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Voice of the Press , Canada, The Empire and The World at Large . Be Careful It is a most distressing experience to go through an automobile accident, Those who have Injured other people bitterly regret their carelessness if they have been at fault, It is infinite- ly better to show a pleasant spirit of courtesy, take things easy on the roads, and avoid the regret and loss that must come from a serious acci- dent.--Montreal Herald, The Lucky Man' The lucky man'these days is the one who has been so busy looking after his business that he didn't know there was a stock crash until fie read about It in the papers.--Chatham News, Achieving a Profit Let the bells ring out! Let there be music and singing and dancing in the ptreet! Let bonfires be lighted on the highest hills! Let there be general re- joicing! _ Why all this excitement? Reason enough! A municipally-owned street railway system has produced a profit, True, the profit shown by the " Calgary line is not large--3.24 to be exact--but it is a profit, and that is something, And it is the first time since 1929. However, there seems to be a fly in the ointment, The despatch telling of the blessed event says that the surplus was achieved "after allow- igg for the electric light department's contribution of $3,376." --Border Cities Star. Harvesters' Excursions There will be no harvesters' excur- sions to the west this year. Some of those excursions were good. They pro: vided a trip that generally did better than pay expenses and they also con- vinced a good many folk that Ontario was a pretty good province, Pua! ford Beacon-Herald. Buy Now Every report on business issuing from any source on this continent is telling the same story. Stock and com- modity prices are advancing rapidly, and retail prices are certain very soon to follow them upward. And the wise retail buyer will "gel in on the ground floor" now.--Halifax Herald. Accidents in Homes Next to the highway, it is in the up late, perhaps the figure is only a quarter of their life, but it is still too much, In any case, now we know it fs not a necessily of life, there is no further excuse for sleeping through'a sermon or nodding over a book, and public officials can at least be expect: Patrie (Montreal). The New Era When the World Economic Confer: ence comes to a close Roosevelt says "It won't b2 the end of the world." But it will bg the end of an old world--the one which was based on international finance and trading, It will be the be. nations will create fresh markets either of their own people or in new economic groups. America already has set out on this adventure. Britain must tread the same path, The pros- pect before us is fairer even than that which faces the new Americans. Cer- tainly there is no going back, The bridges are broken down. The Empire Union must now take the place of the old world which has broken down,-- The Daily Express, Wrong Background The pessimism that attends the con- ference is increased by the optimism of its background. The representa- tives of the sixty-six nations in varl- ous stages of economic stringency and financial disaster obseri: everywhere is apparently untouched and might be they turn an England whose prosperity living in Edwardian days, to London at the height of the Lon- don season, when all the spending of people with money is accelerated and all the luxury left in the country Is dis- played. The proper bacsground for a Word Ilconomic Conierence in Eng- land would have been Manchester or Bradford or .Glasgow, perhaps Glas- gow best of all, for there everyone can see the miles of empty stocks of the with activity when all the world need- shipyards, not so long ago teeming ed ships to carry trade from one land to another and all the world traded together.--NMaunchester Guardian.- Canada Needs People Canada is the only British Dominion which can be quickly made ready for the reception of millior:: of settlers, She is distant hardly 'a week's sail ed to stay awake at their jobs!