The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-13
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

ny LEMOEk r. FANkON
NEW YORK.-The aged presiden
~ of Poland, Ignaz Moscicki, put
an air-conditioning system in his ole
plusE-draped Baroque palace three
Moscicki Looks seaas ss0 4 de- :
Ia. Science to vout believer
Cure III World in the benign
the laboratory which will some day
transform tragically afflicted
world, he devised the system him.
self and superintendent its installa.
ton. It turned heavy, sluggish ali
into cool mountain breezes, and gave
him new energy for his continuing
scientific work, at the age of 20.
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.
q One might write of Josef
Beck and Marshal Edward
Smigly-Rydz, political and mill
itary careerists, also exiled, as
incidental casualties, caught i'm
the backwash of their own am
billions. President Moscicli, al
though merely q symbol in
feudal. Poland, may find a place
in the later balance brought for
ward. If there is to be new
dark age, it may be that lab
Orat0ries 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.
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 800 patents. He was college
professor for many years, tall and
thin with white hair and spiked
moustache, as convinced as was
Woodrow Wilson that ''new free
dom" could be gained by the mo-
bilization 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.
DR. JUAN DEMOSTHENES
- AROSEMENA, president of the
Republic Of Panama, is, in spite Of
his middle name, practical man,
Panama Chief speech and ac-
Talks American ton. AS the
Unity, Isolation ts Tor d
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.
DIR. Arosemena, q realistic
veteran Of Panamanian politics,
has, in the past, accepted our
"g00d 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, 'sIf 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 Pan
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 1898 Lima convention, he joined
the Brazilian delegation in accept
ing the Roosevelt overtures for
friendship and unity.
THIS writer has heard several ex-
= pressions of establishment over
the eagerness Of the Rev. Martin
Niemoeller to fight for, Nazi Ger
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