historic Fennian cultural tradition through civic and political action. The now-established national Great Fennia League has made plans for the establishment of regional committees in all Fennian constituents and the Protected Territories, in national action together with the National Unity Front, its subsidiary civic organizations, the Fennian Himyari Association and the League of Fennian Veterans and Servicemen. Involved as founding members are thirty Union Congressmen, most notably Foreign Minister Vannas and Overseas Minister August Lamminhovi.

"Mother Fennia calls for all its children to rally in its defense and in the defense of the common good of the Fatherland", Foreign Minister Vannas proclaimed as the League assembled in the historic triumphal arch of Victory Avenue for the first time, "Now more than ever does the welfare of the Fatherland require the full commitment of the Fennian people, in the intolerable state where foreign governments claim sovereignity over territories of the Union inhabited by members of the Fennian people, and in the state of global tension. The aim of this Great Fennia League shall be the mass mobilization of the Fennian people to strenghten the moral, cultural and national base of the Union."

The role of the National Unity Front as the primary political and legistlative vehicle of the Fennian nation remains to be undisputed. However, Vannas and others involved in the inception of the Great Fennia League referred to the new organization's complementary role alongside the National Unity Front. Whereas the Front continues to assemble the finest young men and women of the Fennian nation to the cause of national leadership, the role of the Great Fennia League will be the inspiration of the numerous Fennian masses into civic action in strenghtening Fennian national unity and culture.

Though he was not present at the triumphal arch, His Excellency the Stateholder General Joakim Häyhä sent a telegram in which he stated his approval of the goals espoused by the newly founded Great Fennia League and his wish of luck to the implementation of the stated goal of reinforcing the unity of the Fennian nation.

- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Kalevala Constables, Union Vice Police, mop up dozens of prostitutes in raids targeting the illegal sex business in the capital
- YRJÖNLINNA, WEST KALEVALA REPUBLIC - Yrjönlinna administrators announce plans for the construction of a subway system by 1960 to account for population growth
- MALMINLINNA, MALMINMAA - Three fishermen killed in the Gulf of Malmi as their trawler runs aground in the Malminlinna Approachers, 17 survivors rescued by Coast Guard

 

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You must be registered for see images LOV OM FOREBYGGENDE SIKKERHETSTJENESTE[SUP]a[/SUP]: DET ER FEM GRADER I SYNKENDE REKKEFØLGE. SIKKERHETSLOVEN FOR DETTE DOKUMENTET ER SKREVET SOM: STRENGT HEMMELIG (top secret) HEMMELIG (secret) KONFIDENSIELT (confidential) BEGRENSET (restricted) UKLASSIFISERT (unclassified) til: Kvenlander chargé d'affaires Kristiania, Østveg The Austwegian people find the current alarmist attitude espoused from Kalevala as unproductive to regional moods and tensions. The continued support of Danish policies in the general Skånske region, has alienated Fennian goals to the Austwegian people and placed Skåne into a position akin to a powder keg. Ready to burst at the seams, our region will only find itself further and further armed until the Austwegian Government is recognized by Kvenland. Until such dialogue comes from Kalevala, it can only be suggested and assumed that the Kingdom of the Austwegians will continue to uphold the claims, titles, duties and lands of the previous and now defunct Agder Kingdom by both right and with Gods prudence. The rights and liberties expected of all Austwegians will be defended at all costs. It is the intention of Chancellor Bakken to iterate that this message heeds itself as not a warning, but a clear set policy and doctrine to be adhered to by Hey Majesty's Government, that any Fennian action which puts Austwegian interests in harms way shall be swiftly countered with no public announcement in concurrence with the respected actions. That instead, the Austwegian people shall look to protect her borders from all foreign intruders, Danish, Fennian or otherwise, and in that respect, qualify the Gothic Sea as her domain in which to preserve and protect the Austwegian national conscience. Med Vennlig Hilsen, You must be registered for see images Kristin Ragnhild Haavi Østvegs utenriksminister Austwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs a. Sikkerhetsloven regulerer adgang til opplysninger som kan skade Østvegs eller dets alliertes sikkerhet, forholdet til fremmede makter, eller andre vitale sikkerhetsinteresser.

