Kovno, Sept. 19.
Desperation amounting almost to panic was prevailing among the population of Vilna yesterday after the Soviet march into Polish territory, reports from that ity claim.
The Polish authorities had ceased functioning and the district governor had departed to. parts unknown, the reports said. The newly-opened Lithuanian "Consulate-General at Vilna was surrounded by crowds of frantic people seeking permits to enter Lithuania, it was reported, The crowd contained many Polish officials and prominent persons of the area, it was said. It was announced here that permits were granted Polish re-only in exceptional cases—United Press Warsaw Refuses to Surrender Paris, Sept, 19.
The Mayor of Warsaw in a radio broadcast today told the world that the capital will not surrender to the German troop.—United Press.
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