The Archive · 1939

Loss of Memel

Trade Discriminatior Against Area Probable Washington, Mar. 24. Th United States will not be regarded in a somewhat different category from the German military invasion of Czecho-Slovakia, Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, indicated here yesterday Mr. Welles pointed out that the annexation of Memel by Germany followed constitutional procedure in Lithuania. He said Lithuania had given the United States formal notification of the "Rew status of Memel. He said the note was forwarded to the Treasury Department, apparently presage the imposition of "penalty import duti On goods exported from Memel to the United States—United Press. attracted a large crowd of spectators as^well as all the available fire engines from Hongkew, Yangtszepoo, Central and Japanese stations.

Breaking out at 11.15 p.m., the fire had practically burned itself out by

poured incessantly upon it from fire 1 am. with the assistance of water engines parked all along Whangpoo

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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