COMMUNIST REVOLT
THE LITHUANIAN TROUBLE LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH. Press Association—By Telegraph— I Copyright. LONDON, September 14. The British United Press correspondent at Jvovno reports that the court martial .sentenced to death eleven of those concerned in the revolt, six of whom were executed. Those arrested total I,UOO. MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE. WARSAW, September 14. According to Lithuanian messages, the authorities arc ruthlessly suppressing tho' Communist movement following the revolt. Tire entire country is practically under martial law, troops and armed volunteers guarding the frontiers to prevent the flight of ■ Communists., Many have already slipped into East Prussia and Poland. Only the Government _ organ ‘Lietuva’ is appearing, and it alleges that Poland was behind tho outbreak. The Polish Press resents this, declaring that the establishment of a Soviet regime in Lithuania was dangerous to Poland’s' own interests.
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Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 5
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137COMMUNIST REVOLT Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 5
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