--Lal| - ginning of a new world in which the. They come | Vryl D, Jackson, Kellerton, Towa, world's champion barnyard golt exponeit, rings 80 out of a possible 100 blindfolded at Chic- ago Fair, ----y Chicken "a la Carte" | - On the King's Highway Comments the Toronto Globe--On- tario's honor is in jeopardy because of chicken dinners. This great Province stands before the bar of history accused of permitting culln- ary. suggestlo falsi upon the King's Highway. : ve "Chicken Dinners, 45c¢."; the signs are out along the highway between St, Catharines and Toronto, But, and the Ottawa Journal notes the 'fact with sorrow, the forty-five cents pays only for the chicken in the din- ner. Everything else is extra, The words "a la carte," lettered small on the signs, cover the extras and legalize the hoax. The Journal quoles the complaint made to a re- presentative of the Ontario Motor League by an incensed United States motorist. Mr mha t The--motorist--was--right to com- Expected to Resign Tightening of f Control by Fare cists Seen in Search of Citizens ~Berlin.--Recent events emphasize a growing approximation of the meth- ods of the German National Socialists to those of the Italian Fascists, The Chancellor has said that his govern- ment had the same high aim of in- cul¢dting national self-respect as that which inspired Italy's. leader, Signor Mussolini. Other similarities are. to be found 3 in searches which have been going on throughout the whole of Germany on a wide scale during the past week. These searches have extended to all | roads and railways where traffic was of | stopped to permit investigation passengers, - Even educational 'insti- tutions were included, A number of different agencies, including the police, Brown Shirt volunteers, and students conducted the searches. In a technical college of Berlin two students have been handed over to the police for pos- sessing Socialist literature, Else- where motorcars and railway car- riages have been examined simultan- eously, : As an outcome quantities of sedi- tious literature, also arms, munitions and foreign currency in excess of the permitted maximum are reported to have been discovered. 'A further move has taken place in regularizing>the relations between the National Socialist representatives in the Reichstag and deputies of now.ex- tinguished parties. It takes the form of an arrangement in which members of the old parties who are to be ab- sorbed are to be strictly limited in number. In future Roman. Catholic priests are to be excluded. All woman deputies and deputies over 60°years old are to be "expected" to resign. Hitherto there have been in- the -Reichstag 21 women deputies, of whom eight belong to the Centrum, the German Nationalists and the 8a- varian People's Party, which are be- ing absorbed, and 13 to the Social Democrats," who have been eliminated altogether." RE RZ Carpenters Endorse 30-Hour Week Plan Brantford --Resolutions approving a '30-hour week, discontinuance of the employment of unemployed single men i | covery Administration, Many Mavaiasturers An- 'nounce 10 to 15 Per Cent. Increases | Detrolt, Mich, -- General Hugh 8. Johnson; director of the National Re- arrived here last week and immediately went Into «| session with leaders of the automotive Hey--hoy!. My fish, please, Royal York Hotel bell hop pages a 6 pound 2 ounce bass caught by Arthur Ackerley, Toronto, z --_---------- Jellicoe Gives Flag " to Newfoundland London. --Admiral of the fleet Earl' Jellicoe has presented the Newfound- land delegate to the Sixth Biennial Conference of the British Empire Ser- ensign which has been flown on London's cenotaph since the signing of the Ar- vice League with a white mistice- in 1918, Earl Jellicoe said that the gift was especially appropriate in view of the service that Newfoundland rendered to the 10th naval diyision and other branches of the service during the war, Major John S. Roper, president of the Canadian Legion, withdrew a re- solution that Canada should observe Armistice Day as a national holiday. A Rhodesian resolution that sons the Empire' should receive training in -the United of 'former soldiers. in Kingdom was carried. A home that there is the greatest toll ef life through accidents. Home acci- dent fatalities are exceeded only by accidental deaths from motor vehicle operation and, over -a period of years, 80 insurance records show, nearly one- third of all accidental deaths occur at home.--Kingston: Whig-Standard. State Medicine It is reasondble to belieye that a system of state medicine and perhaps compulsory observance of the system of medical examinations, innoculations and so on would save money to the state. It is now common knowledge that neglected health conditions in early life cause a great deal of trouble as age advances and frequently. inca- pacitate men for work at a much ecar- lier age than would have been the case had they looked after themselves as they should, or possibly would have, ir the service had been available, It is a large question, of course, with two sides to the argument, but there is cer- tainly a swing towards state medicine these days.