The Archive · 1939

Lithuanian Troops Stop March on Vilna

Disputes Break Out in Vilna Between Factions States when the Neutrality Act was invoked by President Roosevelt amounted to only $49.

Poland's orders amounted to $125.

Early September shipments of war materials to Europe before the Neutrality Act was invoked, however, amounted to $4429323 to' France, $1422800 to Britain, and none to Germany and Poland.—United Press.

Copenhagen, Oct. 26.

The march of Lithuanian troops into Vilna, ceded to Lithuania by Soviet Russia under their recently-concluded agreement, has been suddenly countermanded, according to reports from Stockholm, The troops are stated to have stopped on the frontier on receipt of last-minute orders.

The reason, it is believed, is that disputes have broken out at Vilna between Poles and Bolsheviks.—Reuter. 3

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