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from the bottom up. He has with
him energetic. daring men from 80
to 40. They are his boys from the
rife clubs he developed before the
war and the legions he organized first
In the Austrian army, then In re-
constituted Poland after the war.
They are like the sons of a tribal
chief. devoted to the death.
When Pilsudski says. Il consult
only my conscience" as he said to
the party leaders in the National
Assembly when he refused even to
discuss with them his coup d'etat,
legiona1res. They alone have his
confidence and their faith in him
Is sublime.
One Of his closest intimates. his
personal aide. Col. Wieniawa Dingo-
szewski, happening to discuss one
day the game of chess, said: You
know the marshal Is a brilliant chess
player. ! myself have never played
but one game, and ] cannot say /
played that. 1t was during the war
In the Austrian trenches. To Kill
time / consented to try the game
against a good player. Pilsudski
stood behind me. In 10 moves l won
the game. Every move ! made was
the one PilSudSki would nave mdue.
he told me at the end"
These ] 1000 devoted followers. all
with revolutionary beginnings. fresh
minds thinking only of carrying out
their chiefs desire, are sure to do
something different with Poland. and
will make the rest of the world take
notice when they are ready.
There was nothing radically wrong
with Poland when Pilsudski made
his coup d'etat. He had to have an
excuse, SO he said Poland was full
of graft. incompetence and unpun-
ished crime.
Cares Little for Economic Features.
In fact it had just about as much
graft, Incompetence and unpunlshed
crime as when Joseph Pilsudski was
chief Of state. from 1919 to 1921. and
there is unlikely to be less now.
He also said the Diet was unpop-
ular and that was true. The Chamber
of Deputies is unpopular in France.
too, but the French people with their
long democratic history know the
price of democracy Is sometimes
period of government Incompetence.
They are willing to support the IN
competence to keep their liberty.
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The Poles are very far behind In
their democratic conceptions. and
they have turned to the man who
was strong enough to send the Diet
home.
1t is difficult to see how Pilsudski
Is going to improve the interior econ
omy Of Poland as 1t stands or make
1t very much worse. In fact he does
not know or care anything about the
details Of such matters. In an inter-
view recently he would not talk on
his economic conceptions.
If he carries out his politico-mili-
tary schemes, If he pulls Lithuania
into the Polish State and develops the
port Of Memel, IL he brings In an
other big granary from Ukrania,
Poland will be q much richer state
than 1t Is today. If he involves it in
disastrous war, Of course, 1t will be
that much worse off. Most of Po-
lands financial difficulties so far have
been due to his unsuccessful war
with the Soviets in 1920.
But Poland is not badly off as
European countries go. 1t is better
off than most because it has prac-
tically no debt. and it started with a
free gift of the railroads, telegraph.
telephone, post office and state and ad.
HiiilStFdtlOn property tnat nad Deen
developed by the old Russian, Aus
trian and German empires. This is
wealth that cannot be squandered.
The successive governments in Po-
land also have had one basic prin-
ciple-an active trade balance. The
economic problem Is simple. The
country feeds itself. 1t need only
restrict the import Of luxurtes and
encourage the sale of potatoes, timber.
hides. grain. etc, abroad.
ZlOty, Silver Mark, Launched.
When the Polish mark went down
in the crash Of all money in that part
of the world. the zloty. a silver mark,
on parity with the new German
mark, was launched. It has not held
up like the German mark because Il
whole European economy based On
Dawes plan has not depended upon
its continued value at par. One bad
crop just after it was launched Grip
pied it from the start but it has not
done so badly and was beginning to
recover when Pilsudski came along
with his coup d'etdt.
The Zloty was launched at zloty
20 groschen to the dollar. 1t IS now
around 10 to the dollar Grabski was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