--Port Ar thur News-Chron- lele. Roosevelt's Methods Roosevelt is using steam roller, steam hammer or-what have you tac- tics to put over his recovery program, Firms reducing hours and increasing wages are to put stickers "on their windews announcing that they - are carrying out the Recovery Act, and now the President advises the women of the United States who do most of the retail buying, - not to stores which do not carry these signs, Chatham News. . Railway Rates A lowering of freight and passenger rates, many believe, woud be in the best interests of the railroads, es ecially in view of the keen competi- Hon offered by buses and trucks. Whether this can be obtained without further cut in wages depends greatly br the extent to which the industry, nd allied industries, recover, and, just \s important, to what extent. econo- he in other directions are carried ut on the railroads, -- St. Thomas Times-Journal, ' "Work of Newspapers ; Wiley Post, round-the-world flier, ag taken to task by his business anager at the conclusion of the flight or talking to newspapermen., The alien fact was overlooked that if éwspapermen had no: talked about ost, there would have been one less manager in employment to-day,--Ham. Alton Spectator, i . Must We Sleep? \: icholas Tésla, dean of American nventors, recently told reporters that 2) scarcely sleeps an hour a day, and 'that hé considers sleep a matter of abit, According to him, people have aveloped the habit of sleeping. be ause of having to spend a part of ach day in the dark, If it Is really a abit, wo do not hesitate to say it is a {bad habit, We 1otg Dentty half of our lite in that way, people who stay ! 'patronize . from Britain. It is as easy to cross the Atlantic now as it°"was to cross the North Sea three centuries ago, The Canadian climate makes her attractive to British settlers. Against the absurd statement that the Canadian climate is too inclement for further settlement northwards, we place the living- wit- ness of the sturdy French-Canadians. Occupying one of the most difficult parte of Canada, this people, with the passing of the centuries, has improved its physique. There is probably no sturdier white folk in all the world than the Irench-Canadians of the northernmost settlements in Quebec. Canada will eventually be peopled by hundreds of millions.--Dr. Frank Bohn in National Review, Prince of Wales Pa As "Peter Pan" Attend a Children's -Garden Party in England and Thoroughly - Enjoys Himself The Prince of Wales paid a surprise visit to a Children's Garden Party re- cently, He strolled across, quite in- formally, from St. James's Palace' to Marlborough House, the beautiful gar- "dens of which he had lent for the annual children's party in aid of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Or- mond Street, London, It was not long before the Pr hip was the "Peter Pan" of the party. Conducted by Lady Thomas, the wife of Sir Godfrey Thomas, the Prince's private secretary, he first had a peep at the circus and then he had a lucky dip and a look at the miniature house that folds up. The prince watched, with delight the tiny switchback railway which was "perfectly safe" for the smallest tots --a railway presided over by an ener- getic' bevy of girls who ran beside each little passenger and pushed them along when the "train" stuck. One youngster who enjoyed himself to the full was the Hon. Gerald Las- celles, the Prince's nephew. This small grandson of the King had hook- ed a tea-table for 12, and there, with the help of his .aunt, the Earl of Harewood's sister, Viscountess Boyne, he entertained a party of his special friends, It was a regular Ascot of fashions for the small girls. One and all wore their best party frocks, There were the daintfest frilly organdies in every imaginable shade, embroidered silks, and the prettiest patterned cottons, Those who wore hats--many of them did not--had delightful shady straws trimmed with ribbons or wild flowers, The boys wore sturdier attire, Many, like the Princess Royal's son, were in grey flannel suits with shorts, and the younger ones were in white suits: or little silk blouses and shorts. tes fly ad A Moslem in the northern hills of India has 'died aged 120, He had 12 wives----and survived them all, , hl plain. The O.M.L. is right to sup- port hig complaint. Ontario 'is wrong if, through any legal loop-hole, it per- mits that sort of tawdry trickery to be practiced on" those who travel in this Province as invited guests, ------------ Pripce of Wales Victor at Regina Three Shorthorn Cattle fiom "E.P."" Ranch Awarded : Firsts Regina, Sask.