The Archive · 1929

THE CROMWELLIAN TOUCH IN POLAND

Gosismen: Prevented from Sitting by Use of Military Force Warsaw, Oct. 31, deamatie coup, prevented the ejm from reassembling after eight Months' enforced recess. The agenda of this session called for yyote of censure on the present semi fascist Switalski Government,—Which motion would doubtless have Been carried by a large major With the galleries packed to capacity And a full assembly of the deputies, the Speaker was about to open the assembly when 100 heavily-armed pffcers led by Marshal Pilsudski nareched into the house, occupied alk exits and refused to move, when requested by the Speaker.

Thereupon the Speaker appealed fo Marshal Pilsudski as Minister of War to have the house cleared of the Jarmed force. When the Minister Fefused, the Speaker managed to Bond a méisenger to" President Moscieski informing him of his inbility to open the Sejm. Mean-While, Marshal udski "ecompanied by several other Cabinet embers visited the President. with {he apparent intention of making him rescind the order for convoking the Sejm. The coup comes as the culminating point of a long-drawn-parliamentary crisis which, as believed in many quarters, will probably eventually result in the dis-Bolution of the parliament and the Fomoval of the last vestige of Parliamentary regime, Warsaw's suburbs with their Jarge population of workmen have, ince the first news of the coup became known, shown an increased restlessness. It is reported that the Wworkmen are already forming Workers' battalions in order to capture the parliament from the military clique still occupying the building of the Sejm.

1 After a hectic afternoon complete quiet prevails in the capital to-night, the police having dispersed process: tions staged by the workers in order to march on the Sejm building: which {s still occupied by the officers. The rities have indefinitely adjourned following a suggestion to that effect Jby President—Moscicski. The Switalski Government has, therefore, emerged as the victor out of the conflict with the Sejm. It is, however, generally believed that the trouble is not yet over.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,

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