The Archive · 1939

Nice, Ripe Fruit

Polish Government Reshuffled Paris, Sept. 30.

By virtue of a decree signed on Polish territory thirteen days ago, a new Government for the Republic of Poland was created today upon the resignation of President Ignace Moscield, the Polish Embassy formally announced this evening.

Dr. Mosclcki, who last Was re~ ported to be in Yugoslavia en route to France from Rumania, resigned today in full accordance with Polish Jaw governing such action. He is Succeeded M, Wiadislaw Raczkle wiez, former President of the Senate and' former Home Minister in Warsaw, Raczklewies's appointment derives from. the same decree that was signed by Dr. Moseicki on] September 17 at Kuty, where the Polish Government stayed a while after its withdrawal from Warsaw.

Immediately after taking his oath at the Polish Embassy in the presence of the Polish Ambassador, M. ules Lukasiewicz, General Wiadislaw Sikorski and other Polish porsonalities, the new President appointed General Sikorski as the new Premier in place of General Slawo}-Klagkowski "who no longer could carry out Government duties for, according to reports at hand, the stil is residing in Rumania, General Sikorski is Commander-in-Chief of the new Polish Army in France and is one of Poland's best-known statesman and military leader. He held the premiership once before, Today, he concurrently holds the Military Affairs (War) Portfolio, lately held by General '7, Three More Appointments Di Formerly Minister without _portfolio, M. Stanislaw Stronski becomes Vice-Premier without portfolio while MIN. Augustus Zaleski assume Colonel "Josef Beck's Foreign Affairs portfolio and Col. Adam Koe takes over the Finance Ministry from M. B, Kwiatkowski. Three other Ministers have yet to be Jappointed and will be selected from the Socialist, Populist Peasant and National Labour Parties. The new Government, according to the Polish 'Embassy's communique today, is one national union for national defence, 'AL Stanislaw Stronski, the new Vice-President, is best known as a journalist' and author, He wrote a great deal li the "Kurjer War 'MI Zaleski has been For-

The new President is "54 years old, He studied law at the University of Dorpat and Ister became an attorney at Minsk. In 1920, he was Polish delegate at Wilne after

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