LITHUANIAN POLITICS
ATTEMPTED COUP D'ETAT A MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENT. KOVNO, June 7. An attempted coup d'etat, surrounded by mystery owing to the interruption of the communications, resulted in the arrest of the exiled Prime Minister (M. Voledmaras) after a dramatic bid for power. The country is now stated to be quiet. M. Voledmaras's supporters, backed by a flying corps and tank detachments, proclaimed him Prime Minister. Some firing occurred due to confusion in connection with a night attack. President Smctona refused to negotiate with the revolutionaries, and ■ demanded their submission.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22284, 9 June 1934, Page 11
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