POLAND AND LITHUANIA.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17277, 13 December 1927, Page 8

POLAND AND LITHUANIA.

VISIT TO FRONTIER.

by allied military experts.

REMOVAL OF DIFFICULTIES

GENEVA, December 11. Acting on instructions from Geneva, the British, French and Italian military attaches or their deputies in Warsaw' and Riga have proceeded to the Polish-Lithuanian frontier to acquaint themselves with the military dispositions in that area and to assure themselves that there is_no danger of incidents likely to complicate the pacific settlement of the dispute. The suggestion of the Council of the League of Nations that this should be done war, welcomed by representatives of both the Polish and Lithuanian Governments. The presence and evidence of independent observers on the spot is believed to have a reassuring effect. After the settlement of the dispute the Council of the League established a committee of three Council members to report to the Council on the complaint of Lithuania regarding the treatment of persons of Lithuanian race or speech. It was decided that in the event of any threat of an incident the Secretary-General of the League, on request from either party, should consult the acting-President of the Council and the rapporteur, who shall advise on the steps necessary. ■At the same time, notice that both parties have agreed to facilitate any inquiry by the League has been noted with satisfaction, as also has been the Polish declaration that Polish nationals referred to in the Lithuanian appeal will be anthorised to return to Poland without hindrance. Hater M. Zalefski (Poland) had a cordial meeting with M. Waldemaras, who agreed to submit proposals after returning to Kovno, enabling negotiations to begin in January. M. Zalefski pointed out it was impossible to remove all the difficulties within a day, when a state of war had existed for seven years. He expressed the opinion that the League’s solution had terminated the state of war and had disposed of the problem of Vilna.