Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-05 | Page 3 | Germans Maintain Control in Memel

I GERMANS MAINTAIN CONTROL IN MEMEL MEMEL l May lay 5 tP F- The German parties won yesterdays yesterday's elections in this little country whose bitter bitler racial controversies have wide ramifications in the politics of or Eu rope Returns today showed the Germans had polled a tremendous majority over the Lithuanians who sought to I capture control The German parties held their their i 24 21 sea seats scats ts in the diet The farmers won I 10 th the peoples people's party part 9 the communists communists communists 3 and the social democrats 2 The I combined Lithuanian parties secured I only 5 seats seals Conflict between the German and Lithuanian elements clements in became became be came an international issue last February Feb when Otto Boettcher German president of the former diet was dismissed by the Lithuanian governor governor gover gover- nor Colonel Antanas s 's on a charge of treating with Hh a foreign country country Germany