simply as the leading soldier of his
country. but he is 81 revolutioniSt. He
strikes first and talks afterWard. But
he is good enough soldier to make
his preparations. Even If he begins
Immediately to carry out his ideas,
Immediately Is for him next Spring.
Pilsudski's enemies say his concep
ton OF Poland is an agglomeration of
villages and trading centers domi-
mated here and there by fortresses.
On the contrary, he is rather q mod
ern militariSt statesman. on the lines
of Wilhelm II. He understands, in
general way. the economic basis of
state. and wants to build il up. but,
like Wilhelm. on Il military basis.
In his craftsmanship he can he
compared better to Wilhelm than to
Mussolini He is more of an emperor
than dictator. He is more genial
he is closer to. the hearts of the peo-
pie than any dictator could be.
The other day sat in the National
Assembly when it elected him Presi-
dent. and the occasion made me try TO-
recall the circumstances under which
Napoleon was elected first consul.
There were differences. Pilsudski
brought his own army into town for
the election, also he did not accept
the presidency.
1t would not fit Pilsudski's character
to advance from dictator to the
ermine. He is a bit of an Old Hick-
DRY. a rough soldier. Il character. y
Then he always is the revolutionist,
contemptuous of pomp. When he was
chief of state he liked to drive out
under escort. but that was TO receive
the salutes of his officers and hear his
IN oln L. hi Gnt6inrG
only his soldiers. The satisfaction Of
his life is to hear them cry "Dziadek,
dziadek" C'Good. old. grandfather, is
about the sense of it,.
Two Kinds of Poles.
Broadly there are two kinds of
Poles the big moustaches. natural
soldiers, stepped in the tradition OF
their past, at home only on Il horse
and properly dressed only with a
sabre at their side. They are eastern
Europeans. They are all for Pill
sudSki The others are the trimmed
boards, engineers, business men ana
part of the big land owners. They
are western Europeans. They were
the people who acclaimed PadereWskl
when he went back to Poland after
the war
The Polish soldiers from the United
States Gen. Haller took back to Po-
land at the end Of the war were also
Of this mentality. They did not I'M
derstand or get along with the soldiers
from Poland any better than Pade-
rewski or Haller got on with Phi.
sudski Their thoughts are turned
westward toward democracy, Pilsud-
skis eastward toward empire.
We Americans understand and sym
with p16nraWSki and
Halter. but the mass of the people Of
Poland are with PilsudSki. Among
the parties which went to the Ma
tional Assembly eager to elect Pilsud-
ski were also the powerful Jewish
groups and the minorities in Poland,
including the German minorities
They feel in Pilsudski the imperial
geniality which let's all live and pros
per under the protection of the sword.
1t. is not democracy, but Pilsudskt has
Just proved Poland is not democratic.
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, the flnancier who introduced the zloty,
and supplemented 1t with a direct tax
on wealth. In 1924 he collected $780,
| 000. 900 zlOtys, apprOpriating for the
state most Of the working capital Of
the country in order to balance the
/ budget.
He expected a good crop to counter
balance the new high prices which
made export difficult. But the crop
was bad, the trade balance went
against Poland and before the next
crop could save the situation. in July
| 1925, the zloty began to slip. The
| Grabiski government did not survive
the shock. In the new government
| the finance minister was Zdziechow-
ski. who would have brought Poland
through its financial crisis this year
| IL he had remained in office. His sue
cessor may do 1t anyhow. 1t all de-
ponds upon whether Pilsudski does
not want so much money for mis- army
as to make the balancing OF the bud
get hopeless
Budget Scheme Ruined.
Zdziechowski, whose name looks
more. formidable in print than when
1t Is spoken. took over a budget that
was failing monthly to balance by
0,000, 900 zlotys. By economies he re-
duced the shortage to only 100000
for the four months of January, Feb
ruary, March and April Of this year.
BY July he would have had q bal
anced budget again. His plan was to
cut down the railroad and army bud
get for a year or so. But his sue
cessor under the Pilsudski regime
will have to find something else to cut
If he expects to balance his budget. as
the type of state Pilsudski is develop
ing depends upon it's army and trans
portation for that army-transporta
ton provided by the state.
Poland Has Opportunities.
Until Pilsudski came back on the
scene Poland was trying TO run a
comparatively modest concern. with
fresh opportunities for growing
wealth in the development of the
Upper Silesian Industrial belt allotted
to Poland after the Upper Silesian
plebescite and the oil belt in the
Carpathians.
Now that Pilsudski with his i'm
perial ideas has Poland in his hand,
he certainly is not going TO look
upon his domains as modest concern.
But as he has big plans he is very
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Lithuania Might DO Worse.

