Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-15
Ceremonies 10 Mark
First Anniversary
OF Baltic Invasion
Ministers of Lithuunio
And Lutviu to Take Part
In New York Program

The Ministers of Lithuania and
Latvia went to New York yesterday
to participate in the ceremonies
marking the first anniversary of
| the invasion of the Baltic countries
by Russia. hTe Governors of Mary
land, New York and Massachusetts
have proclaimed today as Baltic
states day out of sympathy, as
Gov. Lehman of New York stated 1t,
for the peoples of those small re-
publics whose independence either
has been crushed or is threatened"
Minister Zadeikis of Lithuania
and Minister Bilmanis of Latvia,
with Acting Consul General kaiv of
EsSonia, whose Offices are in New
York. are to participate in Baltic
Freedom Rally at the Town Hall,
New York. at pm. today. They
plan to attend also a memorial serV-
ice at st. Patrick's Cathedral at
pm. The three diplomats and New
| bold Morris, president of the New
York City Lithuanian Council, are to
speak at Town Hall.
scheduled to take place in Balti-
more at a dinner at the Lord Balti-
more Hotel where the three coun-
tries now in Russias grip will be
| represented by j. KajeckaS of the
Lithuanian Legation, L. Ekis of the
Latvian Legation and K. Pusta of
the Estonian Legation A number
of other meetings have been
planned in various parts of the
United States where descendants
Of immigrants from the Baltic re-
publics live.
Z. S. Refuses Recognition.
The American Government on
July %, 1910, announced its refusal
to recognize a change in the SOW
ereignty of the three republics. 1t
continues to recognize the Lithu-
anian, LatVian and EStonian diplo-
mats here as representatives of ex-
listing governments, although their
countries are in the hands of Rus
STA
In a statement issued yesterday
in connection with the anniversary,
the Lithuanian Minister said:
Since the brutal invasion of
Lithuania on June Is, 1910, the
Lithuanian way of life in all its
phases has been changed, disrupted
and destroyed.
1T is difficult to give a complete
picture of all changes that have
been forced upon the Lithuanians
since that darkest day of their his
tory, for all doors and windows in
occupied Lithuania are closed tight
by the invaders
THE terror that broke out on
July 20, 1910, still continues. The
people are being threatened day
and night, imprisoned, exiled,
starved to death and murdered.
All Land Mathematical.
"One of the first things the
Soviets did was to nationalize by
decree all land, without exception.
In this way $4,000 hectares almost
100000 acres have been con-
fiscated from $1,000 proprietors.
Every possible pressure is being
used to force farmers into collective
farming.
'All banks, industrial enterprises,
commercial establishments, cooper
alive unions, stores, buses, cars,
boats, foreign currency, gold and
silver money and articles, securities
and bonds have been naturalized.
THE stachanovite (speed-up)
method has been introduced Gnto
industrial labor, practically turn
ing the workers into slaves.
THE Soviet official organ in
Lithuania complains of the shortage
of meat products, although up to
the occupation Lithuania was one
of the leading bacon exporting
countries.
"a law has been introduced not
recognizing marriages performed in
churches"