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...floor the entire night after hearing of the Lithuanian mobilization, dreading the horrors of war and fearing on the other hand to let my people suffer invasion through delaying military action. Finally, I decided to put the entire matter into the hands of the League of Nations." Meanwhile, at Kovno, Lithuanian capital, Premier Valdemaras told newsgatherers that Polish troops were menacing Lithuania with "intimidatory and provocative actions." He added, nervously: "This cannot go on forever . . . yet it is inconceivable that Poland should think of seizing Lithuania by force of arms, seeing that Poland is on the League of Nations Council...
...news leaked out through a diplomatic source in Berlin, despatches from Kovno, the "temporary" capitalf of Lithuania, having remained discreetly silent, caution that is an almost indispensable accessory to safety under a dictatorship. This fact, alone, gave the whole episode a Graustarkian touch and the chancelleries of Europe resounded with diplomatic conjecture...
Representatives of Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania met at Kovno (Kaunas), capital of Lithuania, for a discussion of political and economic problems facing these three states, situated on the Baltic Sea and formerly in Russia...