Two months ago the Polish Sejm (Parliament) attempted to convene. Ninety officers with clanking sabres and big black pistols stomped into the building. The Dictator of Poland, Military Josef Pilsudski, and his chief opponent. Civilian Marshal Ignacy Daszynski, snarled at each other across a table. The Sejm adjourned (TIME, Nov.11).
Unlike other dictators, Marshal Pilsudski's official position is merely that of Minister of War. Last week, invigorated by enforced vacation, the deputies resolutely carried out their purpose to convene, listened to a two-hour speech from Finance Minister Matuszewski, promptly next day...