Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30

IN trade and In 1ltera .ure-Every
Effort Of Poles at Naturalization
Has Been Followed by Slaughter.
mo other people, In all the worlds
history, has borne oppression SO brave
~ and glopfOusly as the Poles. ex-
cept the Jews; and Warsaw, where
the Russians had to keep a garrison
Of 100000 troops to overawe a city
Of 100000 people, is to Poland what
Paris is to France" says bulletin
Of the National Geographic society
concerning the present focal centes
Of world attention.
Indeed, the viyaclty, the gayety
and the quick wit Of Warsaw's peg
pie is a constant reminder of Paris;
as we'll as those deeper likenesses
which spring from Warsaw's ASCEND
apcE In the letters, the arts, and ths
SOCIAL graGes.
"All this, too, in city where the
most gruesome tragedies have stalk
ed. As recently as the years Of euy
own Civil war the Russian army
moved down thousands OF men ana
women as they knelt In the snow,
singing their national anthem. De-
portatiOns are an old story In War.
saw; every effort at naturalization
was followed by slaughter, and hun.
dreds marched the long trail to 81
berian exile.
Pinned by Bayonets.
But Poland's spirit meanwhile. he,
came A SYNONYM for the indomitabls.
Fhe success Of the classification Of
Poland has been described as the proc.
ess of keeping 100000 Poles
pinned to Russia by bayonets. Pc.
litically non-existent, for even Po-
lands name was expurged from all
official Russian recopds. the prewa.
Warsaw WED with world capitals in
science, particularly medicine, in man.
ufacturing, In trade, and In litera.
ture.
Though Warsaw hatrayed none Of
the gcimness characteristic of Rus
sian cities. reminders Of her bygone
glories and tragedies were to he
found even before the World war re.
stored her autOcracy.
"In the LaZienki Gardens Is a mon.
ument to John Sobieski, who stemmed
the advance of the Turks IN Europe,
Q figure as picturesque rs Paderew.
SKI, who now sees his land barrier
to bOishevism's westward spread. It
was In 1888 that a Turkish force had
thrnwn itself into crescent formation
around Vienna. The eRcampment
was, no less threatening because It
resfmhlsd circus rather than
siege. with Its herds Of camels and
luxurious tents with baths and par
rats within and fountains without.
"Mighty events often hinge on slen:
der circumstances. Sohieski hesitated
because Leopold. Austra's emperor,
first declined to address him as His
Majesty But SObeski's hesitation
Is said to have vanished when he
learned that the French ambasSa lar
had written to Louis XIV. who rather
hoped for the worst for Austria, FONT
trouble yourself. SobieskI IL too fat
to sit on n horse and fght.' The
fat man rode his charger into the
thick Of the fight. helping hew his
way to where the Turkish grand yiZier
stood and after the battle handed
one Of that dignitary's stirrups 70 an
aide. with the command. Take II to
the queen and tell her that lie to
whom 1t belonged is defeated and
slain.
Origin Of Vienna Roll.
1.-THE sublime often is strangely
blended with the incOnsequential.
They will tell you this story, with
much detail, in Warsaw; while the
Vienna visitor formerly was sure to
hear abont II little coffee house or the
Grahen that WIS kent by u de-
scrndant Of brave RolIsh hoy who
carried through the Turkish line. to
Sohisski's headquarters an urgent
call fG his oity's succ0r. He was
rewarded with permission to open the
first coffee house In Vienna. and there
originated, In jest at the defeated
enemy's formation. the crescent
shaped bun. known around the word
as the Vienna roll.
"Of such deeds of herOism, pictGA
esque anecdOte. and frequent calaIL.
Ity, is POland's history composed.
"Other cities have lost their p0-
Iitical Importance. and held their
heads high because of proud past.
but Warsaw. prosecuted as II was.
has highly important economic pres.
emf. In normal times It was the GO
,graphical center of Europe, the f'r
cal point for rail shipments from Rus.
sia and Asia to western Europe even
though the actual western terminus
IN the vistula gave 1t a place on
EurOpe's inland VIZ .erways cOmpar.
able to that of st. Louis on the Miss
ssippi It's output of shoes, metal
articles, and cotton makes its prod
lct sound like that of busy New
England city, and Its long commercial
lrm even reached out to drop half
million dollars worth of beet sugar
nto America In those different days
before 1914. =
Numerous castles OF the old R&
ish nobility were converted into mH-
liclpal Offices by the Russians. War
Jaw takes pride in Its ttieaters, that
or the Polish drama ann ballet be-
ne an especially beautiful building
With two theaters under one roof"