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Lithuania. The Foreign Office stated to the local press that the
Lithuanian Premier declined the Polish proposal to meat In Geneva
under pretext that the session of the League being carried on at the
same time' would absorb so much the attention of all delegates that
it would be impossible to do serious work. The note also refuses
to accept the invitation on the basis of the formal point of view
as the invitation has been issued to Lithuania not by Mr.Zaleski,
the Chairman of the Polish delegation to Lithuania,but by Mr#
Holowko,the vice-chairman.
The refusal of Mr.Waldemars to meet in Geneva has been
understood by the local press as the undesire of Mr.Waldemares
to submit the P lish-Lithuanian negotiations to the control of the
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League,
The third report of Mr.Dewey appeared • In this report Mr. Dewsy
speaks of the necessity to establish a long term credit for agrarians
and the necessity of imporving certain branches of idnsutry in
order to reduce the imoort ,this especially concerns textiles and
leather. Mr.Dewye stated that the number of protested papers was
very low in June,
Gdynia The Polish Government will establish a regular export of
POlish salt via Gdynia in view of the. fact that is penetrates the
Scandinavian markets.
There are negotiations for establshing a permanent line
between Gdynia and Holland,
Marshal Pilsueski is supposed to leave Saturday for Rumania,
Government
Mr.Zaleski entered in office and will remain in charge of
the foreign Office until his departure for Paris and Geneva,
Mr.Chechowicz is acting premier since the leave of Br,
Moraczewski.
$SA The Amity,Arbitration and Goneilliation treaty between The
USA and Poland is being signed today in Washington,