WAR GAMES IN EUROPE
MARTIAL SPIRIT GOES ABROAD
NATIONS ARE "READY"
London, Nov. 6. Europe, thinking, talking and fearing war, also played at war this year more extensively than ever before.
Military, serial and in some cases anval manoeuvres have been enrried out by almost every nation that 'boarta Any kind of war machinery.
Curiously, in almost every case, forces assigned to the job of attack or invasion have gained objectives with comparative case. The dice were loaded that way, admittedly
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Attacking forces were given con- siderable superiority over defen dors. To have guardians of the homeland overwhelmed served to bolster the conviction of the
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Balkans
Disturbed
TURKEY RESENTS BULGARS' CLAIM
Istanbul, Nov, D.
"Our pailence has certain limits which must not be overstapped." the nowspaper Zaman declared in an articló which, characteristically for the tension existing between Turkey and Bulgaria, is being re-, produced by the entire press of Istanbul.
Commenting on an article, pub-| Ished in a Bulgarian paper, In which it had been said "Thrace is ours by right und it will be re- Incorporated in the Bulgarian fatherland," Zamas protested hot- 13.
The claim was not perturbating Turkey, the paper continued, as it; was known that the Bulgarians, were never very clever in the field of foreign policy.
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Clyde Pangbourne, U. 5. airman, shows the route he and his compan- ion followed in the England-Australia
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populace that they are at the mercy of hostile neighbours. Govern- ments thus have additional popular support in their campaigns for new, additional and improved war wenpone.
SILLENT BOMBERS,
Some of these new weapons, which may figure in wars of the future are: The ultimate terror of air power, a noiseless airplane, capable of swooping silently through the night sky, approach unauspected, presence unrevealed. British air ministry experts have watched demonstrations of auch an airplane, inaudible at 2,300 "feel and a "flying tank," in other words an airplane nieunting comparative- ly heavy calibre quick ring field
guna,
A French 76 millimetre quick Airing gun has been successfully and accurately fired from the wings. of a French plane.
French engineers suggest the possibility of bullding huge towers.
Nils Author is the latest film star to desert Hollywood for London.
ing
the
6,000 foot high, six times the ul titude of the Eiffel tower, with platforms at different heights from which fighting airplanes could be launched. The airplanes could be housed parmanently on the plat forms, in time of danger, ready to sweep upon enemy raiders nt a moment's notice, without necessity at first, laboriously gain-
the required altitude. DEFENDERS OVERWHELMED. For the first time in history Great Britain carried out combined Army, navy and Royal air force manoeuvres, over Yorkshire, designed chiotly to af- a portion of ford practice in inter-communica- tion between the three services. Forces of "Britannia," with no warships and only six airplanes, were overwhelmed easily by an in-
NEW ALLIES AT. GENEVA
MILLIONS FROM ROAD TRAVEL
In The
It might be somewhere in India, but it's a St. Louis xou. Miss Jim is taking some of her playmatas riding.
ROSE ROOM-
One day, however, they might commit a "folly." It should be uneful, therefore, to warn them, that-alluding to the Greco- Turkish war-Turkey once,' within twp weeks accomplished the miracle of expelling *** whole worki
DIVORCE MUDDLE
DINNER DANCE
TO-NIGHT
of
REFORM SADLY NEEDED IN U.S.
| enemies.“--United Press.
vading force
from "Nordania,”
backed by 43 warships and several squadrons of airplanes.
vik
FORTY-SEVEN VARIETIES
France's "Blue" army, simulat-
Chicago, Nov. 7. ing an invasion of France
There are 48 states in the United Switzerland, gained many suc-States and 47 different varieties of cesses against a wenker "red" de divorces, the American Legislator's Association discovered in an ex- fending army.
haustive survey just made public. The survey ended with a conclusion that only five states agree on what constitutes grounds for divorce,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland concentrated manoeuvres on testing the mobility of their military units,
"The whale situntios represents" as mad a mess of conflicting ideas All four coultries specialise in and ideals as exist anywhere in bjeyele troope. Holland mounts our statute books." It waUS an- light machine
Kuon on bicycles.
nounced.
lawa run
Italy mounta machine guns 11 The nation's divorce motorcycles. Italian cycling troops, from one extreme to the other. during manoeuvres over rough In Nerada, with its Reno mecca country, up bills
and down dales, for disillusioned mates, only six- eqttalled cavalry in reaching dea-weeks' residence IN required. Buations.
