Evening star., 1928-11-18

classic references to Aetna. 1t seem.
that one of the gaintS, Typhon by
name, q fellow with hundred heads
horrible eyes and terrific voices, es
Sayed to dethrone Zeus, but Zeus trans.
fixed him with a thunderbolt anC
buried him under Mount Aetna. Inside
Aetna Is the workshop of HephaeStus
where, with the aid of the Cyclops
he forges the thunderbolts of Zeus anc
the armor for the gods and goddesses
and does various little odd jobs fol
his Olympian relatives. When Aetna
belches flame 1t comes partly from the
breath of Typhon and partly from
HephaeStus' forge. When Sicily shakes
tits Typhon turning on his side"
Seneca tells a story of two youths
of Catana (the modern Catania)
named Anapias and Amphinomus
brothers, who, in the catastrophe Of
ATT B. c., as the lava was overWhelm-
ing the city, took no thought of them.
selves. but, placing their aged parents
on their shoulders, trudged forth II
meet their doom. But no. the lava
stream parted to yield them way, anc
after they died in their beds the
SicilianS worshiped them as the PIl
Fratres. Both Aeschylus and Pindal
allude to the eruption of AIT B. G. anc
Thucydides to that of 425 B. c. Ir
comparison with Aetna. Vesuvius is
new to fame, as its first eruption
known to history occurred in 79 A. D
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Rumania.-I related last week how
on November 8 the Rumanian regents
invited Julius Maniu, head of the Ma
tional Peasant party, to form gov
ernment He did so, and the next
day, at his instance, the regents dis
solved Parliament. Elections to both
houses will be held toward mid-Decem-
Der, and the new Parliament will as
senlble December %. To the Joy OF
the ousted Liberals tSo-called), but
really very hard-shelled Conservatives
Maniu is handicapped by the general
inexperience of his cabinet.
The results of the elections would
seem very doubtful, as the Liberals
have a rich war chest and the Peasant
party is poor. The Liberals are taking
their defeat very gracefully. 1t is OF
note. in view of the fact that the
Peasant party has been regarded by the
outside world as Carolist. that imme-
diately after taking the oath of Office
M, MANU- issued a statement as fol-
lows
Our government will confirm the
legislation passed under former Premier
Bratianu concerning Prince Carol, who
by his childish acts has forfeited his
right to the throne forever. Michael
will be our King, to. whom we shall be
answerable through the regency, whose
powers are fixed by law to which we
agree unreservedly."
MANU- has already dismissed some
scores Of officials; cleansing the Au-
gean Stables" he calls 1t.
United States of America. - The
Presidents Armistice day speech,
made In the Washington Auditorium
at exercises held under the aus
pices of the American Legion, is hav-
ing much resound in the world. ]
quote several significant passages, with
the warning that a quotation severed
from its context loses much OF its i'm
port:
Having few fueling stations, We re-
quire ships of large tonnage, and hav-
ing scarcely any merchant vessels ca
pable OF mounting or inch guns, IL
is obvious that, based on needs, we are
entitled to larger number of warShipS
than a nation having these advantages
1t Is obvious that, eliminating all COM
petition, world standards of defense re-
quire us to have more cruisers.
"We do not wish to finance prepara-
ton for future war. There Is little rea-
son for sending capital abroad while
rates for money In London and Paris
are at or per cent, while ours are
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