§ 36. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Supreme Council in Paris have informed the Lithuanian Government that they have once more informed the Polish Government of their determination to take no account of military advantages gained by the Poles against the Lithuanians, and yet, in spite of this, the Polish troops have seized Vilna and large parts of Lithuania so as to stake out claims in the settlement?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)My attention has been drawn to the communication addressed by the Secretariat-General of the Peace Conference to the President of the Lithuanian Delegation in Paris on the 2nd inst. This communication was to the effect that the Supreme Council of the Allies had decided on 26th April to appeal to the Polish and Lithuanian Governments to take steps to prevent the grave complications which could not fail to arise from hostilities between the two States, and their determination to disregard any military advantages which might be achieved by one side or the other in fixing the future frontiers between the two States.
As regards the last part of my hon. and gallant Friend's question, the information in the possession of His Majesty's Government is to the effect that Polish troops are at present In occupation of the town of Vilna as well as other portions of Lithuanian territory.