Word: szeptycki
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...party was directed to serious, biting and calumnious speeches. It was Marshal Pilsudski's turn to speak. He said many unpleasant things about his critics. Some he called "crooks." Then with one mighty roar: "The insults that have been heaped upon me call for blood!" Up jumped General Szeptycki, Minister of War and one of Pilsudski's bitterest opponents, and accepted the challenge. Seconds were chosen from the now sobered officers. Two limousines left Warsaw "for a secluded spot." Next morning in the gray of dawn the limousines returned. Marshal Pilsudski and General Szeptycki descended suffering acutely from...
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