RIOTS IN POLAND
Airchbishbp Moves Coffin of Nation's Hero (By Telegraph— Press Asan.— Copyright.) I CEACOW (Poland), .Tuna 25. I Violent denioh'stratiohs were staged [outside the palace of the Papal Nuncio, thousands of p'eople demanding the immediate dismissal of the Archbiskop of Cracow, Monsignor Sapieha, for removing a keavy silver coffin Containing the remains of Marshal Pilsudski from the Tomb of Kings in the Cathedral, in d'efianco of the President of Poland; Police reserves have been orderod out, and a strike is expefeted. It is reported that the Pop'e has ordcfed An investigation, ' owing to a threatenfed rift betweeh the State and thfe Cllurch. The coffin was removed when the archbishop learned tfeat King Carol oi Eumania was to place a wreath on Marshal Pilsudski 's toinb.; King Carol iS due to arrivb at Cracow tb-morfow. It is undefstood thfit the archbishop 'ii Qecision was duO not only to the fact that the King is not a Catiioli'c, but also b'ecduse of his private life. A Polish paper, suggests the archbishop 's arrest for his "affront to national pride. " Ex-servicomen are partieularly enraged.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 137, 26 June 1937, Page 7
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