Full of a weighty significance and unique in the chequered history of the Lettish people is this scene, where under President Tchakste1 is assembled the first Parliament, or Saeima, of the Free State of Latvia

Photo, Latvian Consulate General

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1Jānis Čakste (1859–1927), in office November 14, 1922 – March 14, 1927, died in office
PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS: THEIR LIFE TODAY AND THE STORY OF THEIR PAST BY OUR FOREMOST WRITERS OF TRAVEL, ANTHROPOLOGY & HISTORY (in 7 volumes), editor J. A. Hammerton, published by the Educational Book Co., London, 1920. Subsequently published as both a 7 volume set (1922) and subscription series (1922–1923) by the Amalgamated Press, London.
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