--Three of the Prince of Wales' entries in the Shorthorn Cattle exhibit at the World's Grain Conference here, have been awarded first prizes. 'The Princes winning exhibits were: (1) Princeton Marion, reserve fe- male grand champion. (2) Princeton Luceille, reserve fe- male champion, (3) Princeton Marion, female jun- ior champion, The champion "winners were all from the Prince's "E.P."" Ranch, near Calgary, Alberta, . Boy Scout Camp is Demolished by Fire Woodstock. -- A Boy Scout camp three miles east of the city was com- pletely destroyed by fire of unknown origin. The tents and personal belong- ngs of the boys were destroyed. The Scouts had left the camp two hours previous to 'the discovery of (he fire. Provincial Constable Markle investi- gated the fire and recovered®some of the effects which had been hanging to trees nearby but which has been taken away by a neighbor. . Oldest Minister + In Ottawa Now 85 Ottawa,--Rev, L, M. Weeks, oldest minister in the capital, celebrated his 85th birthday Saturday, July 22, 1933, He was born in Sydney, N.S, July 22, 1848, Rev. Mr. Weeks has been minister of the Eastern Baptist Church for the past eight years. J UE Harvesting Begun Near Lethbridge Lethbridge.--Seven swathers, cut- ting 800 acres daily, have started to work on the 3,000-acre winter wheat crop of O. B, Lassiter at Chin, just east of Lethbridge. Despite dry wea- ther in Jude and July the field will average between 26 and 80 bushels to the acre of good grade. mn ink urchases Shorthorn Cale ore --Brawith Boy, young aris- tocrat of the Shorthorn world, - has been bought by James Douglas and | Sons, prominent Shorthorn breeders, for their Willowbank stock farms at Caledonia, The animal was purchased from Albert James Marshall, Stranaer, Scotland, and will arrive at Quebec. on construction works and confining uemployment schemes to reforestation were passed by the Ontario Provincial Council of the Carpenters and Joiners of American in convention here, The convention also urged need for-action to be taken by the Government in con- sideration of a plan not to pay for rents for inadequate buildings in which to conduct Government business, and favored erection of new buildings in order the. business of the Government might be conducted in "more conveni- ent and up-to-date surroundings." a. Toronto Reports Higher Relief Bill Toronto.--Probable net cost of un- employment relief to Toronto this year will.be approximately $1,500,000, ac- cording to the annual report for 1932 of Finance Commissioner Wilson. Cost of floating and paying interest on five- year debentures will raise the figure to $1,749,000. Total expenditure on unemployment relief in Toronto this year will approxi- mate $4,500,000 since two-thirds of the total are contributed by the Federal and Provincial Governments, This compares with $2,931,000 for last year. "The city's share in 1934 is set at $1,- 250,000. *- Woman Angler 'Hauls 92-Pound Sturgeon Petawawa, Ont.--A huge sturgeon, weighing more than 92 pounds and measuring five feet, ten inches long, was caught in the Petawawa River by Mrs. Harold Ross. Seeing the stur- geon swimming in the river, Mrs. Ross took a large hook baited with beefsteak and dangled it in front of the quarry. After the fish was hook- ed she braced herself on the bank until it was exhausted, then -with:the line over her shoulder, hauled it ashore, No "Wall Flowers" At Miners' Dance Sudbury, Ont.--One - place world, where no~girl can be a "wall flower" is the Swayze gold camp, ac- cording to Miss Berna McCullough, who visited the camp with her father. "Every girl in Swayze is charming," she said, and described the weekly '| pool room dance where there were 356 men and three other girls. Part- ners galore!, There the girls experl- ence unbelievable popularity, to the strains of a mouth organ, mandolin and violin playing the dance music. [| REETRRA SRRASAn On 500 Mile Bike Ride Queenston, Ont.--Kingsley Young, 27-year-old Queenston resident, has left here on a 600 mile bleycle ride to Chicago. The adventuresome rid. ! turn home. the 1,000 miles without difficulty, st ed crn ZA peat fire at Ye Chequers Inn, near Osmotherley, Yorkshire, has been burning continuously for 170 years. W Ullal : Assistant Treasurer of the United States Marion Glass, women have a definite place in diplo- Washington.