N. first conference in San Francisco had courage enough to demand the full independence and sovereignty of that little state that came into existence in the year 1200 A. D. During the Middle Ages Lithuanians had established a powerful and independent state in Europe. For centuries they succeeded in opposing a German drive to the east and vice versa they protected Europe from Mongolian and Tartar hordes. They furnished a power and a government behind which the eastern Slavs could live in peace and safety with a freedom that was unknown in Russia. They encouraged education and tolerance and the part they played in the general development of European civilization was great.
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