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Only a few days ago Lithuania was shelling the Polish front and many casualties have been reported. It is to Poland's credit that she has refrained as far as possible from taking any steps calculated to aggravate an already serious position. As the final decision with reference to the demarcation line between Poland and Lithuania rests with those governments, it is at least comforting that they had the good sense to come together with the intention of trying to settle their dispute by peaceable methods...
...League of Nations. It was not until February 3 of this year that an equitable decision was arrived at. The Poles, acting under instructions from the League occupied that part of the neutral zone allotted to them, but met with stiff resistance from the Lithuanians. Strictly speaking, Lithuania has incurred financial and economic penalties by resisting the decision of the League, although the time is hardly opportune for the enforcement of such punishment. From a legal point of view, however, neither country is bound to accept outside arbitration...
...usual rumors are current stating that Soviet Russia is causing the dissension. This time, however, there is some foundation. Tchitcherin, Soviet Foreign Minister, in a note to the Lithuanian Government offering mediation, says: "My government is disturbed over the new complications arising between Lithuania and Poland." This is legitimately regarded as a bid for power by the Russians. Poland has, however, refused to accept Bolshevik mediation; so, after all, Tchitcherin may be looking for other means to secure...
...Hall, Phillips Brooks House, on Monday evening at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the Social Service Committee. His subject will be "The Lawrence Strike and the Education of the Foreigner." Mr. Bagocius is an authority on Lithuanian immigration and labor conditions in America. He was born in Lithuania but, incurring the displeasure of the Russian government because of his radical ideas, he early fled to Germany and thence came to America. He is now assistant editor of a Lithuanian paper in Boston...