Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-10-04
THE PERISCOPE
By SARUNAS.

THE Inter- Catholic Press reports:
"Lithuania is rapidly dying. The
national and religious life exists no
more. At the beginning the Lith-
uanians were allowed to pose as
Poles and be transferred to Poland.
Now the frontier between Poland
and Lithuania has been sealed and
both Poles and Lithuanians are be-
ing deported to Russia"
A CONTRIBUTOR to the New
York Sun lists 81 international trea-
ties which Soviet Russia has vio-
lated. Among them is the peace
treaty with Lithuania signed in
1920, recognizing Lithuania as an
independent republic.
THE Lithuanian Orphans Fund
has collected over $4,000 and brought
over seven more Lithuanion war
orphans to this side.
BOSTON Lithuanians donated a
new automobile to their townsmen
Ed. Watkins, who is doing a pretty
fine job as first baseman for the
Chicago Cubs.
THE following news item appear
ed in many Catholic newspapers:
''The Baltic Republics of Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia, are under spec
aI supervision of the Soviet author
tiles and are governed by the secret
police. the NKVD. Not only foreign
correspondents are denied entry in
to these countries, but representa-
tives of the UNRRA are kept out"
SALOMEJA CERIS, of Chicago,
has published new song compost
tion 80, Tevyne Manoji". The
words are by Kl. Juras.
J. J. BACHUNAS, of Sodus, Mich,
has published biography of A E.
Bishop who was instrumental in
developing northern Michigan as
summer resort section. Mr. Ba-
chunas is the publisher of biograp-
| hies of two prominent Lithuanian
Americans: A. OlSauskas, a publish
er, and V. w. Ambroze, an active
worker for Lithuania's independence
THE Inter-Catholic News Agency
reports a pastoral letter signed by
two Latvian Bishops and a Latvian
Apostolic Administrator for White
Russia. The letter accuses the So
Wet Government of "acts of vio-
| lence" consisting in the murder or
deportation of Bishops and priests
in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The Church properties are being
confiscated, Church associations are
| closed, and the taking of children
to church on Sundays declared il
legal.
THE Lithuanian Information Bu-
reau reports that Chile is willing
to admit $4,000 Lithuanian war
refugees if somebody puts up 25
million dollars for their transpor-
tation and settlement.
GIMTINES Garsai is the name
of new monthly journal published
by the Lithuanian Protestant AS
sociation with headquarters in Wa
terbury, Conn. The so-called Wit
nesses of Jehovah are publishing a
Lithuanian journal Ausra, in Chi
cago.
POLYNA Stoskus, an opera sing
er of Worcester, Mass, has return
ed from ten week USO sponsored
tour in Germany.
Y. F. BIELIAJUS, of Chicago, a !
noted authority on Lithuanian folk
dances, has issued another interest |
ing number of his monthly publica-
ton, Wits (Hope), now in it's 4th
year.
A GRAVE danger to the displac-
ed Lithuanians is arising in Ger
many, according to F. H. La Guar
dia, Director General of the UNR-
RA. He says, American and En-
glish military authorities plan to
lend all displaced persons camps,
cease to provide food, and turn the
people loose in Germany and Aus
tria." Thus turned loose, they
would be at the mercy Of Germans
and Austrians who have no love
for them. There is hope, however,
that the United Nations may soon
establish special committee to
deal with the displaced persons and
take care of their proper resettle-
ment. This hope is very slim.