The l.ithuanianS might also do a
good thing for themselves by accept
ing. PilSudSki's idea of Il federated
state based on Poland and I.ithuania
is feasible, L involves some frontier
changes. hut Pilsud3li. after 80 years
AS a revoliticniSt. has NOT much re-
Spect for frontiers. iaose Of the
treaty OF Versailles included.
The east PruSsian frontier would
have to he pushed over q little 10 get
the whole of Nieman River into the
new state. hut Germany might get d
big compensation. Ii might, for in
stance. get back the Polish corridor.
PilSudsltj's interests lie farther east,
and the Polish corridor, which no
living German has accepted as final.
might. in the hands Of Z militarist
statesman like PilsudSkl. prove the
price of firm German-Polish al
lance giving Pilsudski Il free hand in
the East. The publishing of the re-
cent Gelman-Russian alliance. il may
be remembered. was one Of the cir-
Cumstances which set Pilaudski on his
present adventure IL the rebUNdel Of
Poland.
In Pilsudski's ideal Polish Lith-
uaniau state the port of Memel would
be in Poland. Dantzig would no
longer be Poland's ailimportant out
into the biggest Baltic port, leaving
DantziS hungry for trade.
Champion of Little Baltic States.
. The little Baltic states. Latvia and
Esthonia. have already champion
in Pilsudsfi. j is part Of his plan
10 keep the ports Of Libau, Riga and
Revel out OF Russian hands. This
also is the British idea, which led
10 the suspicion at the time OF the
PilsudslIi putsch that the British en-
Coura Ged him and sympathiZed with
his notion about Poland.
In Ukrania there are no limits to
Pilsudski's ambitions. He would like
everything up to the Dnieper River.
the Polish frontier of 1772. He tried
for ii in 1920, and Boudinyi'S cOSSacllS
tore him TO pieces, so he is likely TO
20 easier next time. But II would
be militarily feasible to take in most
OF Nolhynia, which would make u
common frontier with Bessarabia
along the DnieSter. That would also
take a big load off Rumania'S mind,
as it would make it practically impos-
sible for Russia to retake BeSSarabia
by arms.
Incidental to his military plans, Pill
SudSki might thus settle both the
Polish corridor and the Bessarabian
frontiers, pacifying. perhaps, in the
long run rather than aggravating the
,situation in eastern Europe.
There would inevitably be a war
with the Soviet state, but, with the
Lithua Man deal closed and Germany
neutral, Pilsudski would count on
winning this time.
With ideas such as these il is I'M
derstandable why Pilsudslli did not
wish to be President Of Poland but
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LITHUANIAN UNION,
P|LSUDSK|'S DREAM
Dictator Has Eye on Kovno
as Good Place to Seize
for Negotiations.
Correspondence of The star and New York
World.

Correspondence of The star and New York
World.
WARSAW. Poland. June BIN the
head Of Joseph Pilsudski there is a
picture of Poland which does not fit
into the map of Poland as it exists
1t contains Lithuania on one end. and
on the other runs off into Ukrania.
Lithuania is sure to be Pilsudskis
first interest. He needs kovno, and
rs 1t is no: going to come by itself
he will have to go and get it. For
>he good Polish cavalry il is only a
two-daY ride.
He wants koVno. however, merely
to talk to the Lithuanians. As long
as the government of I.ithuania sits
there it will not listen to Polish rea-
soning. 4 lot of Lithuanians and
Poles may get killed in a three or
-four day battle. if the Lithuanians
are 50 unreasonable as to resist, but
the end OF it will be n conversation.
even Il gift. He will offer Wilma back
to the Lithuanians, provided they
consent to occupy their historic posi-
zion in the Polish Lithuanian state.
Wilma being strongly Polish. the Poles
will then, as III the past. run Lithu-
ania. but the Lithuanians are not eX-
Derte0 10 notice that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
ORDERS NEW FREIGHTERS.

LONDON. June 90 CP).-E. ".
Beatty, president Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Co.. announced today
that he had placed contracts for three
new freight steamers of 10000 tons
each for the Canadian Pacific Ocean
Services. The ships will ply between
London and Montreal.
Mr.. Beatty announced a few days
ago that he had placed contracts for
construction OF two new passenger
and cargo carrying vessels.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16

Did you know that a whole lamb
is served in Arabia, and the diners
help themselves by tearing off the
meat with their fingers.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16
DagsbOro

