FUTURE OF MEMEL
INTERVENTION OF GUARANTEE POWERS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 21. The diplomatic correspondent of “The Observer” says: “The British, French and Italian Governments, as guarantors of the Memel Statute, have represented to Lithuania that the existing situation, which is incompatible with the Statute, should be remedied without delay. The Powers recognise the difficulties are due to German propaganda, resulting in the Nazis taking orders from Berlin. Nevertheless, they point out that the directorate at present does not hold the Chamber’s confidence as it should under the statute.”
Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany renounced sovereignty over Memel, which was governed by a French High Commissioner and a garrison until 1923 on behalf of the Allies. Lithuania invaded Memel in 1923 and sovereignty over the territory was transferred to her by the convention signed in Paris on May 8, 1924.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20090, 23 April 1935, Page 7
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