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Josef Pilsudski, Poland's Strong Man

By JOSEPH Z. SPIEGELMAN

WI CELEBRATE BAR
MITZVAH ON MAY 29.30

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With breathless expectation East- i considered thoroughly sick while un-
ern and Western Europe, as well as I der foreign domination.
Pilsudski with a small group joined
millions in America, have watched the
developments of the lag fortnight on in the formation of the Polish Social-
the Vistula, for many generations the ' ist Party and became its theoretician
scene of battles which initiated world and exponent. For six years, from
events. 1891 to 1900, Pilsudski, under the eyes
Situated between the Union of So- of the Russian gendarmerie and secret
cialist Soviet Republics on the cast service men in Poland, was the editor
and Germany on the west, the resur• ; of the Robotnik, the illegal paper of
rected Republic of Poland, in its the party. He was not only the edi-
As Distributors of
eight years of existence, has hardly tor, but also the typesetter, circula-
succeeded in emerging from its forma- I tion . manager, everything. All he had
lion period, made more difficult by the at his disposal was a portable nrinting
p
sharp conflict of class differences, plant,
the innumerable names under
modern influence and ancient tradi- which he operated and exceptional
calmness
of mind, and ability to wan-
tions, national minorities problems,
culture and adjustment, financiall and: der from town to town and from lodg-
'mg
to
lodging,
persecuted by the Rus-
economic possibilities and handicaps.
I can gendarmes, nevertheless, always
Out of the turmoil there rises again escaping,
e
despit
.
t he fact
l
t that
'
the
the name of Josef Pilsudski who ac- Russian
government
trnmint ha« offered large
ss
complished almost a miraculous stroke sums for his head. About this time
For Detroit and Vicinity.
which he claims is to make Poland he acquired as assistant editor the co-
"safe for democracy."
operation of Stanislaw Wojciechow
Josef Pilsudski is not a new name ski, the president of the Polish Repub.
CHARLES NEWMAN
to those who followed developments in tic whom he has now compelled to re-
Eastern Europe during the World sl
at home on Sunday, May 30, from
War. The first chief of state of the
Once Pilsudski lost his vigilance.
new Polish Republic, when the time In I.odz, in 1900, he woo suddenly be- 1 to 11 p. m., in honor of the bar
came for the election by the National sieged by the Russian gendarmes, ar- mitzvah of their son, Charles. Serv-
Assembly of the first president of the rested and put into the tenth pavilion ices will be held Saturday morning,
republic, Pilsudski declined and, with- of the Warsaw Citadel, the chamber May 29, at Congregation Mishken
Blaine avenue near
drawing into retirement, remained the of horrors for many a Polish and Jew- Israel, located On
Linwood.
new republic's great and puzzling ish youth in those stormy years.
question mark.
When captured, he at once decided
Who is the man and what come- that the best way would be to simu- "Taming of Shrew" at Garrick.
quences will follow his successful coup late insanity in the hope that he might
d'etat? What may be the effects on be transferred to the hospital for the
New York City, London, Paris, and
the welfare of the republic in general insanse at Tworki where he might finally Detroit, through the enterprise
and the Jewish community of 3,030,- have a chance to escape. Ile simulat- of Jessie Bonstelle, were given a
ed insanity to perfection and the Ras- glimpse of one or more Shakespear-
000 Much of what is known of Pilsud• sian officials were compelled to send ean plays during the first waning sea-
ski is connected with his ascent, fol- him to an insane asylum. However, son.
lowing the conclusion of the armistice instead of sending him to Tworki,
This new idea was fostered through
and the formation of the Polish state. which was on home ground, they sent an endeavor to prove that William
Of what origin, under what influences him to St. Petersburg. Here death Shakespeare was not the stilted au-
and by what ways did Poland's seemed inescapable.
thor he is given credit for, but rather
strongest man come to the surface?
By a strange soincidence, one of he was a writer no pertinent topics
The career of Josef Pilsudski is per- the doctors of the St. Petersburg asy- as virile and vital today as during his
haps one of the most romantic that lum happened at that time to be Dr. period—human, humorous, melodra-
any of the European statesmen claim.
ladyslaw Mazurkiewicz, a Pole who
His was a life of dreams and idealism, was a member of the party of which matic
satiric.
One and
of his
most rollicking comedies
dire need, suffering and daring action. Pilsudski was the leader. Coming to was "The Taming of the Shrew"
One must wonder where the poetry in examine Pilsudski, be brought in his whic h opens at the Garrick on Mon-
Pilsudski's life ceases and where re- bag civilian clothes in which the "in- day, May 31, filled with a dash and a
s sane" man dressed himself and walked vim that vies with any modern author
ality begins.
Born in 1867 in Polish Lithuania, out of the asylum with the doctor.
and one that stood froth as a sure-
the
near Vilna, two years after
last Soon Pilsudski left Russia and fire hit for Sothern and Marlowe and
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of the participants in the Polish Re- transferred his activities to Galicia other Shakespearean exponents. How-
hellion against Russia in 1863 died on where the Poles enjoyed a sort of ever, it remained for Rollo Peters and
the gallows, under the administration local autonomy and greater freedom Richard Boleslaysky to give New
of "General Murawieff, the hangman," to develop their cultural activities. In- York a new interpretation of this
imbued with the spirit of the proph- stead of conducting his activities un- comedy.
etic verses of his countryman, Adam derground, he decided to come out in
Mickiewicz, Pilsudski, a eon of a land- the open and ley the foundations for
The English have always preferred
ed Polish family, grew up under in- a Polish military youth movement. He their young geniuses starving, and al-
fluences which were permeated with made frequent excursions to Congress most from the beginning they have
