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Show LEAGUE TO PROBE VILNA OCCUPATION!! REPORT WILL ATjPELS Poles Informed That League Considers Situation to 3e Grave GENERAL WHO SEIZED TOWN MAKES DEMAND Wants Warsaw to Endorse His Action in Tfi ::Sl Lithuanian Lithu-anian City PARIS, et. 13 The league of na-. Hons has sent n telegram to Colonel j Chardlgny, at Kono. who is in charge of the bague of nations commission; there asking him to report fully on the Vllna situation and as to what treatment the members of the commission commis-sion have been given and assuring him I Of the support of the league. The Pules an fficlally have been Informed In-formed that the lea cue considered th-Viln. th-Viln. i situation extremely grave and a' violation of former Premier Padarew-Bki's Padarew-Bki's statement at the Paris meeting of the league.councll that the Integri-t Integri-t of Llthiianta would tie respected The ease will be considered it tin " umsseis iiieeuni; m me wuiiv.i wo tober 18. -I KDB PROPSOSA1 8 WARSAW, iet 1 4 Proposals that ; the frontier between northern and central Lithuania be defined b- a pleb-)s pleb-)s Hi have been s nt to the Lithuanian gOVi rnmeill ;it ECoVnd bv General Zell-gnuskl Zell-gnuskl commander of Polish Lithuanian Lithuan-ian troops which late last week OCCU-' OCCU-' pied Vllna, 'I General Zellgouskl's demand upon Poland for assistance and the recognition recogni-tion of the new .stale ended with ail expression of confidence lhat Poland Would Sustain him, The message said. "Although Poland Is bound to for-ej".) for-ej".) principles and cannot realise the political plans framed by General Pil-.sodski, Pil-.sodski, we cannot remain in a counlis ' under the Illegal sovereingty of the j Kovno governor, cooperation with the I Russian Soviets. Therefore, our sol-ii sol-ii i rs have taken possession of the country; V e are sure Poland sustains I our action " The new national flag, of blue and I while, has been hoisted on the Vllna Kiilld hall where Gcmr.il Zellgouskl and the eo ernniental commission are making their headquarters PARIS. Oct- 13. Reports from I French officers at Warsaw and advices ad-vices from other sources, it Is said at the foreign "office. Indicate clearly that the Polish government was entirely ignorant ig-norant Of General Zellgouskl's plan J to seize Vllnk, |