SEIZURE OF MEMEL
LEAGUE TAKES ACTION POLAND AND LITHUANIA ORDERED TO DISARM. LITHUANIA REFUSES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Reuter's 'I f legraiu. PARIS, February 4. The. Lithuanian delegates’ talk of a recourse to arras evoked stern warnings of a possible'League of Nations' intervention from Lord Balfour and JI. Viviani at tli© public- sitting of the (Arancil of the League, which approved a provisional demarcation of a line of neutral zones between Poland and Lithuania, recommended by the league’s investigation, and ordered Poland and Lithuania to disarm and dissolve the bands of irregulars infesting the district. “RESIST TO THE UTMOST.” The Polish delegate accepted, but the Lithuanian declined, declaring that Lithuania insisted on the return of the SuwaJki line, accepted by both countries before the Zeligowski coup d’etat He added that Lithuania would resist to the utmost the occupation of tho territory now allotted to Poland. Reports have been received that the Lithuanian Government has refused to comply with tlib Ambassadors’ Conference ultimatum.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11437, 6 February 1923, Page 5
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