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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Poland threatens Lithuania with invasion over Vilna border dispute, issues ultimatum demanding abandonment of claims, deploys troops; international mediation urged, rumors of German move on Memel.
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Top, left to right, Marshal Smigly-Rydz, Polish dictator, map of trouble zone, and Foreign Minister Joseph Beck; below, Polish troops.
In an effort to prevent Polish invasion of Lithuania, Europe's so-called democratic nations urged Poland to mediate its differences with the small Baltic nation and warned Lithuania they would not come to her aid. The matter came to a head following a border incident. The Polish government sent an ultimatum to Kaunas, the Lithuanian capital. While Polish troops, artillery and motorized units marched on to the Lithuanian border, Polish dictator, Marshal Smigly-Rydz, went to Vilna, trouble spot in the dispute. Among the demands made by Poland was the withdrawal of Lithuanian constitutional claims to Vilna as Lithuania's capital. While foreign ambassadors talked with Poland's foreign minister, Joseph Beck, in Warsaw, there were rumors that Germany was prepared to march into Memel, former German city now Lithuanian, if Poland invaded Lithuania.
-Central Press
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poland demanded withdrawal of lithuanian constitutional claims to vilna as lithuania's capital; rumors that germany was prepared to march into memel if poland invaded lithuania
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In an effort to prevent Polish invasion of Lithuania, Europe's democratic nations urged Poland to mediate differences with Lithuania and warned Lithuania of no aid. Following a border incident, Poland sent an ultimatum to Kaunas. Polish troops, artillery, and motorized units marched to the Lithuanian border. Marshal Smigly-Rydz went to Vilna. Foreign ambassadors talked with Joseph Beck in Warsaw.