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Valtionhoitajan Kanslia
Chancellery of the Stateholder

Fennian Unioni
The Fennian Union

There can be no question in the minds of the international community that the desire of the Union is the return of peace and calm to Scanogermania and Europe as a whole.

In regards to the accusations of alarmism made by the self-described successors to the Kingdom of Agder and Fey, the Union government wishes to note that it considers the policies pursued during the recent events to be legitimate national self-defense aiming to maintain the territorial integrity and sovereignity of the Fennian Union in a perilous time of European history. Though the Union government understands and supports the aims of the Great Fennia League, it is not officially connected by that organization, a popular initiative established on their own accord by persons involved in the Union Congress.

The formal assertion that the self-described Agder successors now intend to hold on to the unfounded territorial claims of the Kingdom of Agder and Fey, in turn, present a concerning sign of the said party's intents in its relations with the Fennian Union and for future political developments in Scanogermania as a whole. My government has previously stated that legally and morally the Union cannot be in recognition of any party attempting to claim sovereignity over Fennian territory, as that in turn would imply my government's recognition of such unfounded territorial claims.

In all, the Fennian Union shall always desire peace and goodwill. However, the road to peace is one of two directions. Foreign governments must be in recognition of this indisputable fact, and also the fact that so long as unjustified territorial claims and political harassment are levelled against the Union this government shall do its utmost to ensure the future of the Fennian people and their right to exist in a sovereign Fennian nationstate.

Regards,
General Joakim Häyhä,
His Excellency the Stateholder of the Union
Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF



- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - The Union Council of Ministers has set to work in preparation of the 1953-1954 budget, expected to be presented at the start of June to the Union Congress before the change of the fiscal year and the commencement of the Congress holidays in July. With the Ministerial Offices having submitted their budgetary requirements and proposals, work has started under Stateholder General Häyhä and Treasury Minister Anton K. Alanko in order to turn these into a comprehensive 1953-1954 Budget Proposal to be passed down to the Union Congress. Coinciding with the current issue of the 1953-1954 Budget is also the broader matter of Fennian economic development, in itself the target of an expected Prosperity 1960 program to be prepared jointly by the Treasury and National Development Offices in conjunction with the work for the 1953-1954 Budget.

Though the Treasury Office has avoided giving extensive commentary on the budget issue in order to provide working peace to the administration, Treasury Minister Alanko has mentioned some of the key points in the following budget. Speaking to Kalevalan Sanomat today, Alanko stated some of the key points in the budget proposition, including the improvement of transportation throughout the Union, accommodating increased needs of national defense and crisis preparedness, the New Frontiers Program of New Fennia, urbanization and devising measures to improve the natural resource base of the Union economy. Minister Alanko confirmed that there could be an increase in taxation regarding as-of-yet unspecified areas of the society.

- FREE CITY OF KONTULA - Award-winning writer Kalle Juhantalo has published the pilot novel of his planned epic Pohjantähti (North Star) series of novels. Describing his latest work as a "fictional depiction of the lives and struggles of a single family of Fennians throughout the history of the Union" and an "intergenerational telling of Fennian history in a fictional form", Juhantalo intends to make a full trilogy of novels. The first installment, "The Children of the North Star", is set between 1860 and 1880 and depicts the life of the Pohjola family of farmers throughout the rise of Fennian nationalism, the Fennian Unification Wars and the Agder-Fennian War. In subsequent novels, Juhantalo plans to take his audience through the Fennian acquisition of the Protected Territories up until the political turmoil of the 1930s and the restoration of national order by General Joakim Häyhä and his compatriots.

Early reviews of "The Children of the North Star" have been thoroughly positive. "A writer of renowned Fennian epic has exceeded himself once again", said the Union Public Radio's star literary critic Roope Eerikkilä in his radio program, while reviewers of the Kalevalan Sanomat were also overwhelmingly positive with their reviews. Previously, Juhantalo has achieved fame through his 1931-1939 Väinämöinen series of novels based on Fennian mythology and the Kalevala national epic and the war novel Winter of Blood (1942) depicting a company of Kalevalan Jägers in the Fennian-Agder War.

