May 31,1928
Budget. The Diet debated yesterday all day long on the budget.
With the axoeptlon of deputy Erzyzanowski of the Government party
who spoke cone rning the budget - all debates had purely a
political character. The radical factions insisted on the
necessity to the return of a purely pariiamentary system of
ruling from the present, dicatorship. The radical parties stated
that their victory during the election shows that the country is
for them and that they have the right of participating in the
government. Deputy Slavek spoke in the name of the Government
and stated that the main object of the Government s group will be
to propose a change of the Constitution he did not Precise however
what will be the proposed change,he onlj^ said that he does not
mean to propose a change of the electoral law. The speech of
John Dnabski.who in the previous Diet was ready to become a
government leader - pron unced yesterday an opposition speech - he
stated that the Government speaks a It of the increase of the
P lish prestige - but did nothing in de.'ending the corridor where
all large German .estates should hare been parcelled and colonized
by Polish peasants. He said that the abuses during the election
diminished the popularity of Pilsudski. The speech of Dambskl
caused quite a storm on the benches of the Government group and
the Glod Prawdy of the day writes a very severe critic of the
person of Damteki. The Ukrainian leader - Lewicki and the White
Eusoians pronounced very inst.asigent speeches. The Jews were
silent. They are fctttis so small in number and form such a uuarrelsatSB
group that they could not agree as yet whom to ssiect for
chairman of their group. The Diet will probably finish today the
general debate on the budget and pass to individual ministries in
the afternoon beginning by the ministry of Agriculture,
Foreign Affairs . Minister Za^eski stated to deputies of the
foreign Affairs Comrlttee that the last note of Seer -1 ry Kellog
means that he came much closer to the French point fo view which
is also that of Poland that it seemed in the beginning. The
Minist r stated that Poland will maintain the same indulgent
pol cyt toords Lithuania as before inspite the ireesponsible
policy of the Lithinaian Government,
Memor al Day . On khx. Memorial day the graves of Ameriean aviators
in L ow were decorated with AeTion flags and. flowers and. a
rei gious service was held at the graves atoenddd by the Army
and chool children of Lwow. Mr.Dev-ey deposited on that day a wreath
on the grave of the Polish Unknown warrior in Warsaw,
Several hundred Polish women from America members of the Alliance
of Polish -eeomen or ived in Warsaw in iligrimage to Our Mother of
Czhenstochawa, They will be received today by the President of the
Republic.
Mr.Karpinski,Chairman of the Bank of Poland went to London to visit
the Governor of the Bank of England.
Tele, hones A number of Warsaw reaturants and c.ffe houses cancelled
their ph.nes hoping to force the Telephone company to modify the
present system of limited service
Katowice elected a new ^ayor - Mr.Adam Kozur.formerly chief of local
police. Mr.ICozur is only E4 of age © the youngest mayor in Europe.
