| Show BY POLAND lithuania Expects Soviet to Send Troops Warsaw Poises Army to Crush Neighbor if Demand Is Ignored Kaunas Lays Plans for Defense if Invaded f S By International News The warlike crisis between Poland and Lithuania neared the he explosion point today as Polish Polish Po- Po lish ish troops reportedly massed near the frontier to back up an ultimatum delivered by Warsaw Warsaw War- War saw aw to the Lithuanian govern govern- ment meat Polish forces were represented represented represented as ready to march into Lithuania if the reply to the ultimatum is not satisfactory The Polish ultimatum according to o an official announcement was delivered at Kaunas the Lithuanian capital by a member of the Es- Es honian legation there acting as an intermediary Diplomatic relations do not exist between Warsaw and Kaunas S Armed Action Threatened It said that if an answer answer Is Is Js not received by Poland by 11 a. a m. m Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday day Poland considers herself hersell free freeo freeto freeto t to o adopt whatever action she thinks f fit it Dispatches give conflicting times f for or expiration of the ultimatum s some ome giving the deadline at 9 p. p m. m Saturday The ultimatum must be accepted I In n full without qualification or re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve official opinion in Warsaw indicated A conditional reply from Kaunas will vilt be regarded as rejection and will be followed by appropriate action Exact terms of the Polish communication com corn to Kaunas were not officially officially revealed but the p press s in Warsaw reported the main points as follows 1 Resumption of normal diplomatic diplomatic dip dip- relations between the two countries 2 Normal traffic and communication communication com corn across the frontier 3 Alteration of the Lithuanian constitution which regards Vilna as the Lithuanian capital Poland took Vilna 18 years ago 4 An agreement for mutual protection of minorities 5 A trade and tariff agree agree- ment meat 6 Satisfaction for Poland re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the frontier clash March 11 in which a Polish soldier was slain Military 1 officials hero bere estimated that it would take the Polish forces three hours bours to reach the Lithuanian capital from the frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier once the order were g given gen en ento to march French reports received at Paris from Kaunas said the Lithuanian cabinet held an emergency four- four hour session to consider the Polish ultimatum and that the director of the political department of the Lithuanian government received the French Italian and soviet ministers and the British charge asking them to convey the Polish claims to their governments Prepares for War Var While hoping for international l mediation of her border dispute with Continued on Page Eight I Column Two i i Poles Pole Threaten War mar ar Against Lithuanians l Continued from Pare Pace One Poland Lithuania prepared today for armed resistance to the threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened Polish invasion Resistance by the army of Lithuania Lithuania itself is impossible because because because be be- cause it Jt numbers only men But there are arc high hopes supported supported supported sup- sup ported by reports reaching Kaunas soviet oviet Russia will cometo come cometo cometo to Lithuania's assistance if the Polish legions cross the LIthuanian Lithuanian Lithuanian anian border and all arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments have o been made for lor soviet assistance Polands Poland's virtual dictator Marshal in in p pee e c t tor o r general of the army arrived at Vilna and attended a mass demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- there I Vilna is one of the points at is issue issue issue is- is sue between the two governments The Polish ultimatum demanded that Lithuania alter the provisions of her constitution proclaiming Vilna to be the capital of Lithuania ania Negotiation Rejected It was learned that Poland re rejected rejected rejected re- re a a. proposal advanced by the Lithuanian minister to Paris to negotiate the controversy which began with a border clash through the Polish minister to Paris According to unconfirmed re reports reports reports re- re ports a large number of motorized motorized motorized motor motor- Polish infantry troops artillery artillery artil artil- artillery lery units and several squadrons of planes ha have ve been massed along the Polish-Lithuanian Polish border bor bor- der der ready ready to march if Lithuania declines to reply to the ultimatum ultimatum ultima ultima- tum tulln in a satisfactory manner manlier In the knowledge the long smoldering smoldering smoldering dering dispute between Poland and Lithuania might some day burst into flame Kaunas long ago completed completed completed com com- preparations for eventual eventual- Temporary barracks s have ha-c been constructed from Memel to the Polish border far exceeding the requirements of Lithuania's own infinitesimal army and amI Kaunas thrilled to recent dispatches from Moscow indicating soviet Russia would come to Kaunas' Kaunas aid in incent event cent of invasion Believing Polands Poland's demand for establishment of normal relations and renunciation of Lithuania's constitutional claim to the city and province of Vilna is impossible without prior negotiations Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania ania plans to request an extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary nary meeting of the League of Nations Nations Nations Na Na- council Proclamation Awaited President Antanas will issue a a. proclamation to the nation shortly but it is becoming increasingly increasingly increasingly difficult to restrain the extremist extremist extremist ex ex- elements clements demanding a united front against Polands Poland's action in in massing troops on the frontier The diet has been summoned for tomorrow to decide on a reply to the ultimatum It was reported a a. plebiscite plebiscite plebiscite may be taken on the question question question ques ques- tion of conciliating Poland Both Latvia and mI Esthonia Lithuania's Baltic Daltie allies are re reported reported reported re- re ported to h have c advised Kaunas to accept the tho ultimatum without question But national feeling is running S 5 S 'S 55 rr i r rP P 1 rf a w yi jw 2 J. 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S J S y f 9 r kr r 4 u 4 J i Yr r J 9 H kf to- to vV C 4 z 4 r t 0 f NuJ sS d r r r h n f 4 S S SL l SOVIET MOBILIZES TROOPS IN NEW EUROPEAN WAR SCARE Part of Russia's parachute jumping machine gunners shown in recent maneuvers high and nd the hope of assistance from soviet Russia has brought Lithuania to the point where resistance re resistance resistance re- re is far from impossible Cites Hitler's Coup Particular r attention was drawn by the Lithuanian press to the similarity between Polands Poland's action and the coup de main executed by ay Adolf Hitler of Germany in his annexation of Aus Aus- tria In this connection Lithuanians recalled dispatches received from Moscow on the first day the projected projected projected pro pro- ultimatum became known A high soviet official then was quoted as saying that was attempting to emulate the example example example ex ex- ample of Hitler and further declared declared de declared de- de that an invasion of Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania ania would present the danger of war Until the present situation arose Lithuania's military preparations had been kept secret and it was WM not until tod today Y that newspapers were permitted to publish news of the ultimatum Well informed authorities however however however how how- ever disclosed that for months construction construction construction con con- of barracks had been under under under un un- der way with large supplies of food and ammunition laid by for the use of soviet troops in event of emer emer- gency |
