Evening star., 1928-11-04

or Palace of Justice" at Messina
Sicily.
Two new air lines, namely, Rome
Syracuse -Tripoli and Rome Genoa
Marseille- Barcelona Las Palmas (chief
town of the Spanish Canaries).
AS service was being initiated on
each of the two lines by four -motored
super-Wahl seaplane of 2,000-horse-
power machines, previously established
Rome-Genoa. Rome -Naples-Palermo and
Rome -Cagliari lines simultaneously took
the air while guns doomed salute.
BY order of MusSolini not a speech
was made that day. but at each of the
gatherings message from the Duce was
read; rather quiet message. containing
only one MuSsolinism. as follows:
Let us raise our banners and weapons
with a single cry which has made and
will always make to tremble our enemies
of all descriptions and kinds-'on your
guard'-Of late Mussolini has been a
little chary of MussoliniSmS.
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Greecc.-The population of Athens is
estimated at $4,000, as against 10000
century ago. when Greece became
independent and 100000 in 1921.
A greater Athens to include Piraeus,
10 WIU the
modern Athens. would have over .O0O.-
900 people Athens needs parks and
water; above all water, because nothing
can be made of parks without abundant
irrigation. The supply from Hadrian'S
aqueduct. however we'll repaired. is quite
inadequate but at last a fair supply will
soon be Forthcoming through completion
of an artificial lake at Marathon and
of a l5-mile aqueduct therefrom. No
doubt in time the supply will be rein
forced by way of an aqueduct from the
Stymphalian Lake, famous as the scene
of one of the labors of Hercules.
Quite as important, the return Of
VeniZllos to power Is being signalized by
action toward realization of two of his
darling schemes of reclamation The
Greek government hes contracted with
New York engineering interests for an
irrigation system for the Strymon
Valley above Saloniki and for drainage
terests which will within a year or so
have brought the so-much- needed water
from Marathon to Athens.
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| Rumania.-Premier Bratianu of Ru-
mania is at outs with the Rumanan
regency. Tho regents asked him to
resign, but he has fatty declined
declaring the request to be quite un-
reasonable In view of the fact that tbs
government is Negotiating an important
loan and is engaged in other important
operations looking to stabiliZation oi
! the currency. With a change of gov.
ernment all the considerable work &C.
complished II that end might, he
urges, be nullnied.
| II seems that December l is the
! tenth anniversary of the incorporation
| If Transvlvania with Rumania, anc
the regents want to see grand cele-
bration that day. but something liks
20 per cent of the Transivanians abhol
the Bratianu government and woulC
boycott the celebration should it be
ruling on December !. The regents dc
not impress as a strong group. More
| over, Bratianu seems to have the sup
port of the army. 1t is delicate situ-
aticn.
J United States of America.-Robert
an, ing. %orretarv cf State under
| President Wilson from June, 1915. to
! February, 1920, during the entire period
Of our rartlclnat'on in the war and
| during that of the peace conference,
| IS dead at 81.
He was one of the five American
peace commissioners. The others were
Wilson, the late Henry White, Col. E
M. House, and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss
Mr. Lansing was an expert in inter-
| national law
Mr.. Hoover has announced that II he