Fuehrer of Memellanders Says Issue Now Up to Lithuanian Government; "We See a Rosy Future"
Memel, Dec. 12.
LTHOUGH the official results of yesterday's elections for an autonomous Diet in Memel will not be known until next weekend, the headquarters of the German Party stated this morning that they believed they had secured 26 out of the 29 seats. Particular interest was roused by the category ical declaration that the Germans intended early in the new year t o demand the annexation of the district to the Reich.
Voting was brisk at Memel and its suburbs and outlying villages, where by midday about half of the population had gone to the polls. When the polls closed, it was estimated by the German Party that 95 per cent. of the electorate had voted, which compares with 91.3 in 1935, There were 220 polling booths, which were open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. No alcohol was sold until the booths closed,
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