 Jüri Uluots, the last constitutional prime minister of the republic of Estonia, the leader of the Estonian underground government delivered a radio address on February 7 that implored the able-bodied men born in 1904–1923 to report for military service.Before this, Uluots had opposed Estonian mobilisation as illegal under the Hague Conventions.Uluots hoped that by engaging in such a war Estonia would be able to attract Western support for the cause of independence from the USSR.