6 NOVEMBER 1920, Page 2

The Council of the League of Nations, in a publie

session at Brussels on Thursday, October 28th, invited Poland and Lithu- ania to agree to the holding of a plebiscite in the disputed territory east of the provincial Polish frontier fixed by the Allies last year. The Council undertook to make the arrangements for the plebiscite if the contending forces would withdraw from the district and allow the Counoil to control the mein roads and railways. Neither Poland nor Lithuania has yet replied to this invitation, nor does General Zeligovsld, the dictator of "Central Lithuania," seem disposed to leave Vilna, The Lithuanians are said to be engaging German mercenaries, but the Government at Kovno strenuously deny this charge.