Word: smetona
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Next the Smetona Government announced with as little alarmism as circumstances permitted, that Lithuania's Army is accepting volunteers "since last year's enlistment resulted in a decline of army capacity...
...Lithuania the implications of this statement have been slowly sinking in. Last week grave, cautious President Antanas Smetona ordered Lithuanian youths whose term of military service normally would expire May 31 to remain with the colors another 60 days...
...office, he resorted to writing unpleasant letters to President Antanas Smetona. The letters finally caused his arrest. Characteristically. Professor Valdemaras insisted on signing the order for his arrest himself, since he was still Lithuania's Prime Minister. Then he allowed himself to be interned on an estate near Kroettingen for one year...