--Mrs. '| carries the names of 80,000 workers, '| receiving Hundreds of millions. of dol- '| lars "annually, assured the Roosevelt nent ama 'industry in an effort to whip into' shape the code for the nation's second largest manufacturing group. have ' announced wage -in- Henry Ford; whose payroll - d creases, icipating the code, . major Dro: ghowings which nin Paria nie Fur Season 2on Predictod" for 1933-34--Choker Collars Lead Paris.--The winter style chows opened here recently in stifiing hot salons with perspiring manneguins serving as models in high collared fur trimmed coats and frocks as the thermometer approached 90..degrees, A possible big fur seaion' was pre- dicted for 1933 and 1934 by the firat found buyer n- ning 'themselves restlessly as they reviewed .the display of costumes ornamented with' an. unusual amount of fur on sleeves and collars, administration of his intent to co-oper- ate, + a Three units of General Motors Cor-; poration--Chevrolet, Pontiac and the' Corporation--announced - 16 per cent. pay increases for hourly workers and 10 per cent, increase for salaried em- loyees receiving less than $1800 an- nually. Other units, including Buick, and the A.C. Spark Plug Company, followed later with like increases. The in: crease, effective August 1, will place an estimated additional $2,000,000 in the hands of 55,000 employees. ' President A. C. Bean of the White Motor Company announced a flat 10 per cent, increase for 3,000 employees, and Alvany McAuley, head of the Pask- ard Company, said the 4,000 employees 'of his company. - -would receive in- creases, Expects Increase in Prices While the action of General Motors was the first taken by members of the chamber under the resolution, the Chrysler Corporation anticipated such a trend and announced a 10 per cent. increase. The Chrysler raise affects 45,000 workers in the Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto and Chrysler plants. Walter P. Chrysler, president of the corporation, commented on his cor- poration's action, declaring that auto- mobile prices may be forced up as the result of the increased cost of produc- tion, He expressed belief that what- ever Additional cost per car the public 'may be asked to share with the cor- poration will be small as compared with the henefit in increased purchase: ing power, : ---- Woman Recommends . Herself as Diplomat: -- New York--Mrs--Julia--Woodru Wheelock, who is reported under con- -gideration for appointment as United States Minister to .Jugdslavia, said Banister; long prominent in Democra-' matic, circles. tic, politics in the United States and in the magazine field, -and who is a sister of Senator Glass, Virginia De- mocrat, has been appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt as assistant truasiiivr of the'United States, Mrs. Banister served as an assist. ant to George Creel in the Govern- ment's war-time publicity campaign 3 later was in charge of women's publicity for thé Democratic National In 1928 she launched the Washingtoniori, a monthly Tngazing Committee. pubiished in the capital, A native of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Banister is the wife of Blair Banister, New York insurance man, - . -------- Canada Amazes Woman Lawyer inane Size and Many Com- forts Surprise Her -- . Expresses Opinion on Divorce Problems The economic struggle is not driv- ing women out of business and pro- On the contrary their number is increasing and so it should be, because there are positions for fessional 'life. which they are particularly adapted, in the opinion of Miss Marjory Rich- ards, a 29-year-old solicitor of Cardiff, "A woman is a better Foreign. Min- 'ister than a man any day," she as- serted. "She is less beguiled by knee- breeches, ~ ' ; "Jugoslavia needs something like me, brought up on mush and molasses, I'm one of 12 children, and I know the practical side of- life. I've never had any one to lean on." ; Mrs. Wheelock, a member of the American Legion national 'executive committee, has aided many American- Jugoslav veterans of the'Great War. Decrease: Recorded In '32 Apple Crop Total Fruit Production Value Also Lower Ottawa.