Word: skrzynski
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...Count Skrzynski...
Count Alexander Skrzynski, onetime Foreign Minister and later Premier of Poland, nodded bleakly. He was much slenderer than his opponent; he wore a silk soft shirt, open at the neck...
...sweep of his arm General Szeptycki raised and discharged his pistol. He had missed. No change appeared in the handsome, slightly mocking visage of the Count, but the gentlemen who watched him bring his lean weapon slowly into position knew that they were about to witness a tragedy. Count Skrzynski did not know how to miss; he was one of the deadliest shots in Warsaw. "One . . ." said the umpire, telling off the first of the five seconds which the Polish code allows a duelist in which to return his opponent's fire. "Two. . . ." With an almost unbearable suspense...
...become a dictator. He recognized M. Rotaj, President of the Diet, as President of the Republic - which he constitutionally became upon the resignation of President Wojciechowski. M. Rataj then called in Casimir Bartal (Laborite) as Premier, and he promptly installed Pilsudski as Minister of War. Former Premier Count Skrzynski was made Minister of Foreign Affairs. The rest of the Cabinet were not announced. Said the Marshal to a U. S. reporter: "It all happened like lightning...
...Rhineland Security Treaty was of course not signed by M. Benes or Count Skrzynski, since neither Czechoslovakia nor Poland participates in the pact to guarantee the peace of the Rhine frontier. When the Arbitration and Guarantee Treaties were passed around, however, they had an-opportunity to sign agreements which are expected to make the frontiers between their countries and Germany vastly more secure...