REMOVAL OF COFFIN

Evening Star, Issue 22687, 29 June 1937, Page 9

REMOVAL OF COFFIN

IN CRACOW ARCHBISHOP SEEKS REFUGE Freu AModation—By Telegraph—Copyright CRACOW (Poland), June 28. Archbishop Sapieha, a septuagenarian, took refuge in a ceLar when crowds demonstrated against his removal of Marshal Pilsudski’s coffin from the > cathedral. The crowds smashed windows at the palace. Archbishop Sapieha was unable to, attend the Eucharistic Congress at The Pope has ordered the Papal Nuncio toeuse his discretion to settle the dispute. As a result of this the Papal Nuncio visited King Carol of Rumania after his arrival. [A cablegram published on Saturday stated: Violent demonstrations were staged outside the palace of the Papal Nuncio when thousands of people demanded the immediate dismissal of the Archbishop of Cracow (Monsignor Sapieha) for removing the heavy silver coffin containing the' remains of Marshal Pilsudski from the Tomb of Kings in the cathedral in defiance of the President of Poland. The coffin was removed when the archbishop learned that. King Carol of Rumania was to place a wreath on Marshal Pilsudski’s tomb. King Carol is duo to arrive at Cracow to-morrow. It is understood , that the archbishop’s decision was due, 1 not only to the fact that the King is not a Catholic, but also to his private life.]