BREAKING A STRIKE.
STATE OF SIEGE IN MEMEL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Reuter's Telegrams. (Received April 10, 12.50 p.m.) BERLIN, April 9. The Lithuanian authorities at Memel have declared a state of siege in connection with the suppression of tha German inhabitants’ general strike as a protest against the incorporation of Memel in the region. Lithuanian businesses have been ordered to re-open on Monday.
Troops violently broke up a German mass meeting, and the monument of Emperor Wilhelm I. in Memel was thrown down.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 8
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83BREAKING A STRIKE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 8
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