- UUDENMAANLINNA, GRAND DUCHY OF UUSIMAA - Pressure put on the local police as the investigation of the May 6th arms store robbery is still in continuation without arrests
- SIIKARANTA, WEST KALEVALA REPUBLIC - Patented DDT manufacturer Martinheikki Anti-Insect refutes claims of adverse health effects, threatens to sue critics for libel
- PYHÄ HENRIK, PROTECTED TERRITORIES - The Fennian Himyari Institute teams up with mining companies on a combined excavation and survey program in New Fennia
- PYHÄ HENRIK, PROTECTED TERRITORIES - Security Department officers hold three Daru laborers at the Port of Pyhä Henrik for unspecified attempts of sabotage

 

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Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF



- PYHÄ HENRIK, PROTECTED TERRITORIES - Citizens in Pyhä Henrik are in shock over the grievous and brutal killing of a prominent landholding couple from the nearby town of Lokinlinna. Vapaaherra Aleksanteri Turkula and his wife Maria were found slain this morning along the Pyhä Henrik-Lokinlinna road, having suffered bruises from blunt weapons as well as several fatal blows from what police detectives believe were jungle knives. Also killed in the attack was the couple's chauffeur Jouko Välimaa, who had suffered similar wounds. Additionally, the corpse of a colored man in his twenties was found shot near the scene of the crime, with the bullet believed to have come from a pistol known to have been carried for defensive purposes by Mr. Välimaa. The deceased were found thirty meters away from their car, in itself emptied of valuables, leading the investigating detectives to believe that the car had been stopped on the road and that its occupants had attempted to flee before being caught and slain by the unidentified assailants.

"This most savage attack against a distinguished citizen shall not go unanswered for, and the best detectives of our force have commenced an investigation", said Deputy Commissioner Jyrki Tulensalo, head of the Protected Territories Police in the Pyhä Henrik Territory. Deputy Commissioner Tulensalo said that it was likely that the deceased colored man found at the scene was one of the attackers, but that at this moment there were no further leads. The police has acknowledged the possibility of a random highway robbery, though reminding that the roads around Pyhä Henrik were still safe for travel and well-policed by the Protected Territories authorities. Turkula's only son Vilho is reportedly on his way from Kalevala to take charge of his father's estate and to oversee the funeral arrangements for Aleksi and Maria Turkula.

- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Administrative, constitutional reforms approved near-unanimously by Union Congress in its today's session
- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Health Office to investigate prescription practices on morphine, other drugs by doctors to curtail narcotics abuse
- VAPAASATAMA, GRAND DUCHY OF UUSIMAA - Port of Vapaasatama announces plans to build new harbor infrastructure over expected change of maritime traffic to Southern ports

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

NEWS IN BRIEF



- MALMINLINNA, MALMINMAA - War Minister Admiral Mikael Aminoff has departed to Northern Fennia for a scheduled inspection tour of Union Army units and Civil Guard volunteer detachments in the region. Accompanied by a retinue of staff officers, aides and security personnel, Admiral Aminoff is set to meet with military commanders as well as regular officers and men in garrisons throughout Northern Fennia during the tour expected to take two weeks. His review of troops commenced in Kiestinki, where Aminoff toured Border Jäger positions along the Fennian-Norse border hosted by Colonel-General Kustaa Linnanahde, head of the Union Border Corps. In addition to observing of troop and equipment demonstrations as well as discussing the situation along the border with Colonel-General Linnanahde and senior border officers, Admiral Aminoff distributed commendations including Long Service Medals and Service Medals to distinguished personnel involved in the continued protection of the Fennian national border.

In statements made to military correspondents and accompanying journalists from newspapers and the Union Public Radio, Aminoff emphasized the role of the Border Corps in defense of the Fennian nation in peace and war alike. "The importance of a well-defended and secure border for the good of the entire Union cannot be underestimated", Admiral Aminoff said to an assemblage of troops from Border Jäger Regiment 8 as well as Land Forces and Civil Guard personnel, "It goes without saying that our servicemen at the border are the first line of defense for our country, both in peace and war. From combatting smugglers and saboteurs in a time of peace to acting as the first link of our wartime defense, our men at the border occupy an important role in the national defense of the Union. The entire nation owes a debt of gratitude to you."

