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for flight. but was Immediately cap
tured and beaten numerically. He
was taken to the police station under
exceptionally heavy guard.
Cabinet Is Called
4 council of cabinet members was
hurriedly called to examine the situa-
tion created by the death of the
president, but their decision, il any
was taken, has not been made known.
| In political circles it is said to be
possible that Marshall Pilsudski, for
mer chief of staff, will assume the
task of forming a cabinet. Another
vested with dictatorial powers.
! Pending solution and in con
formity with the constitution, the
speaker of the house of deputies,
Naciej Rataj. will assume the situa-
ton and his first act will be to con-
woke the national assembly to choose
successor to Narutowicz.
The presidents body was removed
| to his residence. where full military
guarad Is standing over It.
General Sikorski. chief of staff. has
issued a proclamation TO the army ex-
horting discipline and calm. The pal
ace of fine arts. where the murder
was committed. has been closed during
the police inquiry.
The Polish afternoon papers, many.
OF them in deep mourning, denounce
the assassination The Gazetta War
sawski. the national democratic or
gan, says the concensuS of opinion
among Poles. regardless of political
opinion. is unanimous in deplorins
! the crime. 1t lays stress on its Sc
| rious aspect. owing to the present
political atmosphere.
The kurjer Warsawski character
Lies it as a shocking crime which
casts a slur on Poland's fair name,
aiding:
Never. even at times when Poland
was oppressed, did the country resort
TO political murder; today. when inde
pendence has been assured, the crime
is doubly abominable.''
Speaker Becomes President
NJ Rataj speaker of the house,
who. in conformity with the Polish
constitution, became president of the
republic ad interim, Saturday evening
called upon General Sikorski to form
a new cabinet This was constituted
premier and minister of the interior.
President Narutowicz took over the
supreme executive authority from
Marshal Piisudski only two days ago,
the ceremony occurring at noon.
Thursday at the. Belvedere palace, the
official home of the president.
The opposition choice TO the choice
of Sarutowicz as first president of
Poland came mainly from the national
lists. representing the purely Polish
population, the members of this party
resenting the election of man who
they declared represented the non
Polish and the radical elements.
Deputies Refuse Support
The new deputies after the elec-
ton announced officially that they
would refuse to support NJ. Narutow-
iez or any cabinet appointment by
him They asserted he was elected
by the votes of Jews. Ukrainians.
Germans and Russians. receiving ouly
1856 Polish votes, while oe2T Polish
votes were cast for Count zamovski.
NJ Rataj was. elected speaker Il
week ago. and is a prominent member
of the party supporting former Pre-
mier Witos.
Niewadomski, the assassin, has long
been regarded by his associates as
mentally deranged. and his act is look
ed upon as due TO the motivation of his
t!isoriered mind rather than as the
life of the newly elected president.
News of the tragedy spread hks
wildfire throughout the capital, evoking
expressions of horror from oil. ineiud
ing the political enemies OF the mar
tyred executive.
President Narutomicz had just con-
eluded an address formally opening the
picture exhibition when Niewadomsht
stepped up to the platform in the line
of people shaking the presidents hand
and fired three shots from his revolver
at the executive mt close range.
The president dropped fatally
wounded, while the crowd of herrified
spectators, after the first instant of
artist assassin, who was badly beaten
before the authorities were able to
drag him away.
The circumstances of the shooting
and the arrest Of the murderer greatly
resemhled those of the assassination
of President Mckinley at Buffalo, by
Czolgos2
Gabriel Narufowicz was born in 1885
at Telsze. which is now within the
borders of Lithuania. and was educated
in i.ibau the technical institute of
Petregrad and the polytechnic institute
OF LuFlSa. rom tiie 1-uficH iasteatS
he received diploma as engineer Of
waterpower and this profession he
practiced in France. Spain and Switzer-
land. He was recognized as an expert.
and after the war WAS appointed
member of the international committee
for the utilization of the waters of the
Rhine.
He first. became member of the
Polish government in June, 1920, when
he was given the portfolio of minister
of public works under Premier Grabski
and was re-appointed to this office by
the succee etiinaHpremier NJ Ponikowski,