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Show LITHUANIA AGREES TO POLAND'S PLAN HOSTILITIES TO BE SUSPENDED , PENDING SETTLEMENT OF CONTROVERSY. Peace Council Plan Is Basis of Settle, ment, Both Countries Agreeing to Accept Decision of Council of League of Nations. , London. Poland and Lithuania have agreed to suspend all hostilities, pending an inquiry and decision of the Issues at stake by the council of the league of nations, it was announced here September 20. The Polish-Lithuanian accord came after the council had adopted a resolution reso-lution calling on the countries to cease hostilities immediately. The resolution asked Lithuania to adopt the provisional line of the frontier flced by the supreme council in December, De-cember, and withdraw her troops from the territory to the west of the line, while Poland was asked, during its war with soviet Russia, to respect the neutrality of the territory occupied by Lithuania east of tlie line of demarcation demar-cation fixed by the supreme council. Acceptance of the league's arbitration arbitra-tion came in a most drastic manner at the public meeting of the council recently. re-cently. Ignace Jan Paderewskl, Polish tim te'iguf of, nations, arose and made a stirring speech, in which lie said Poland desired to be in complete peace with Lithuania, and lmd full confidence that Lithuania also desired peace. The Lithuanian delegates, headed by Foreign Minister Woldemar, walked over to the Polish delegates and warmly warm-ly shook hands with them, amid cheering cheer-ing of the delegates, marking the first Instance in which the league's mediation media-tion has been accepted by countries virtually in a state of war. M. Wolde-niiir Wolde-niiir said he had full confidence In the spirit of fairness of the council of the league, and would abide by its decision. Finland also Ironed out her difficulties difficul-ties with the council by accepting, with certain reservations, the report of the council on the Aland islands question, ques-tion, which calls for an Investigation by three commissioners. |