PAX MUNDI]: [EASTERN EUROPE] Selection of Autograph Statements Signed by a variety of famous Eastern European individuals, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including Petras Klimas (1891-1969) Lithuanian diplomat, author & historian, one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania, stating, in part, 'Increasingly beleaguered by the economic and financial disarray which is the result of uncoordinated, undirected international activities, and in the absence of a clearly defined spiritual ideal, enlightened circles in all countries are, quite rightly, advocating that the States adopt a policy of collaboration for peace. Unfortunately, this peace, so fervently desired, does not depend upon measures applicable to international relations alone….'; Athanase Bouroff (Bulgaria), Lazare Marcovitch (Yugoslavia), Prince Nicolas Cantacuzene (1868-1944; Romania), Waclaw Lypacewicz (1871-1951) Polish politician, stating, in full, 'If schools, the press, the film and broadcast industries worked for peace as fervently as they work to unleash hatred and mistrust among nations - war would become impossible'; Ignacy Daszynski (1866-1936) Polish politician and journalist who briefly served as the first Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic in November 1918, stating, in part, 'I express my best wishes for the success of the pacifist movement. I hope it will have the greatest popularity: may every mother, leaning over her son's cradle, become a conscious and implacable enemy of war'; Jaroslav Kallab (1879-1942) Czech lawyer and writer, stating, in part, 'It is only when the idea of lasting world Peace has become, not a diplomatic and political programme, but a moral maxim, that humanity will have taken a decisive step in its evolution - that which guarantees peace'; Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) Polish historian; Alfred de Chlapowski (1874-1940) Polish ambassador; Admiral Alfred Dietrich von Sachsenfels (Hungary), Pierre Jivkovitch (Yugoslavia), Vladimir Molloff (Finance Minister of Bulgaria), Constantin Bataloff (Bulgarian diplomat), Charles Duzmans (Latvia) etc. Some light age wear, generally about VG, 23

 

The present 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.