POLAND: Wine and Blood

At Warsaw, Poland's capital city, was given a dinner in honor of Marshal Pilsudski, first ex-President of the Republic. The dinner commenced auspiciously. Everyone behaved in a gentlemanly manner. Later, the flowing cup ran over. With it effervesced the courage of the assembled guests. From rollicking laughter and sounds of "Have you heard this one?" the attention of the party was directed to serious, biting and calumnious speeches. It was Marshal Pilsudski's turn to speak. He said many unpleasant things about his critics. Some he called "crooks." Then with one mighty...

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