Evening star., 1928-04-29
BY HENRY W. BUM.

HE following is brief summary
of the most important news of the
world for the seven days ended
April %:
France-In the first days voting.
on April %. of the French general
elections, only i79 candidates (6i2
Chamber seats To be filed obtained the
required clear majority, las OF these
being supporters OF Poincare and the
National Union. Not a single Com
munist was elected on the FIRST ballot,
though at the 1924 elections about 20
we're so elected ttheir representation IN
the last Chamber was 29D. The general
indications indicate new Chamber OF
about the same complexion as the late
one The supplementary elections take
place today: the candidates winning
plurality today are returned. All went
of quietly last Sunday.
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acknowledgements authentic re-
ports concerning the recent series OF
terrible earthquakes in Bulgaria show
that scarcely single house has been
left in condition safe for habitation in
Philippopolis, a city of about $4,000
population. and that some 900 FAM
Ilies In that city and vicinity are with
out sheItering roof The number OF
ascertained dead is over 100 and OF In
tured over 100. Panic reigns throughout
the kingdom with the familiar attend
ant psychical phenomena.
There Is said To be general feeling
that the Deity sent the catastrophe by
way of punishment for the sitting OF
| the Bulgarian Parliament on Good Fri
day TO discuss foreign loan and people
| may be seen in numbers PROSTATE
deprecating the Divine vengeance.
Greeee.--on April % New Corinth,
| Greece, founded In 1853. when the
remnant Of Old corlnth was destroyed
/ by earthauake). and It's vicinity we're
/ terribly ravaged by q succession OF
earthduake shocks. Reports state that
every house In the city upward of TO-"
| 900 popnlationJ was destroyed or rem
deFed unsafe for habitation; that as
many as 1000 persons In neighboring
i small towns we're similarly rendered
shelterless, and that 80 or more
persons In the district were killed
and hundred or so injured Re
ports differ as 10 the amount
of damage To the few precious relics
on the site Of the magnificent
old Greek city and It's no less mag
nificent, II less elegant successor the
Roman city No harm was done To the
seven Dorlc columns Of the Temple ot
Apollo. but one report has IL that one
Of the sculptures mot, let us hope. OF the
old Greek peri0d) was ruined and that
many Of the vases Of the priceless COLI
lection IN the museum lnciuding Pre-
Mycenaean and early ge0metfie speci-
mensJ were shattered,
Shocks Of some severity have been
felt al over mainland Greece, inclnd-
ing Athens and in the Aegean Islands
The "subterranean equilibrium" Of the
Aegean sea area has been badly dis
equilibrsb~d since the Smyrna earth
quake ~ two years ago, Indeed, much
yeXed Smyrna was badly shaken and
damaged on the day Of the corinth
disaster.
United states Of America. lit viii bs
recalled that on March 20 The Senate
passed without discussion and without a
dissenting vote bill definitely authofiz'
ing expenditure by the Federal Govern
ment NJ S326, 900 900 toward flood con-
troll ot the Mississippi and It's tFibu'
taTies But the bill contains also indefl'
mite provisions. which the President II
said 10 have Interpreted with great dis
pleasure 81 capable Of construction
which should oblige the Government II
further 0ntlays which might carry tht
total of the Governments expenditure
under the measure as high as 81 300,
900 900.
on April "a The House passed, 254 4
9l, flood control bill, III which th'
main provisions seem Ia be the follow
ing
~ Appropriation Of S32o, 900 900 an
! ihGrized for flood control works on th'
Mississippi and Of 81 500 900 additions
t0r food control works on the Saera
; menl0 River Ia California Expenditure
for lis original purpose authorized of thl
linsEpended balance, amounting 10 tl0,
000, ,0D0 Of an amount previously author