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Jewish Lawyer and Ex-deputy Summoned to Geneva As Lithuanian Expert in Memel Dispute

February 17, 1932
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Ex-Deputy Dr. Jacob Robinson, one of the Jewish leaders in Lithuania, has on the request of the Lithuanian Government, left hurriedly for Geneva together with the Foreign Minister, M. Zaunius, in order to defend the Lithuanian case at the Council of the League of Nations against the charges brought by the German Government in connection with the situation in Memel.

Dr. Robinson, is one of the best lawyers in Lithuania, and the chief authority in the country on international law, particularly in regard to the Memel Convention. Geneva, Feb. 15th. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).

Dr. Jacob Robinson has just arrived here together with the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, M. Zaunius, to act as the legal expert of the Lithuanian delegation on the Memel controversy, which is now before the League of Nations Council.

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