POLAND: Pilsudski Playful

Marshal Josef Pilsudski, in his youth the shaggiest of rampant Socialists, later the organizer of armies which freed Poland during the World War, at present Dictator, Premier and War Minister of the Polish Republic, began seriously to consider last week whether a crown would not well become his politically feverish brow.

He had just been assured by Polish monarchists assembled near Nieswiez on the estate of Prince Albrecht Radziwill that Poland needs a monarch. The Marshal, impulsive, quick as a Bengal tiger to pounce on what he desires, surprised everyone by returning to...

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