Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

ITALIA. Paris (Exterritorial anti
Fascist publication In the ef-
fort to restore a degree OF order
/ and law abiding conditions to the
country. the italian government
has lately revised in most radical
fashion. as is consistent with its nat
ulal proclivity, the entire criminal
code" of Italy. 1t need scarcely be
observed that since Fasclsm became
the dominant power in the state. many
acts are considered offenses against
the law never SO designated IN any
other country.
Capital punishment is now author
lied for many misdemeanors and de-
linquency formerly punishable only
with fines and imprisonment.
The majority of these So-denom-
mated offenses are of political char
acter Under the new system. all prlS-
onerS. regardless of whether their guilt
is proved will be required 10 labor al
various tasks to balance the expense OF
remanding them in custody. In this
way all in Italy contribute TO the
support of the dictatorship. for I'M
less the desired service is rendered
willingly, all subjects soon find them
selves in jail.
Dispute Deprives
Citizens of Transportation.
Ell Mercurio, Santiago.-Puerto Mont
is without street car service. the
franchise of the Tramways Service Co.
expired and due to disagreements be-
tween the city council and the trans
portatiol enterprise, has not been re-
newed. The result has been great In
convenience and discomfort to the in
habitants who are now signing peutlons
which will be presented to the Citizens
Association in the hope that they may
be able to have the service resumed
Modern GIuttons
Have No Imagination.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-A protest
by the London Vegetarian society
against proposals for pubic ox.roasting,
notably at Brentwood, in aid OF the
District Hospital, has received the sup
port of Mr. Bernard Shaw.
In A letter to the secretary OF the
society, he writes:
"The oX-roa sting seems to me very
tame attempt to revive ancient les
tiyities Why not bait bear. burn the
village atheist. fog a Quakeress, pillory
a Dissenter. duck scold, fight nam
of cocks. have match between TWO
oyster eaters, and do the thing in
StYlcY 1nPSc 1CCOlC AiONSAh o'NSNS%AS
have no imagination,
Holds Chinese
Vereta bIes Unfit TO Eat.
The Bulletin. sydney N. S. w: GA
readers contribution) - alKwan: AS
ono who lived in Shanghai for many
wears I take leave to differ from Max
boda" about the excellence of the food.
the vegetable part anyhow. Beans and
such things may look we'll enough,
hit flavor Is missing, and they are
mostly of woody or watery variety.
II is unsafe to eat any raw market
vegetables like tomatoes or lettuce. If
"Nakhoda" ever ate good lettuce or
celery in Shanghai. I'll bet it was i'm
ported. Bubbling Well Cemetery is a
mighty overcrowded spot these days,
largely owing TO the effect on Euro
peans of uncooked Chinese greenstuf.
y X y
Mexican Pyramids
Rival Those Of Cheops.
Ell Universal, Mexico City.-Tourists
in Mexico from foreign parts all hear,
pyramids of Teotihuacan These stu
pendous monuments of our ancestors
were erected during period of
antiquity variously estimated to be
from 5000 to 5000 years since. The
Spanish conquistadors found them in
Mexico more than 400 years ago, and
ever since they have constituted a
problem exciting both the intense in
terest and concomitant amazement of
Psychologists. Besides the Teotihuscan
pyramids there are 50 or 80 other SINH
lar massive piles. some Of them so
cvergrown with trees and shrubbery