Minister Michalo Bernotas, Lithuanian delegate to the League of Nations sat in his chair, making copious notes of the back and forth discussions by the various delegates. At the rate things were going his next report to the Foreign Office was going to be a warrent a book rather then a pamplet of documents. He didn't imagine that some of the things he was going to report would be well recieved either in the Presidential Palace or in the Seimas.
He looked up from his clutter of notes, and noticed a disturbance a was happening at the doors to the League of Nations chamber. He raised an eyebrow in puzzelment, the guards seemed to be arguing with someone trying to gain entrance to the assemble. That didn't make any sense the majority of the ministers and ambassadors were already here.
After a few minutes, the man who wanted entrance was lead to the front of the League assembly. For some reason, that rung alarm bells inside, Bernotas's head. The man, young, breaded and dark haired, rather studious looking with glasses pirched on his nose, with straight regular features seemed mild mannered enough. He wore a long travel stained coat, a black mourning band decorated one of the cuffs. He politely removed a battered but servicable cap from his head.
The man cleared his throat once, then announced himself to the League of Nations delegates. He pulled a document from a brief case at his side, and began reading, what Bernotas suspected was a prepared statement.
"Gentlemen, I apologies for interrupting your deliberations, but I sincerely wish to present my credientials to you, the League of Nations, at this urgent time. I am David Tarkowski, the Wilno Republican ambassador, duely appointed by the order of Marshal Aleksy Letowska, President of the Republic of Wilno, with the agreement and advice of the General-secretaries of the Council of Government and the ratification of the First Parliment of Wilno." He spoke, clearly and calmly. Bernotas looked on in something approaching horror, as he waited for his fellow delegates reaction.