Glacier County chief., 1939-10-13
Moscicki Looks
To Science to
Cure I'LL World

"oiius iS ueNiSeu the system MINI
self and superintendent its installa-
ton. 1t turned heavy, sluggish air
into cool mountain breezes, and gave
him new energy for his continuing
scientific work, at the age of 70.
Perhaps the falling leaves give
poignancy and sadness to the fate
of this kindly old gentleman, driven
from his country in the up-thrust of
the new-or possibly the old-sav-
agery of Europe. Not even his fine
intelligence could air-condition Eu-
rope against the germs of hatred
or the virus of power politics.
One might write OF Josef
Beck and Marshal Edward
Smigly-Rydz, political and mill
itary careerists, also exiled, as
incidental casualties, caught in
the backwash of their own am
billions. President Moscicki, al.
though merely a symbol in
feudal Poland, may find a place
in the later balance brought for
ward. II there is to be a new
dark age, it may be that lab!
0rat0ries will be the monas-
teries which will be the Ravens
Of the humane spirit and the
aspiring intelligence, as were
the monastic refugees Of the
Middle ages. President M0scicki
will transmit a great deal to
this legacy.
He is one of the greatest electro
chemists in Europe, ranked with the
great German, Haber. In the field
of synthetic chemistry, he holds
about 300 patents. He was college
professor for many years, tall and
thin with white hair and a spiked
moustache, as convinced as was
Woodrow Wilson that a new free
dom" could be gained by the mo-
Utilization of planetary intelligence
and good will. Much in the manner
of our own distinguished DR.. Robert
Andrews Millikan, he acclaimed the
ultimate triumph of science over
hate and stupidity. To date, the
good genii which they have sum-
moned are enslaved by men of
lesser understanding.
Eagle-beaked old Marshal Pill
sudski, realizing that Professor
Moscicki's work in rebuilding
Poland rated recognition, put
him away in the presidency and
forgot him. He didn't seem to
mind, because this enforced
obscurity gave him plenty of
time for his scientific work.
Which is perhaps just as well,
stacking up his achievements
against those of the power men
in the post war period.
nR. JUAN DEMOSTHENES
~ AROSEMENA, president of the
Republic of Panama, is, in spite of
his middle name, a practical man,
Panama Chief sneech and az.
Talks American ton. As the
Unity, Isolation keynoter for
American conference of foreign
ministers at Panama, he sharply as
sails totalitarianism and religious
and racial persecution and invokes
unity of the American republics in
the spirit of constructive isolation
for which our state department is
PROSECUTING just now.
DR.. Arosemena, a realistic
veteran of Panamanian politics,
has, in the past, accepted our
"good neighbor" policy on
grounds of enlightened SELF
interest. He has been keenly
aware that the Canal Zone
might be a major trouble spot,
If war comes this way, and, re-
Gently, discussing its defense, he
said, ''If they start shooting up
the canal, they'll be shooting at
us, too, and that's why we want
to help defend it."
He was foreign minister of Pam
anna from 1929 to 1886, elected pres
ident in the latter year, and in years
past has been sharply opposed to
the United States on various issues.
In the presidency, he has inclined
much more in our direction. He is
friendly and genial, rather in the cut
Of an enterprising business man. In
the 1888 Lima convention, he Joined
the Brazilian delegation in accept
ing the Roosevelt overtures for
friendship and unity.
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