]. B. Chandler attended the NJ: r
Conference as a delegate, at VIII
mington the past week.
We are glad the conference sent
Rev. Adams back to us for announcer
wear. We hope he will have a sue
cessful year.
Raymond Lingo and two daugh-
ters of MillsbOrO called on VIM VII
liams on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Short OF
Greenwood visited Mr.. and Mrs. Epe
West Saturday.
G. A. Cannon, Mrs. J. B. Johnson
and Miss Hannah Cannon called on
Mrs. Virginia Lingo and Mr.. ana
Mrs. Raymond Lingo of Millsboro on
Thursday evening.
Our school teachers attended the
teachers meeting at Georgetown on
Saturday.
The festival was well attended on
Friday evening. The program was
very good.
VIM. c. Parkhurst is not much I'M
proved at this writing. We hope he
may recover soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe West and MI.
and Mrs. Raymond Baker were VS..
itors at Bridgeville during the week
end.
Miss Edna Reynolds spent the
Easter holidays with her mother
here.
Mrs. Essa Hickman has visited
Mrs. Anna Hickman in Lewes Hos
pital the past week.
G. A. Cannon, Misses Hannah
Cannon, Edna Brittingham and Her.
bert Hudson attended the declama-
ton contest at Laurel on Friday eve
ming.
Mrs. Emory Marvel of Salisbury
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Long on
Sunday. Mr.. Long is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hickman
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Hick-
man at Millsboro on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Vickers have a
new girl, born Thursday Mrs. WICK
ers is at her fathers, Mack Dukes
A. C. Steen died Sunday morning
at his home in Piney Neck. He had
been sick for quite a while win
asthma. He leave sa widow and four
children, Mrs. Clifford Lingo of Long
Neck, Curtis, Woodrow and Anthony
Steen. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the M. Il.
Church by Rev. Windsor. We eX-
tend our sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS TO AID
DELAWARE PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS

cOnfers upon me, | pledge myself tC
obey the good citizenship code.
The law of respect: will respect
and take care of the property of this
State.
The law of order: I will keep my
books in good order at school and
at home. l will arrange my books
neatly in my desk. l will have one
place at home in which to keep my
books when I am not studying
them. l will always keep my books
together in the place where they
belong. 1 will keep pencils and pa
pers out of my books. / will write
my assignment on a book mark.
The law of cleanliness: 1 will keen
my books clean outside and inside
I will not mark them with pen or
pencil. will not spoil their pages
with finger prints. 1 will not put
them down where they may become
soiled.
The law of honesty: / will guard
my books as a trust from the State.
I will return in good condition to
my teacher the books which the
State lends me. l will replace or
pay for those books that l lose or
damage wilfully or unreasOnably.
The law of right dealing: l will
keep my books fit for those to use
who come after me as 1 expect those
who come before me to keep their
books fit for me to use.
The same plan has been followed
out in regard to books for school
libraries. What the teachers con-
slider one most fitting and interest
ing books for each grade have been
compiled and the list is now being
printed for distribution to every
school in the State.
DR.. Holloway is very much pleas
ed with the results obtained from
the spelling bees that have been
held throughout the State the past
winter, and are now approaching
final contests. According to the
State Superintendent, these spelling
bees have improved the morale of
the pupils, and surely have aided
them with their spelling. The only
drawback is that, in selecting
enough words to fill out the con-
tests, many words that the pupils
will seldom find opportunity to use
in their everyday lives have been
learned, and which, according to
some educational authorities,
amounts to a waste of time.
In the districts, some of the
judges have given the contestant
three opportunities, rather than
turning him or her down if they
failed to spell a word. The lines
have been drawn a bit closer for the
county contests which will be held
on April %, as each contestant will
be given two chances before being
1t is expected that
when the State contest is held ON
May 7, to determine the champion
speller OF Delaware, selected from
he public schools, that but one op-
DOrtunity will be given.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16

Edgar O'Day who has been work.
ing at Philadelphia, has returned
home. Now won't May Passwaters
rejoice?
l.. c. Harris is suffering from an
attack of rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred O'Day spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Willie.
Mrs. Horace Webb and son are
spending some time with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. O'Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Isaacs spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. w. S. o.
Day.
Dali Lloyd was a Chaplain visitor
on Sunday.
The P. T. A. meeting of Smiths
School will be held on Wednesday
evening. April %.
Mrs. J. M. Dickerson spent the
weekend with her mother at Bridge
Vile.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16

Pansy McGee, Florence Jones, Dais-
ey Kitchens, Louise Evans, Ruth
Bennett, Helen Anderson, Betty
Knox, Margaret Keene, Mabel Gray,
Daisey Evans, Milton Cooper, Leslie
Hooker, Calvin Murray, Elisha Quill
len, Lloyd Quillen, Ellis Gray, Geo.
Knox, George Quillen, Eldon Quill
len, Marion Richards, Mary Quillen,
Francis Murray, Mack Murray, Ha-
eel Hudson, Dorothy Hickman, Dor
is Hickman, Grace Hail.. Ruth Hall,
Isabelle Mcgee, Dorothy Quillen, Ed
ma Marvel, Marie Littleton, Hilda
Evans, Helen Calhoun, Eva Bunting.
High School-Sidney Bennett. Ar
thur Quillen, Horace Wharton, Maui
rice Daisey, Charles Hooker, Rus
sell Hudson, Raymond Cannon, ia
cob Harmon, George Barnett, Vir-
ginia James, Murtice Holt, EfTie
Pepper, Lillian Hickman, Eliza Der
rickson, Alberta Pusey, Florence Nc
Farland, Eliza Hudson, Gladys Hick-
man, Dilema Daisey, Emily Hickman
Mary Dale, Eliza West, Hattie
Powell
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16

