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DICTATOR
Lithuanian Move
PARLIAMENT TAKES
BACK SEAT
KOVNO, Saturday.
A. government decree proclaims a dictaloiship, vested in President Smet ona, to whom Is transferred all the pow.s previously exorcised by I'arlltt inadvlsoiy capacity. Ministors will
«nt.
I'ailiament will in future act only in be appointed solely by the President anil will be responsible tq him alone. The number of seats in Parliament has ten halved, and the franchise "lfmited
lo men over .>">. '
The most startling change Is that Vllna, over which there has been a dispute lasting for years willi Poland, las been proclaimed capltil of .Lithu-
ania,