The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-06
ENDING A WAR
is Peace COMMITTEE.

not say Peace, / am going back to
| Warsaw, where War can be spoken. !"
His foreign Minister, zaleski, clutch
ling frantically at his coat tail, Mar
shall Pilsudski, the fiery dictator OF
Poland, stormed toward the door.
/ There his wiser counsellor prevail
ed, and Pilsudski resumed his seat
in the Council of the League OF Ma
tions.
Trembling with rage, Professor
Waldemaras, Prime Minister OF Lltn-
luania. shouted acrdss the room. He
wants me to say peace. All right,
| RI say Peace, but then he has got
ito do the things that will make
peace possible"
Pilsudski was ohce more on his
lfeet. II take you gentlemen to wit
ness, he has said Peace I'm going
to telegraph to Warsaw to ring the
bells and sing the TIE Deum."
| Sputtering Lithuanian like a fire.
cracker. Waldemaras interrupted at
the top of his voice, There are two
kinds of TIE Deum, the Te Deum OF
peace and goodwill and the TIE Deum
of victory. II he means the first
kind, agree; but IL he means the
second kind, object!"
Pilsudski turned and growled
something in Polish which the mem
bers OF the Council could not under
stand. Waldemaras responded in
torrent of Lithuanian, and the two
men seemed on the point OF coming
to blows. Collected, prudent, auda-
cious, with long experience in har-
monizing angry colleagues and irate
party members, Aristide Briend, ten
lines Premier of France, most ex-
,erienoed statesman in Europe, ded-
Gated in the agony of verdun to the
| )payention of War henceforeth,
| practically forced the two Earring
l,Baitic statemen down into adjoining
I hairs. Then, leaning over them,
peaking in the deepest and most
Earnest tones of his magnificent
voice, emphasizing every word with
his long, agile foretinger, he glared
at Waldemaras and Pilsudski and
said.
"You two have got to stop it,
You are both talking about the same
thing. You both love each other.
| 1t is absolutely necessary"
And before they left the room,
4 Prime Minister Walderamas OF Lith-
unania and Dictator Pilsudski of Po-
/ land were sufficiently impressed with
| the necessity of it. to sign an agree
! ment ending the state OF war that
has existed for seven years between
Lithuania and Poland.
There has been no ACTUAL lighting.
But to go from Lithuania to Po-
LAND it has been necessary to make
a long roundabout journey through
4 neighboring country. The frontier
has been closed, Trade has been in
| corrupted. And always there has
been the danger that the shoulder
ng resentment would break out If
open warfare that might eventual.
involve France and Russia, and SO
i he whole world risked war.
The trouble began in 1920. Lith
lania and Poland, re-estahlished al
the end of the World War, revived
With their national life their ancient
i feuds. The Peace Conference, hand
capped by the private and selfish
lesires of the nations composing 1t
faced an almost impossible task il
trying to re-define the boundaries OF
\ he ancient nationalities of eastern
europe. The best that they could
lave done would hardly have been
satisfactory.
To make matters worse, an irregu-
ar Polish cavalry force under Gen.
,rai Zeligovski siezed Wilma, Wilma
the ancient capital of Lithuania.
,hrine Of the memories OF Lithu-
lnias past glories. 1t was also cap
tai of the combined kingdom of Po
and and Lithuania when, under
.ithuania dynasty, Poland absorbed
Ter smaller neighbor and reached
Ter greatest power. Poland refus
ID to give up Vino. Lithuania re
fused to make peace on such basis
For seven years the war between Pc
and and Lithuania has continued II
state of suspended animation.
Recently Lithuania has worked uT
m acute panic. Some re-adjust
nents of boundaries must obviously
occur. Rumors have been abroad
hat Poland intended to absorb Lith
lania. Pilsudski himself is report
ID to- have said that he lay awake
,ne whole night bordering whether
not to mobilize the Polish army
i Something had to be done.
With much anxiety the question
anne before the December meeting
If the Council of the League of Ma
ions. For days the discussions
ontinued. Finally M. BRAND ane
,eace prevailed Much remains un
,ettled;. Wilma is still in the posses
ion of Poland. But Poland and
.ithuania have met in conference;
10Th have profited; the state of wal
IS ended. The League of Nations