With but few more weeks OF
the school term remaining for the
rural schools, DR.. Harry Y. Hollo-
way. State Superintendent Oh FuO-
lie instruction, has recounteo solie
of the outstanding Developments
and accomplishments OF the Slale
public Schools this year. ,..
For the first time, Delaware
scbools have enjoyed certified teach-
ers. Previously it has been heces- %
sarv to utilize many instructors D
,,nouaIifed. who taught under pro-
yisional certificates. aonoo
BARRING sickness, the atlehuaIie ~
Of the state Public SchoOls .nl'
~ear was much better. Uniorl"ls ~
SteIv the various epidemlcs pi
,1'oasies and colds throughout Fep-
l,'orv and March. cut down the at
4ond9nce so severely that tne gen
oTaI average for the year VIII De oe-
So,v mat of other years. But aslue
fUo,, this time of illness, the mum,
49, of students on the honor Ioil
Ill he much larger than IN Olhei
years. 4;o etudv and
Improved SySICAi"e - 4a0yt
compilation of BOOKS ootn JILL IL
hooks and those used IN schoot
hraries. is another one oil Ihe W ~
Standing accomplishments aIt Oh tno
yoar Since 1919, the State Depart
ynent of Education has been WORK,
mo on a list of text BOOKS anu
hooks for libraries. The beglnhlns
,Tae small. but through the enthusl-
osro of the instructors, the list mas
%onn i'ot, growing steadily. This year
If reaches a stage that is pracucally
complete fro the purposes alheu at
Uniform Textbooks
Previously to this year, it was not
unusual to find as many as % ~ ~
ferent arithmetics in use III tn9
schools. This weakness was redll1e"
bv the State Educational auInoIl-
ties and this year as a result OIL IN
vestigation and study by teacners'
nrincipals and superintendent,
let of text books, not only for arlIh.
metic but all other branches ol
study has been evolved. Wherever
# is nossible. the committee mas
selected one publication ior eaci
study. This has been supplemented
With recommendation of other text
hooks in order that the State law
which calls for open list might De
complied with. u;,,o ro-
One of the most encouraging re
suits of this endeavor to use UNI
form list of text books, and the care
of the books. has been the Iorlil"s "
tion of a Good Citizenship code OF
ethics and which has been SUD
scribed to by thousands of boys ana
girls in the State. These pupils
have h agreed to the following pledge;
40 Acknowledging my gratitude, and
pledging my support to the State OF OF
Delaware for providing good schools
and free text books for my educa-
ion. and recognizing the obligation
oF citizenship that this education !
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16

Mrs. Sarah Williams of Philadel-
phia spent Tuesday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Webb.
Miss Minnie Hollinger spent Sat
urday with Miss Grace Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Conaway
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Green. Sr.
Miss DorOtha Rust also Louise and
Elma Beck spent Sunday with Miss
Evelyn Dickerson.
Mrs. Todd died at her home near
Owens Station on Saturday evening.
lnterment was made in st. Johns
town cemetery on Tuesday.
Edgar O'Day has returned home
after working for some time in Phil
adelphia.
Don't forget the social Friday
night. Girls be sure and bring a
handkerchief and boys bring your
pOcketbOoks.
Milford chronicle., 1926-04-16
Sunshine Valley
(near Oakley

The base ball team Of Owens Sta
ton will hold a box, shadow and
handkerchief social at Tatmans
school on Friday evening, April 16.
Ice cream, cake and parcel post
packages will be for sale. Everyone
invited to attend.
Harvey Passwaters who has been
in the hospital for treatment, has
had to have his eye removed.
Mrs. Leroy Sutton Of Marcus Hook
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Passwat-
ers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Marker and
family also James Jester and Mil
lard Morgan of Ellendale were Sun
day guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Morgan.
Lawrence Harris is on the sick
list,
Mr.. and Mrsf M. A. Webb enter
tained friends and relatives on Sun
day.
Mrs. @. L. Banning is suffering
from heart trouble.