LITHUANIA ACCEPTS TERMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 67, 21 March 1938, Page 7

LITHUANIA ACCEPTS TERMS

A SETTLEMENT WITH POLAND

SATISFACTION AT NEWS IN WARSAW

SURRENDER CAUSES BITTERNESS IN KOVNO

Telefrraph—Prese Association— Copyrishtl Received March 20, 6.30 p.m. LONDON. March I. • In view of the international situation the Lithuanian Government has felt compelled to accept the Polish proTsais the Lithuanian vice-Premier told Parliament. The Minister of Communications thanked the Great Powers for their demarche, which unfortunately had not been sucCe j’on- queues formed up at the banks to withdraw their deposits under fear that a crisis was approaching, but uhen i came known that Lithuania had agreed to the terms, genetai icioicings replaced the previous gloom. J \ Warsaw message states that immense satisfaction is Lit that Hie erists has been averted. The Lithuanian Minister visited the Polish Legation and it is understood communicated T ithuania’s acceptance of the Polish terms. Ihe exchange of Notes provides for the immediate appointment of rcspectn e Min ThTGovernment's unconditional capitulation has left much bitterness in Lithuania, where it is felt that the surrender was to a Polish threat of invasion, with fears of a German coup in Memel in the background. Anti-Polish sentiment intensified and it is expected to find expression in the resignation of three member " the Lithuanian Cabinet, including M. Lozoraitis, Foreign Minister. Cabinet is already divided on the surrender Meanwhile the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, has issued a statement to the Press in which he hopes Lithuania s acceptance will favourably affect the whole European situation. By ending the abnormal situation diplomatic relations will help to solve all the Polish Lithuanian problems. Anti-Jewish Outbursts in Poland. Celebrations of the settlement of the dispute throughout Poland are coupled with anti-Jewish outbursts, as the Jews are accused of withdrawing their funds from the Government banks owing to the fear of war. Many Jews were assaulted m the streets, 200 being injured. Eighty per cent, of the Jewish shops in Warsaw were broken into, ransacked, and the goods destroyed, chiefly by students whom mounted and foot police continually dispersed.