Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-03-21 | Page 2 | Lithuania, Nazis Reported Agreed on Memel Transfer

Another Map Change Appear In Propect 1 SWEDEN?jB 3 LATVIA j 4j 0 mfmLITH UAnIaVS n POLAND I MC OWARSAW ) :GERMANYSw 0 nx , f 1 nvv -L--J HEBE IS TERRITORY WHICH SOON WILL RETURN TO REICH Memel, takca from Germany after World war, is dotted area Lithuania, Nazis Reported Agreed on Memel Transfer KAUNAS, Lithuania, March 21 AP Dr. Ernst Neumann, naii leader in Memel, announced today he expected "Lithuania to surrender the Memel territory in the near future." z The statement came as Lithuanian Lithua-nian officials were reliably reported to be moving their families out ol ths little Baltio district which was German before the World war and now Is under Lithuanian sovereignty. sovereign-ty. A widespread belief was held that MemeTs return ta Oermany waa Imminent Dr. Neumann declared the continued con-tinued association of Lithuania and Memel was "economically and culturally cul-turally impoaelble." In return for annexation ta Germany, Ger-many, be aald, Memel was prepared to grant Lithuania harbor rights. What was at first described as a special session of the Lithuanian parliament called for today was. later- aald ta be a secret conference of parliamentary groups. Reports from Berlin Indicated ths Lithuanian and German foreign ralnlstsrs during a talk yesterday LOOKS TO WEST One of Mamal's Germans who hopes ta rejoin fatherland reached aa agrssmsnt for uncon-tsstsd uncon-tsstsd absorption of Memel Into ths relch. When the Memel diet meets Saturday It Is expected by many ta vote approval of reincorporation Into Germany. It was reported here an entire German army corps had moved to East Prussia during the last few days. Informed quarters here aaid Memollandore propose to present far-reaching demands ta Lithuania, Including: Control of mails, telegraphs, railroads rail-roads and other communications, with Income from port dues handed over to Memel; reinstatement of dismissed Memel German state officials; of-ficials; withdrawal of ths Lithuanian Lithua-nian garrison and frontier police.