Since 1920 the city of Vilna hard by birthplace of the late great Dictator of Poland, Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, has in fact been part of Poland. However, Article I of the constitution of Lithuania has continued to declare that the capital of Lithuania is Vilna.
Last week, the example of Germany fortnight ago in bringing within the Reich the whole of Austria without bloodshed (TIME, March 21) appeared to be irresistibly attractive to the Polish Government. Polish Marshal Smigly-Rydz showed up in Vilna and marshaled over 50,000 Polish troops along the frontier of...
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