Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-08

N YEUES WIENER TAGBLATT,
Vienna.-In the United States
VI there were on January /. 1929,
4 1S,500,000 telephone connec-
tons. This figure comprises
80 per cent of the installations in the
there are 16 telephones to every 100
persons. The average in Europe Is
like number Of telephones to every 1000
persons.
Canada possesses some 21s,OOO,O0O
hectares (490,000,000 acres) of land
under cultivation, while the United
States, despite her 10 times population,
has only 119,000,0 900 hectares (26s,000
900 acreS).
Italy Must Face
Hostile Powers Alone.
La Stampa, Turin.-By this time the
words of II Duce uttered at Milan and
Florence months ago have become less
apocryphal. The premier did not mean
that cannon, swords, guns and ships of
the air and Of the sea were in them
selves rich and beautiful, but that they
possessed a fatal lure-just as does q
siren-in dazzling the eyes and in
triguing the affections Of all European
peoples.
While the League of Nations pirates
of peace and disarmament and repre-
Sentatives of all the different powers
concur, back home these same nations
are privately strengthening their for
tresses, building great war vessels and
developing new types OF artillery and
machine guns.
II such activities are right for other
nations, they are right for Italy, for the
best way to maintain peace Is to be
ready for war.
Can Italy be criticized for having q
larger army than in the years 1915 to
1918 when even her present forces are
but half or a quarter Of the military
establishments Of the nations surround
ing her?
The interests opposed to Italy and to
FaSctSm are powerful, for they are
united. italy must face all these hostile
powers alone, for none are neutral when
1t comes to maligning and threatening
the political reforms for human better
ment, which, originating in Italy, shall
ultimately spread to every nation of the
earth.
signor Mussolini has been patient. He
did not prematurely alarm his people
regarding the hostile activity of other
countries, but there Is time to speak
Is well as q time to be silent, and II
Duce's utterances merit and require the
solemn consideration Of every loyal Ital-
IAN.
Brussels Actors
Mourn Loss of Cat.
lie Soir, BrusSels-The entire cast
and personnel of one of our Brussels
theaters Is in tears. It Is not that the
public bestows sour looks upon the
spectacle. The performance draws a
great crowd every evening. 1t is not
that any discord has riven the pleasant
relations of the company. Everybody
there never Is evidenced any of the
symptoms Of jealousy, rivalry nor spite.
Alas-it is nothing of that sort, but
Popette has disappeared
Popette was beloved by all the men
and-no leSS-by all the women. No
one ever passed her without stroking
her fur with q tender caress. Despite
her popularity, she was not in the least
proud or reServed-and what wonder
she was for hunting out the mice, to
say nothing of rats!
For Popette-our readers have al
ready OWNED it-Popette was a cat.
Cats and condolences naturally get
along so well together, and even more
cordial are the understandings of cats
and condolences. In brief, though
Popette was pampered and petted by
AL Cle migrate has disappeared. was
she enticed away by some unprtncipled
tomcat of the neighborhood? Was she
coveted for giblets by some low pot
house keeper? Heaven alone knows
whether such an one would be above
putting her in the stewI
Meanwhile the actors and actresses
weep and call Popette-Popette"
until the echoes ring. Where is Po-
peter" Has any one seen Popette?"
II any Of our gentleman readers or
seen Popstte, let the joyful announce
ment Be given out Immediately. Such