- KALEVALA, KINGDOM OF KALEVALA - Architects of the Yrjönlinna University of Technology have presented their suggestions for future Fennian residential building policy to the National Development Office. In a meeting hosted by National Development Minister August Viljamaa, tables were strewn with models, drawings and sketches as the best creative minds of the Union in terms of architecture and building presented their ideas to solve the issue of continuing urbanization within the Union. The results of these plans are to form the basis of the Five-Year Building Plan initiated by the National Development Office to develop cheap and affordable housing for the growing urban populace, and will be carried out by the Union government in concert with private actors in the housing industry as well as constituent governments throughout Fennia.

The concept of the so-called Yrjönlinna Team is urban development through cheap and easy-to-build apartment blocks made of prefabricated concrete elements, with ready designs having been presented to the National Development Office. Architects expect that the designs could be implemented in a broader scale by 1960, and . Though the Union government has been enthusiastic over the proposition, Fennian Architectural Society chairman Kyösti Laitila was critical of the idea. "These are soulless works of architectural monstrosity", Laitila - himself a renowned architect - proclaimed in criticism. However, architects and public officials involved in the building plan have emphasized that the implementation of such plans would not endanger the existing cityscape of Fennian cities. It is planned to implement the program under a scheme where the designs would be provided to private builders free of cost, and in turn they would agree to maintain a level of affordability in renting the housing to Fennian citizens.

 

[Serbovia]

Kalevalan Sanomat​

Reputable news - 1898-1953 - Morning edition five Union Marks, Evening edition eight Union Marks​

"PEACE IS A TWO-WAY ROAD"
The following is an unabridged reproduction of a speech made today by His Excellency the Stateholder General Joakim Häyhä before the Union Congress

"Congressmen, fellow Fennians,

During the last weeks, unscrupulous foreigners have levelled the most unbelievable and egregious kinds of lies and slander against the Union and the Fennian people. Certain powers have made the attempt to paint the Union as a regional aggressor and troublemaker, a claim which - of course - is proven false by both Fennian history and the present diplomatic record of this national government.

Malminmaa was, is and will be a part of the Fennian Union. It joined the Union by referendum in the wake of the Fennian-Agder War, in itself a justified struggle of liberation of our ethnic brothers from Norse serfdom and repression and the realization of our national destiny. Since then, the imperial desires of the Norsemen have fuelled futile dreams over the return of that territory to their country. However, Norsemen living within the Union are guaranteed equal rights and the practice of their own language as Union Citizens. If they preferred to live under the Norse monarchy, they would use their freedom to emigrate. Obviously, they have not done so.

The Norse claim over Malminmaa is without any legal or moral basis whatsoever, which in itself is blatantly obvious to any observer. Thus, the sacred communion of the Fennians in Malminmaa with their ethnic and cultural brothers shall be preserved by this Union, from now to the end of time.

Certain foreign powers have insinuated that there is a Fennian desire to pressure, perhaps even invade, the Norse. I state now before this Congress, however, that the Norsemen themselves are the ones who have made the claim to possession of territories rightfully belonging to the Union and the Fennian people. The foreign policy of this national government, which has been the target of such accusations from foreign powers, has in truth been a defensive measure against such attempts of concerted foreign pressure against the Fennian people.

Us Fennians have always been a nation to love peace. The Fennian always loves peace and prefers to build his own future, but does not shy away from a fight to defend his home. But peace, Congressmen and fellow Fennians, is a two-way road. This national government has continued to offer the Norsemen an open palm, on the provision that they'd put down their misguided irredentism for good. Thus, I can only say that the onus is on their end in this affair. They know what this national government has offered, and it is up to them to act to that information.

You all know me and my reputation. I have always been the most stalwart and the most relentless of the defenders of the Fennian nation and the Union. I've shed blood and bled in the savannahs of Himyar for the sake of peace and order. In 1937, I did what was necessary to save this nation from the throes of civil war and utter, total chaos. In charge of this national government, I have endeavoured to do everything in my power to safeguard the Union from peril and to ensure the survival of the Fennian nation. And I shal endeavour to do this to my last breath, so help me God.