After that brief adjourn one can receive his or her decree within, 24 hours and marry again on the way out of the courthouse.
BELGIUM'S FRONT LINE. Belgian "Chasseurs Ardennais." hieyele troops constantly stalloned you're married you usually
But in South Carolina when along the frontler, are equipped married. It takes a special state stay with explosives to blow up ronda law to free
any spouse, even
and hold up pay advancing horde though the other party may be à temporarily, pending arrival of drunkard, an adulterer, a maniae
reinforcements and mobilleation of don't exist. -
or A criminal Court divorces.
the army, an operation which
would require from six hours, totivorce cases are permitted to re- In 19 states, parties involved in four days. Belgium is prepared marry at once, in 26 other states for surprise attack, without only the person auing for divoree formal declaration of war.
is given that right.
In South Dakota
convicted
on divorce
Infantry and heavy artillery still are counted upon for long-drawn.adulterer-convicted out struggles, but military mano-hearing evidence is prohibited euvres of the past summer indicate lifetime of his ex-wife. In New from marrying again during the general belief that any European York state, the same law prevails war that may break out will be sudden and unexpected, and that unless the defendant has special the nation with the most mobile permission from the court. units in such a fight will gain con- siderable Initial advantage.
Pennsylvania and Tennessee
GERMAN EFFICIENCY,
this
WEST-ASIATIC BLOCK
REVENUE £3,000,000 UP IN 9 MONTHS
Taxation of road vehicles in Istanbul, Nov. 5.
Great Britain in the nine months Jended August 31 this year produced Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan over £3,000,000 more than in the will, henceforward, form a West- Asiatic block and, in particular, corresponding period of last year. presént a "united front" at Geneva, the Turkish press declared in ita nounces in a return that the gross The Ministry of Transport an comments on the entrance Afghanistan into the League of amount received in payment for Nations-United Press.
such licences in that period was
of
This beautiful daughter of Dalmatia in taking a Sunday ride in all her. finery. Ordinarily she would be driving her mount with a couple of high-piled pannikins on his saddle.
that Nevada still retained its lead. E29,304,918, compared with £26,-
forbid an adulterer from marrying] "A simple, uniform law is the 237,791 in the corresponding period
The total number of motor
"the other woman in the case theoretical answer to this hodge of the previous year. during the lifetime of his ex-wife. podge of formulae now existing,” Large scale military manoeuvres The same situation exlats In the said Dr. Charles G. Vernier, of were not held in Germany cases of women defendants found Stanford University, who helped vehicles, excluding trumcars
anel year, officially because it was fear to have been guilty of adultery. compile the survey. "This agree-trade licences, was approximately ed that due to the prolonged
ment does not seem attainable in 2,358,790, compared with 2,241,083, drought deploying troops might Commenting upon the popularity the near future. but without Mechanically-propelled start forest, and prairie fires. of easily obtained Mexican
di-striving for immediate unification vehicles registered for the first However widespread manoeuvres
vorces, the Legislator's Association of the laws, much improvement can time in August, number 19,523, were carried out in small units, so decrees in Mexico last year, but very little effort."-United Press. 1035.
said that 2,600 Americans obtained be obtained in many atates with compared with 17,442 in August, organised that at various times
almost every buck private in the ranks was called upon to assume temporary leadership of fairly large bodies of troops. All per formed notably, confirming the impression that the German Reichswehr is actually an army of sergeants commanded by lieuten- ants.
Many European nations carried out extensive nir raid manoeuvres, especially designed to train civilian populations in the use of gas maska, in the necessity of seeking shelter and in treatment of gas burns. Belgium even built tem porary anti-aircraft shelters to demonstrate to the populace of Brussels.
The British governmont has postponed, at least temporarily, the issuance of an elaborate safety code for civilians during air raids, Mr. Stanley. Baldwin announced in July that such a code would be drafted and published. Than A Cabinat sub-committee, after care ful consideration, decided issuance of auch a code might mislead the public Into the belief that war was Imminent.
According to authoritative Bri tish opinion war is not actually imminent, but most European na mechanically and tochnically, if it Hou tions will be ready for it, at least comes. United Prezy, • *:
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