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Show Mcmel Is One of the Powder Kegs of Europe T Vv " - "I World Eyes Baltic Town Nazi Germany Wants Return of Territory This little Baltic town of Memel, gateway of the commerce of Lithuania Lithu-ania and Poland, has become fo-cussed fo-cussed under the limelight of International Inter-national Intrigue during the past few days, because of the extraordinary extraor-dinary diplomatic correspondence that has been going on between the chancellories of Europe. Nazi Germany Ger-many Is determined that the territory terri-tory taken from them at the close of the war shall be returned, either by diplomatic suasion or force of arms. President Anton Smetona (Inset), (In-set), chief executive of the buffer state of Lithuania, Is finding himself him-self In much the same position as was Belgium In 1914. Four alleged Nazi spies were recently sentenced to face a firing squad. Hitler has protested their execution and all Europe waits with bated breath for the final disposition of their case. They hope the Memel Incident will not prove to be the "Saravejo" of 1935. It Is understood that Memel was discussed by Adolph Hitler and Sir John Simon in their recent conversation con-versation held In Berlin, to discuss German rearmament. |