Abstract

Fascism in Finland

The article discusses fascism in Finland. Political anarchy has suddenly made an appearance in an unexpected quarter, in Finland, the country justly admired for a long time as a pioneer of true parliamentary democracy. The reason for so surprising a change has been represented to Europe as a popular reaction against the spread of communism, but this is a calculated and entirely misleading view. As in all upheavals of the kind, an economic cause is the true reason of the disturbance. The staple of Finnish industry and export, the foundation, in fact, of her economic position, is sawn timber. For the past two years and more Soviet Union, under the harrow of an international financial boycott, has been forced to make use of her more easily realizable assets in order to provide ready money for the financing of her immediate needs.