In a statement in the House of Commons yesterday regarding the situation in Lithuania and Memel, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said:
"There is reason to think that after the elections for the Memel Diet, which took place yesterday, demands may be made on the Lithuanian Government by the majority parties in the Diet which would not be consistent with the Statute of Memel.
"His Majesty's Government, as a signatory of the Memel Convention, cannot ignore this possibility.
"In view of the special influence which the German Government is in a position to exert in these matters, His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Berlin has been instructed to join with the French Ambassador in expressing the hope that the German Government will use its influence to ensure respect for the Statute."—Reuter.
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