Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14
.HE EVENING POST, yelling
ton.-That the people of New
Zealand were living in q fools
paradise because they were not

Zealand were living in q fools
Il paradise because they we're not
making any adequate attempts
to study earthquakes and their causes
was the opinion expressed to a gather
ing of the Justices of the Peace Asso-
citation by Prof. j. A. Bartrum. head of
the School Of Geology at the Auckland
said, was known to be liable to earth
quakes of varying intensity. and there
was no reason to suppose that the is
lands had yet reached a stable stage
On an average, there were 10 earth
quakes a year strong enough to be felt
by humans. The government was pay
ing little attention to the study OF Seis-
mology. and he urged that that state
Of affairs should be remedied. FIRE.
Quently, he explained. strange noises of
very low wave length gave warning
of severe earthquake. These noises
might be heard by some people and
might be inaudible to others. They
were caused by a series of small earth
jars, brought about by the breaking OF
uneven conditions between planes of
rock. which would eventually slip and
cause a big earthquake.
H* -
Holland Rainmaker Will
VISIT venezuela.
81 Nuevo Diario, Caracas. -Mynheer
Veraat the official rainmaker Of the
Holland government, has announced
that he expects to make O trip to Ven
ezuela in the near future to see what
can be done about the prevailing
drought which has done so much dam
age to stock and crops. 1t is said that
Mynheer Veraat has produced rain
whenever necessary in the lowlands by
sprtnkling clouds with granular Ice at
the height of two or three thousand
meters. The method never fails in Hol-
land. and II equally successful in Ven
ezuela will be heavenly benefaction.
King Alfonso Lost Eleven
Pounds in Single Week.
A d c, Madrid.-One high in the
councils Of the monarchy, and himself
noble, has written for US something
Of the tragic happenings Of the final
hours of the reign of Alfonso before
his family and himself were exiled from
the stately palace of their royal prede-
cessors. We are told that the King be-
came so worn and anxious as the result
of anairs leading up to and immediately
following the fateful elections Of April
IL that he lost in the space of q single
week no less than IL pounds in weight,
due to inability either to eat or sleep.
The King never showed any sign Of
fear or disappointment, however, but
preserved an outward calm up to the
end and steadily refused to discuss eco
nonic developments even with his inti-
mate friends. He thought. according to
our informant, that hostility to his rule
was but temporary manifestation.
confined to certain quarters. and that
this localized unfriendliness would pass
away. as had similar distractions on
many previous occasions.
It was not until midnight of tn 14th,
however. that DR.. Elosegui and DR.. Sal
vador PaScual, physicians to the royal
family, were instructed to tell the King
that he must leave Spain at once, and
his family within the day ensuing.
The message from the Republican
leader. DR.. Naranon, to Dr.. FaScual.
was "to tell the Bourbons that there
must be no delay in their leaving
Spain" When asked, however, by one
of his intimates If he were not afraid
to precede his family into exile, the
King replied. by no means, for am
leaving them among Spaniards" In
such contrast Il seen the indifference OF
the people for the King and the affec-
ton of the King for the people.
The Prince of the Asturias, when In
formed on that final night that he must
give up his pretensions to the Spanish
throne, asked repeatedly Of those sur
rounding him. rs 1t really true that
we are never 70 return7" He could not