GALVANAUSKAS, ERNEST ), Lithuanian statesman, was born on Nov. 7, 1882 at Vabalninkai. He studied as a mining engineer at Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Liege, and his activities in the Lithuanian national movement date from his student days. In 1906 he was imprisoned for his attempts to free the country from the Russian yoke. He escaped to Belgium in 1908, where he continued in touch with the Lithuanian liberation movement. The outbreak of the World War found him in Bel grade, and after the enemy occupation of that city, Galva nauskas left with the Serbian army and shared all the privations of the retreat. He subsequently proceeded to France and vol unteered for military service. On the recovery of Lithuanian independence in 1918, Galvanauskas served as a member of the Lithuanian delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference. He was several times prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, and also held the portfolios of finance and communications. He be came president of the Lithuanian delegation to the League of Nations and in Aug. 1924 was appointed Lithuania's first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to London and simul taneously envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to The Hague.