The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-10-28
WORLD NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Famine conditions i'm Chihli, Shan
| 81, Shantung and Honan provinces,
China. due to repeated light crops
followed by almost complete failure
/ this summer, are reported by inves-
Itigators TO be the worst in Years. 1t
lis estimated that 10000 900 people
|are in peril of death from starvation
and disease during the coming winter
unless help on large scale is afford
ed.
A campaign has been started in
Chile to collect by popular subscrip-
ton funds with which to purchase
airplanes and aviation material for
TIE army and navy. It is expected
each province will provide funds suf-
fcient to purchase one machine.
The former Grand Duchess Marie
Adelaide of Luxembourg, who abdi-
Gated as ruler of that nation last Jan
uary and was succeeded by her sister,
Charlotte, has taken the veil i'm a
Carmelite convent at Modena. She
quit as head of the Luxembourg gov
ernment as the result of opposition of
her subjects on the ground that she
had been too friendly with the Ger
mans during the war.
Philadelphia's birthrate has shown
a notable increase in the first eight
months of 1920. after a decline dur
ifIg the war The excess this year has
been 1913 births month over 1919
and If the resent rate continues viii
be far in excess of previous years.
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A miniature statue representing
the French soldier has been presented
To Ambassadors Wallace by commit
tee of the Friends Of the Polytechnic
School of Paris. The presentation
took place in the American embassy
and the purpose Of the gift was to
express to the ambassador and TO
America the schools appreciation for
American aid.
It is criminal offense in Ireland
to have. arms without permit. The
Sim Feiners have plenty of weapons
and pay no attention to permits.
When caught they are sentenced to
terms of imprisonment of from six
months to a year They have obtain
ed their arms by taking them in raids
from the people who have permits.
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Cherif Bey, chief of police, declares
that Constantinople is the costliest,
wickedestA city in the world. Since
the armistice it is filled with spies,
thieves, murderers. politicians, boil
shevik agents, opium eaters" he said
when he heard the tonbs of the sui
tans had been plundered and silver
chandeliers, ancient shawls and prec-
ieus rugs had been stolen
There ID still danger on the Dutch
coast from mines laid in the war.
Though the German and Dutch navies
are working hard to clear away the
extensive minefields which were laid
along the north coast of Frisia, a
great number of mines are still afoat.
With the withdrawal of Italian
troops from Avlona and the cessation
of hostile invasions by the Serbs and
Montenegrins, Albania is free OF
foreign occupation for the first time
in her turbulent history. Albanians
feel that they have at last reached
the goal of their national independ-
ence.
The Harvard reconstruction unit
which came to France in July has
completed it's work in the devastated
regions and many of it's members
have returned TO America.
The former German empress, Au-
gusta Victoria. has not been inform
ed that her son. Prince Joachim, killed
himself although he did do so more
than two months ago. She merely
knows that he is dead. The former
empress has been in better health of
late than for several months, and
now drives nearly every day about
the park of the Doorn estate in a lit
tie pony cart.
The government of Czecho- Slovak-
ia has recognized the Czecho- -Slovak
national church which is dissident
from the Church of Rome and has
been i'm existence for nearly year.
The new religion has gained numer-
Gus following. 1t rejects the eeliba-
cy of the clergy and the confession
and does not recognize the authority
of the pope.