Word: lithuania
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With the consent and recognition of the Allies, Lithuania, after taking Memel by force, decides to keep...
...dispute over Vilna, ancient capital of Lithuania, has been, to all intents and purposes, settled by the award of that town and a part of Eastern Galicia to Poland by the Council of Ambassadors in Paris. The frontier of Poland is now the same as that laid down by the League of Nations last month-the Council of Ambassadors finding themselves in complete agreement with the decision of the League...
...month in obedience to the dictates of the League, she was met with a ferocious onslaught from the Lithuanians. Poland, however, occupied the area despite the resistance, and after a few desultory but intense skirmishes, a truce was agreed upon pending a mutual agreement. It is now expected that Lithuania will recognize the authority of the League and Council and abide by their decision...
...Lithuania has broken the truce recently agreed upon with the Poles by attacking their advance guards in the central area southeast of Vilna. The object of the truce was to settle the boundary dispute amicably, but the sudden agression by Lithuania points to the long arm of Moscow...
...original cause of this war was a disagreement over the boundary dividing Lithuania and Poland at the time both these countries received their liberty. Immediately war was prevented by the League of Nations, which marked off a neutral zone to keep the two nations on friendly terms and then took on the thankless task of settling their dispute. After much deliberation the Council of the League determined on Feb. 3 the course of the demarcation line and ordered Poland to occupy her portion of the neutral zone. A. desultory war has been in progress ever since...