A report from Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania, states that the hope that Germany will respect Litnuania's economic rights is accentrated by the fact that Lithuaula has the equivalent of over 14,000,000 invested in Memel tervictory Reports received in the Lithunian capital, the message adds, state that the Memel Nazis have arrested a number of well-known Lithuanians.
The sea was choppy when Herr Hitler embarked in the Ge rman cruiser Deutschland at Swinemunde this evening on his way to Memel where he is expected to make an important speech.
Peasants were yesterday hanging Swastika flags to greet Germgn troops. At 7 p.m, yesterday evening, the frontier barrier was formally raised. Herr Koch, Governor of East Prussia, presided at the ceremony, at which he made a speech.
Close to Memel, Tilsit, his stone town in East Prussia, where the Emperor Napoleon concluded treaties with Russia and Prussia in July, 1807, is in festive mood, having been granted a public holiday.
Ernst Neumann, Leader of the Memel Germans, proclaimed an yesterday evening with Germai in the course of a speech in the Memel Diet He also nounced the sending of a tele; gram of thanks to Herr Hitler. The first and last meeting of the newly-el jected Memel Diet closed with the singing of "Deutschland Ueber Alles."
Reuter
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