CHURCH AND STATE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 2

CHURCH AND STATE

RIFT THREATENED IN POLAND National Pride Affronted Press Association —Copyright. Cracow (Poland), June 25. Violent demonstrations were staged outside the p lace of the Papal Nuncio to-day, thousands of people demanding the imm:diate dismissal of the Archbishop of Cracow, Monsignor Sapieha, for removing the heavy silver coffin containing the of KJarshal Pilsudski, former Polish dictator, from the Tomb of Kings in the cathedral in defiance of the President of Poland, M. Ignacy Moscscki. Police were ordered out and a strike is expected It is reported that the Pope has ordered an investigation owing to the threatened rift between the State and the

Church. The coffin was removed when the Archbishop learned that King Carol of Rumania was to place a wreath on Marshal Pilsudtki’s tomb. King Carol is due to arrive at Cracow tomorrow. It is understood that the Archbishop's decision was due not only to the fact that the King is not i Catholic but also because of his private life. A Polish pi;per suggests, the Archbishop’s arrest for an “affront to i ■ national pride.” Ex-Servicemen are : l particularly enraged.