Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

" L MURCURIO, Santiago.-We do
l. not understand all the written
and oral propaganda against the
IL public kennels (dog pound.
Death is thing desirable and
sweet when it comes to crown and
terminate an unhappy life. And 1t Is
generally accepted that the life OF
dog, and especially of a homeless dog,
is a life that Is sad and without any
attractions. The dog pound gathers in
all the old and useless dogs which have
lost their homes and are wandering
wretchedly about the streets. Dogs con-
the courtyard of some rich mistress,
have nothing to fear. It Is the others,
the outcasts and 1owly, who enjoy all
the benefits of the municipal kennels.
Benefits? Yes, gentlemen, and nothing
but benefits. The vagabond dogs are
collected by patient and proficient func-
tionaries, who employ humane and
scientific means to assuage their canine
sufferings. They are gently introduced
within a car and conducted to the
pound, where there are cages, operating
cells and a crematory. The last hours
of these stray dogs are passed in almost
a sybaritic luxury. They take their last
ride in a beautiful vehicle which BAN
ishes all their cares and fatigues. They
survey through their screened windows
the panorama of the city, well known
to most of them, but never before beheld
from such a tranquil refuge. They
arrive then in a quarter which they
do not recognize, but which appears TO
them spacious, pleasant and peaceful.
There they are kept for "a hours, To
give any one chance to reclaim them.
AS rule, no one takes an interest in q
Il do. la -
in comfort and safety. They have food
and water and a chance to rest and
sleep. Then, when their hour has come,
they are killed instantly by an injection
of poison applied to each condemned
by a careful attache of the institution.
Is not this better than dragging out
wretched existence, a tottertng shadow
of dog?
Injured Playing
Base Bah in Venezuela.
Ell Nueva Diaro. Caracas.-Rafael
Lopez, 80 years old, native Of Caracas
and an industrial employe, who lives
in house No. $50, between Candilito
and Tablitas. is an imprisoned admirer
of sports, and particularly beisbol (base
ball, so spelled in Spanish to insure the
correct English pronunciation). Re-
Gently. at 1880 in the morning, Rafael
found himself playing American ball
| with some other companions in the
Prado del Marie. The contest passed
| without incident or accident until near
the end of the game, when Rafael tried
to catch a very strongly impelled Dali
which, however, unfortunately slipped
through his fingers and struck him on
the nose with great force, breaking some
of the bones of that organ. The sport
ing gentleman was treated at the emer-
gency department of the Vargas Hospital
and then returned to his nome.
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| Macedonia for
| The MacedonianS."
La Macedonia, Geneva, Switzerland
| published extraordinarily to evade
censorship The territory OF Macedonia
/ as every one knows, has been divided
| as the result of postbellum conferences
between Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece.
This land should be an integral nation
| and that Is why our war cry Is Mace
/ donia for the Macedonians !"-and not
for partition among three alien and
hostile nations.
Just now the Serbian propaganda
| Is the most offensive in Its attempts
| at denational1zation. Iney apparently
| intend either to absorb or exterminate
the Macedonians in their allotted terri
| tory. But this does not cause US any
| establishment. The Serbian leaders
have for some time past conducted
themselves as they would in managing
the affairs of a revolted colony.
| One could have forgiven this attitude
| IL they had not sought to deceive the
world by pretending that Macedonia
Is peopled by pure Serbs" and other
afirmations Of the same sort. which