Kaiser Wilhelm Statue Restored to Pedestal Memel, Mar. 20. A political demonstration of the Memel Germans took place here yesterday on the occasion of the unveiling of the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The statue had been taken from its pedestal by the Lithuanians in 1923 and the restoration was made the occasion of a gigantic rally during which the demand for self-determination was again made.
The principal speaker declared: "If blind persons believed sixteen years ago that by tearing down German monuments they could tear loyalty from the hearts of the Germans, the Germans of Memel have proved the contrary. In six elections they have demonstrated that they are of German blood and desire a return to the German state. Without being asked we were torn from the Reich by the Versailles Treaty and following the Lithuanian putsch in 1923 Memel was annexed by that country against our will. That we are able today to look forward to a brighter future is due to the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler."
As the leader of the Memel Germans, Dr. Ernst Neumann, wearing the black uniform of the Memel security service organization, inspected the various formations in a march past, the crowd took up the cry of "We wish to go home to the Reich!"—Trans-Ocean.
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