SOVIET MOVE
AN,UUIMMpi Lithuania Occupied RUSSIA ANDA GEHwSNY NEW TREATY SIGNED (United Press Association) , (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) , LONDON. June 15. (Received June 16. at 8 p>m.) A message from Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania, states that the Prime Minister (M. Merkys) and the Cabinet Mve resigned, folloyping acceptance of an ultimatum), ~' from; vSoylet. Russia also’ stipulated a change of eminent. ' V.yAAGeneral ' Pastikis, a former^.com-mander-in-chief. has formed Ministry.' A Berlin message says that the:Germa'n News Agency states that:'.'Ger-
many and Russia signed a treaty at Moscow on June 10, arranging methods for the settlement'of . dispute? and border incidents, AV CV; The German Agency ;‘addhL w,at the Soviet Army crossed 'thfe. ILitihuanian frontier at 3 p.m., and will,, 1 occupy Vilna, Kaunas and three other towns. Two hundred Soviet tanks have entered Kaunas. Soviet officials arrived by air...>. „■>' '/VA-v
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24326, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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