LEAGUE OBSERVERS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 December 1927, Page 5

LEAGUE OBSERVERS.

TO VISIT POLISH-LITHUANIAN FRONTIER. TO ENSURE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. (British Official Wireless). RUGBY, Dec- 11. Acting on instruction* from Geneva, the British, French and Italian military attaches, or their deputies, in V arsaw and Riga, have .proceeded to the Folish-Lithuanian frontier to acquaint themselves with the mi’itary dispositions in that area and to assure- tlienise ves that there is no danger of incidents likely to complicate the pacific settlement of the dispute. The League.’.s Council’s suggestion that this should be done was welcomed by representatives of both the Polish and Lithuanian Governments. The pie. sonoe and evidence of independent observers on the spot will, it is believed, have a. reassuring effect. After the settlement of the PoloLithuanian dispute the League Council established a committee of three Council members to report to the Council, on the Lithuanian complaint regarding the treatment of persons of Lithuanian i-aoa or speech, and it was decided that in the event of any threat of an incident the League’s Secretary-General, on a request from either party, should consult the acting-president of the Council and the rapporteur, who shall advise on the steps necessary. At the same time it is noted that both parties nave agreed to facilitate any inquiry hv tin? League. The Council noted with satisfaction the Polish declaration that the Polish national referred to in the Lithuanian appeal will be authorised to return to Poland without hindrance. VILNA QUESTION DISPOSED OF. GENEVA. Dee. 11. M. Za’efski had a cordlial meeting with M. Valdemaras, who agiped to submit .proposals after returning to Ivo vno, enabling negotiations to begin in January, M. Zalefski pointing out that it was impossible to remove aLI the difficulties within a day when .a state of war had existed for seven years. He expressed the oninion that the League’s solution had terminated the state of war and also disposed of the Vilna question. \DDITIONAL BARRIER AGAINST AVAR. ~ PARIS, Dec. 11. “No windows broken” is,the way the “Liberte” sums up the Polish-Lithuan-ian agreement, meaning that the League’s success is limited, as the piobiem of Yilna remains. Other French newspapers express the opinion that an additional barrier against war has been erected. MBriand is regarded a$ being mainly u - sponsible for the happy result. The Socialist “Populaire,” however, describe* General Pilsudski’s blunt demand “Is :it- peace or war?” as insolent, adding: “General Pilsud.ski for,sets' the big and- the -small, the weak and the strong are distinctions the League does not permit.” The results at Geneva delighted the Poles, who realise that periodic rumours of open war mad© foreign capitalists unwilling to invest money in t-hn eountrv. _____