Kaunas, Mar. 30. Germany's -first official' answer to] the severe group. of Nazis Lithuonlan authorities. for plotting to overthrow the State and hand Memel back to Germany, was made today when the " Reich officials in' Kaunas refused to feme. transit visas to Lithuanians, As the Lithuanian Government has no diplomatic relations with Poland, Lithuanians desiring to reach western Europe must now travel by sea. Tt tense bitter feeling against Lithuania prevails throughout Germany due to the action taken by the court at 'Memel. Of the 126 Nazis brought to trial, only 24 were released. Four were sentenced to death, two were given penal servitude for life, nine were Sentenced to nine years in prison, two, others to eight years, and the' remainder to terms of imprisonment ranging from one to eight years—Reuter.
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