Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He hītori o mua o tēnei mahi whakaheke i ngā niupepa o Rītū. Whai muri i te
Polish and Lithuanian Uprising of 1863, the Tsarist regime had banned the publication of all newspapers that used the Latin alphabet, a measure which amounted to a "de facto" ban of the entire Lithuanian press. Ko te whakaekenga o te rangatiratanga o te Tsarist i aukati i te whakaputanga o nga niupepa katoa e whakamahi ana i te reta Latina, he mehua e rite ana ki te "de facto" aukati i te katoa o te Lithuanian press. Ko tenei aukati i roa mo te toenga o te rautau 19th; i te 1898 o nga niupepa 18 i puta i Lithuania, 11 i whakaputaina e nga Lithuanians i heke ki Amerika me te 7 i whakaputaina i East Prussia.