Faransanci ya ɗauki kula da yankin yayin da Lithuania ta ci gaba da yin amfani da ita don sarrafawa, yana da'awar cewa ya kamata ya kasance ga Lithuania kamar yadda yake da yawan jama'ar Lithuania (duba Ƙananan Lithuania) kuma ita ce kawai hanyar shiga ƙasar zuwa Baltic Sea. Poland kuma ta yi iƙirarin yankin. Kamar yadda Allies suka yi jinkirin yanke shawara kuma ya zama kamar yankin zai kasance mai 'yanci kamar Free City of Danzig, Lithuania ya ɗauki mataki kuma ya shirya Klaipėda Revolt a watan Janairun 1923. Rasha ta Soviet da Jamus sun dauki mataki. Yankin Lithuania, a matsayin yanki mai cin gashin kanta tare da majalisar dokoki (Klaipėda), an haɗa shi da Majalisar Lithuania bisa ga Mataki na 99. Faransa ta dauki nauyin gudanar da yankin yayin da Lithuania ta ci gaba da matsa lamba don kula da shi, yana da'awar cewa ya kamata ya kasance ga Lithuania kamar yadda yake da yawan jama'ar Lithuania (duba Ƙananan Lithuania) kuma ita ce kawai hanyar shiga Baltic Sea.
Birnin Klaipėda