The Washington times., 1935-05-17
POLANDMOURNS
AS P|LSUDSK|
IS BURIED

WARSAW. May II GN.S0.
Sorrowing Poland honored Mar
shall Josef Pilsudski with a SOL
dier'S funeral today while the
nations armed forces paraded
past his bier on densely-packed
Mokotower Field.
Fifteen thousand troops, led by
the marshal's favorite charger,
escorted Marshal PilSudski's body
through packed streets five miles
from st. Johns Cathedral to
Mokotower Field after high mass
was conducted by Cardinal KaroW-
ski.
Conspicuous in the military fu-
neral array were hundreds OF
nuns and priests, two Cardinals,
three Mohammedan priests and
three rabbis. It was estimated
half a million persons watched
the procession, which took two
hours and half to pass.
Floral offerings from foreign
lands took half an hour alone to
pass.
Body On CaiSSon
AS funeral bells tolled, eight
black horses clattered forward,
drawn a gun-carriage bearing
Marshal Pilsudski's beflagged cot
fin, while Immediately behind
walked General Ridz-Smigly, mill
tary chieftain, with yelled Madam
Pilsudski on his arm.
Marshal PilSudSki's two daugh-
tiers and other members of the
family followed, with Presiden:
Moscicki and distinguished foreign
visitors, including Gen. Hermann
wilhelm Goering, of Germany,
behind them.
William C. Bullitt, American
Ambassador to Moscow, repre-
sented the United States.
Foreign Minister Pierre Laval
Of France was there, and all i'm
portant government officials and
members of the diplomatic corps.
Cool weather prevailed. The
coffin was placed high on a bier
as artillery salutes doomed. So
great was the crowd that three
hours before the procession ar
rived rSolice and troops barred the
field to new arrivals.
Widest Disorder
For a time Zanek Square pre-
Sented q scene of the widest dis
order, and it appeared there
would be a tragedy comparable
to that following the coronation
Of Nicholas II in Moscow before
the war.
The confusion came about when
the crowd, which had been or
derby, learned that the cathedral
was to be closed half hour after
midnight. Previously it had been
announced the lines might file
past the bier until dawn.
Many of the mourners had
stood for hours in a cold rain
with hundreds weeping as they
awaited their turn.
Then, as midnight neared, the
decision of authorities to close the
entrance in a half hour was muir"
INJURED through the square. The
crowd broke it's lines and pressed
cruShingly to the entrance and
In the nearby narrow streets.
Panic Starts
At the corner where the Ameri-
can Embassy is located. the jam
ming crowds, the screams OF
nearly Suffocated women and
children started panic.
Mounted police rode through
the crowds. Unable to control
the masses of frenzied people, the
police appealed to the army and
infantry with fixed bayonets went
into action.
All the route that Pilsudski'E
cortege will follow out of the city
today was lined with masses OF
mourners long before his journey
was due to start. He will be
buried in Cracow Sunday or Mon
day.
Further excitement was caused
here by an unconfirmed report
that four Lithuanian regiments
in the border districts near Pill,
sudski's birthplace, Wilma, had re-
VOTED, allegedly because they
were not allowed to participate in
the funeral,