The Archive · 1923

Poland and Lithuania

Since September, 1920, there has been peace between Poland and Lithuania, but at length it has been broken and serious fighting is now reported to be in progress. On the occasion in 1920 there was a collision between troops of the two countries, probably over the same boundary dispute as is now exercising their thoughts, but as there was a very strong Bolshevik menace at that Hime the ing past few wee Lithuanians have been restive, -so much in fact that they proceeded to take possession of the disputed town of Memel, and thereby gave the League of Nations the opportunity of issuing many wordy representations. Other people also appear to have become restive, and on this occasion Poland has taken the law into her own hands, as the telegrams read, and started a war. It is no business of ours to take sides in this dispute, but it is perhaps worth mentioning that Poland has a grievance against Lithuania,

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