BALTIC STATES.
ALIGNED WITH SOVIET
Religious Instruction In Schools Banned.
COMMUNIST INFLUENCE,
United Press Association. —Copyright.
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 12. "The Times" Stockholm correspondent says Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are rapidly aligning with the Soviet system. Parliamentary ejections this week-end offer only Communist and semi-Communist candidates. Numerous arrests continue, including ex-Ministers and high officials. M. Werkys, ex-Premier or Lithuania, was arrested at an aerodrome when going to Sweden. Lithuania has banned religious instruction In scTiools and dismissed religious teachers. 1 Latvia is establishing collective farms, while Estonia has condemned, in '■ absentia, the ex-,Foreign Minister, M. ISeltcl, who was summoned from Geneva but. has not returned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 165, 13 July 1940, Page 9
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