A. LITTMAN PRESENTS
the experiences and recollections of Poland under asumed names, organ- specialized in Grand Old Men.—
the defeated Polish Rebellion against 'izing secret fighting groups of the Po-
Philip Guedalla.
Russia. Many of his relatives, in fact, lish Socialist Party, which engaged
his father and his aunts, were the vic- frequently the Russian authorities in
tims of "Murawieff, the hangman."
Poland. During this period, he trav- Narutowicz was elected, the votes of
— and —
While at the University of Charkoff, elled to Western Europe, visiting Jewish deputies were included, l'ilsud-
where he was enrolled in the medical Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and ski broke his silence and in a striking
college, Josef Pilsudski soon became England, studying the international book poured out his wrath on those
the object of the czaristic persecu- situation, having one dream in mind: blind Polaidh "patriots" who could go
Assisted by Entire Troupe of People's Theatre of New York
tions and was excluded from the uni- a free, resurrected Poland, the testa- to the length of murdering their pres-
versity for participating in the stu- ment of Tadeusz Kosciusko. A mem- ident because of the participation of
IN TWO GUEST PERFORMANCES
dents movement. A year later, back ber of the Polish Socialist Party, Jewish deputies in his election. Ile
at home in Vilna, Pilsudski was ac- fighting for social justice, he always stated at that time that the task which
cused of having some sort of connec- laid emphasis on Polish independence Narutowicz faced as that of internal
tion with the attempt on the life of as a condition sine quo non to the ful- consolidation and during the people
Czar Alexander III and. as a young fillment of the party's other social of the "after effects of foreign domi-
man of 20, was sentenced to five years program. Ilia.socialism was more in nation."
exile in Siberia.
the way of an approach than a task in
Having contributed as no other man
In these five years on the cold and itself.
in Poland toward creating and
silent snows of the distant Siberia,
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the Russo-Japanese war , strengthening Poland's independence,
Pilsudski laid the foundation for his Pilsudski urged his country men to re- striking now to make liberated Poland
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become the favorite saying of Pilsud- Polish groups and partjes, Pilsudski
ski. When he returned from his five undertook a new mission. He went to
years of exile, his family urged him Tokio with the hope of influencing the
to return to the medical college and Mikado to take up an issue of the
offered him its connections and assis- Russo-Japanese war the question of
tance in order that he might continue Poland's independence. The Japan-
his studies. Pilsudski, however, im- ese government was willing to give as-
bued with a spirit of Polish patriot- sistance to a movement which would
him, with a feeling of revenge against make trouble for Russia at home, but
the obnoxious czarism and influenced was too distant to appreciate Pilsud-
by the social and economic tendencies ski's arguments in favor of an inde-
then dominating the youth, decided pendent Poland.
that his mission lay not in administer-
Disappointed, Pilsudski returned to
' mg to individual sufferers, but in ad- Poland and renewed the work of or-
ministering to his people, whom he ganizing the Strzelcy (the shooters)
in Galicia and the secret groups in
Congress Poland, leading many a
spectacular fight during the revolu-
tionary period, in the hope of awaken-
ing the will of the Polish people to,
what he termed, "action."
The majority, however, of the Po-
lish groups and parties, particularly
those of the landed classes and the
townsmen, were afraid of the risk.
The National Democrats, the strong-
est party which then developed the
anti-Semitic edge of its program, be-
came Pilsudski's bitter opponent. It
believed in co-operation with the
czarist government. So did many
others. Pilsudski alone persisted and
when the World War broke out in Au-
gust 5, 1914, on the night of August
6, he moved his loose forces in an in-
dependent and hopeless effort into the
11,
territory of Russian Poland.
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Against the opposition of the cool
minded Polish official leaders, who
from
flirted with the czarist government,
After 8:30 p.m.
Pilsudski organized his legion which
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marched together with the Austrian
DAY-4:30 cm.
I army, although it never was recog-
to 8:30 p.m.
nized as a part of that army. When
Poland was occupied by the Austrian
"Any Person" call
The Absopure Frigerator is designed and built by
and German armies, Pilsudski turned •
"Person-to-Person"
refrigerating engineers who are recognized as leading
I against the occupants of his country
EVENING - after
authorities not only nationally, but throughout the
and started to organize the Polska
8:30 p.m.
scientific refrigerating world.
Organizacjia Wojskowa, the Polish
35c
"Any Person" call
military organization, which was an
"Person-to-Peron" 80c
In materials, workmanship and quality it is not sur-
open challenge to the plans which the
passed by the costliest machines built. It is completely
Germans had prepared for Poland's
"Any Person" call means
future.
that central needs only to
automatic, quiet running and practically free of service
At the orders of the German gov-
get any person who an-
requirements. It is economical to buy, maintain and
swers at a given number—
ernor general of Warsaw, von Beseler,
operate. And because of the manufactunng economy
Pilsudski was arrested on July 20.
while ■ "Person-to-Per-
of its design and the volume methods of production, it
son" call means that cen-
1917 and jailed in the fortress of
tral will have to locate a
holds outstanding price advantage in every comparison.
Magdeburg.
particular person at the
When the armistice was signed and
number given. This takes
the revolution broke out in Germany,
more time and therefore
Pilsudski, released from the fortress,
costs more.
came to Warsaw where he immediate-
"Any Person" calls save
ly assumed supreme power and set the
money.
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