Poland Sends Ultimatum to Lithuania - 50,000 Polish Troops Ready: A. Smetona, the Premier of Lithuania. Fifty thousand polish soldiers, armoured cars, tanks, and several squadrons of warplanes have been concentrated on the polish-Lithuania frontier, according to reports. It is rumored that they will receive orders to March into Lithuania if the Lithuanian Government fail to answer with in 36 hours the polish note of protest about the killing of a polish frontier guard by Lithuanians last Friday. March 18, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).