POLAND: A good and attractive selection of Autograph Statements signed by various famous Polish Intellectuals ...

POLAND: A good and attractive selection of Autograph Statements signed by various famous Polish Intellectuals, Writers, Historians and one Cardinal, one page each, large 11.5 x 16.5 folio card, comprising Aleksander Kakowski (1862-1938) Cardinal archbishop of Warsaw and member of the Regency Council. The last Primate of the Kingdom of Poland before regaining independence in 1918. Kakowski states in French `There will be no Peace as long as there are states not wanting it. Poland wants Peace.´; Jean Rozwadowski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Literature. Dated 2nd July 1928, in French. Stating `The eternal struggle, like life…but the murderous war between civilized people..´; Dr. Osokar Chlup, Polish Writer. Brno, 4th March 1929; Jozef Kallenbach, Rector of Krakow University. In Polish; Helan Jaworski, Polish Scholar, in French `..Today, that Humanity has grown and Science is supplying combat with horrifying engines of destruction, war is an anachronism which only those who live without seeing, without learning and without knowing, can defend.´; Stanislaw Estreicher (!869-1939) Polish Historian. Krakow, 30th June 1928, in Polish. Together with Emil Ludwig ( 1881-1948) German-Swiss Author and Biographer. Ludwig reproduces a lengthy text by Goethe, in German. VG, 7 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.