Excerpts from local chronicles in the magazine "News from Poland". This issue mentions the housing conditions of Poles in the Lyon area - an excerpt from a correspondence from France on the matter is quoted in extenso. It also mentions the restoration of Langiewicz's grave in Turkey and a school in the Romanian town of Kiszynów (Source: "Wieści z Polski", Warsaw 1929, R: 2, no. 10, pp. 28-29, after: Jagiellonian Digital Library).

A modernised reading of the text

How do Poles live in the Lyon area?

The correspondent of the Warsaw daily ABC, Mr M. B., sent this paper interesting data on the lives of Poles in Lyon and the surrounding area. We quote here an extract from that correspondence. A certain number of our workers are scattered in small groups around the factories in Lyon and in the immediate vicinity, and on the farm near Dijon up to the Swiss border, as well as in the department of Puy de Dome, near Clermont-Ferrand.

Earnings here are lower than in other centres of Polish emigration in France, but life is also cheaper. The lowest wages are earned by ours at the Schneider arms and ammunition works in Le Creusot and Montchanin. This must be attributed to the considerable influx years ago of survivors of Wrangel's army who, finding themselves in the last poverty, agreed to work for such low wages that they created harmful competition for other workers. Housing relations leave much to be desired.

In many localities, not only the familyless, but entire families are forced to live in barracks left over from the POW camps. This is the case, for example, in Firmmy, this is the case in Magny. In other villages, workers' families live in nice houses surrounded by gardens. In general, the life of the refugees here is peaceful, although various syndicalist currents clash.

The Polish school system is reasonably prosperous, pastoral care sufficient. The Consulate tries to care for the Polish population as much as it can, but unfortunately, in view of the considerable space, it has too little money for travel. Most in need of care are the workers of the Schneider factory in Le Creusot, who have been chronically deprived for a number of years. The busy consul, Mr Kluczyński, organises larger Polish rallies in Lyon, thus maintaining an awareness of Polish solidarity and learning of the shortages and needs of the citizens entrusted to his care.

Organisationally, central France was on a par with northern and eastern France, when, at the last Assembly of Poles from abroad in Warsaw, it had its own separate representative

Langiewicz's grave in Turkey, restored through the efforts of our mission.

The storms of history have scattered around the world the ashes of Polish heroes who died for "our freedom and yours" during the period of captivity... Pulaski, Poniatowski, Bem and dozens and hundreds of others. The ashes of some of these heroes have returned to the country over time and rest in glory in their native land, but very many have remained far from their homeland, often in oblivion. One such forgotten grave, that of the freedom fighter-turned-dictator of the January Uprising, Marjan Langiewicz, is in Turkey, in the Haiden Pasha cemetery, a cross and a slab of white marble and an English inscription:

"General Marjan Langiewicz, dictator of the January Uprising, died May 10, 1887, &c.". Langiewicz's widow, née English, who was the founder of the tomb, is also buried in the same tomb.".

Over time, the tomb has been severely damaged. As is now being reported from Constantinople, through the efforts of Our Post in Turkey, the tomb has been restored so that, as one of the many mementos of Polish heroism and wandering, it will not be lost. An aesthetically pleasing tomb in a remote cemetery and a concise inscription will often tell an inquisitive foreigner more about Polish history than a propaganda brochure.

Polish school in Chisinau

In Chişinău, the opening ceremony of the school year was held at the Polish school. This ceremony coincided with another celebration, namely the consecration of the renovated school building, which now presents itself magnificently. Our Chisinau compatriots can be proud, as the Polish school now stands out in its appearance among both government and municipal schools in Chisinau.