--The total production of commercial apples in Canada for 1932 barrels of the: value of $5,518,519, as J barrels of the value o $5,618,619, as compared with 3,793,052 barrels, value $8,632,014, the finally revised esti- mate for 1931, The' average value per barrel in 1932 is $1.98, compared with $2.28 in 1931. These figures were released recently by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. The total value of all commercial fruit production of Canada in 1932 according to the estimate is $10,222,- ! walstline natural, crowned heads and shiny medals and. ancy work and divorce court .cases. in the: i years, divorce should be granted. The ed planned to reach Chicago in five of Cardiff, and with him she is in days, visit the world's fair, and re-| partnership. Her mother sits on the He expceted to cover hench--she {3 a justice of the peace 'Wales, who is spending a short time in Toronto, Ontario, as the guest of Miss Ceri Daniel, daughter of Sir John and Lady Daniel. : Miss Richards, a pioneer among wo- men lawyers in Wales, being one of , the first to practice there and the "very first to practice in her home town, Cardiff, specializes in convey- She does not approve of the legal restrictions, which, in her country: and ours, allows one ground for di- vorce, "Surely if a man and woman have lived apart for as much as five fact that they live apart anyway breeds a great deal of immorality. After all, marriage is a bit of a gamble. No, I don't believe divorce should be made easier, it would only increase the number of divorces, But I do think men and women shoul not be foreed to-live together when they are incompatible," she said, She spoke, too, of her amazement at the immensities of Canada, where she folind people living amid so many comforts, Miss Richards' father is Alderman' J. T. Richards, one-time lord mayor 'tising appropriation for the county of Glamorgan and is on the regular rota of presiding magistrates, As Miss Richards says, sho just naturally stepped into law, since there was no son in the family. 707, as compared with $14,616,443 in 1931. * The total values by provinces are as follows: Nova Scotia, $1,470,- 500 ($2,956,865); New Brunswick, $165,200 ($206,050) ; Quebec, $630,250 ($911,646) ; Ontario, $3,194,300 ($5,- 894,017) ;- British Columbia, $4,617,- 657 ($4,647,966). - en Hears Wife is Dead, : Notifies Kin, Ends Life Los Angeles,--Informed that his wife Margaret, 25, died in childbirth recently, Ralph Eagon, wealthy In. ventor, made arrangements for the funeral for Mrs. Eagon, and the child, telegraphed his wife's father in Cleveland, O., to come here by train, then returned to his home and fired a fatal bullet through his heart, He left a note agking he be buried with hig wife. To Increase Newspaper : Advertising 30 Per Cent New York.--A half-million agate line newspaper advertising campaign to start immediately was announced recently - by J. H, Platt advertising manager of the Kraft Phenix Cheese Corp. of Chicago, which already had the largest adver- | in its history' 'for 1983, will increase the total by 30 per cent, Platt sald, General 'business conditions and the 'husineds on'look _ promyted the increase, Platt said, Tho company, i Cocoa brown, bottle green -and gray coats had choker fur collars so high that they sometime cpucealed the chin, Other coast had close fit- ting fur collars and the ander part of sleeves made entirely of fur. Wool frocks were likewise collar ed on a high line with flat 'pelts such ag seal astrakhan and shaved lamb, There were tailored suits also trimmed with fur, The silhouette Is slendes and with skirts eight or 10 inches from the ground, Shoul- ders are slightly broadened. seer fb reerr-- Empire Conference Plan Gains Ground Melbourne, Australia, -- Australia has joined in the expressions heard elsewhere, official and unofficial, to the effect the Empire should hold its own conference, : Addressing a gathering of ex-ser- vicemen here, Hon, J. C, Latham At- torney-General in the Commonwealth Government, declared: "I earnestly hope an attempt will be made to hold a British Empire Conference at which Empire affairs may be placed upon a coordinated and co-operative basis." In London, Shortly. the Council of the Federation of British Industries will have before it a resolution 'rom its. Empire Committee strongly urg: ing it to prepare another Empire Conference to carry out. further the program initiated at thé Imperizl Economic Conference at Ottawa ei ; "Page One Stories" Echo World War - "New York.--On July 28th, nineteen 'years ago_ certain officials 'dipped " their pens "in ink and wrote the head- lines for the day's newspapers. © The ink, flowing in tiny stream on, parchment, gushed to a mighty tor: rent on the front pages of the world --heralding tha outbreak of the World War. The headlines, plack as: woe, told of Australia-Hungary declaring war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, of Russia ordering. a mobilization the next day; then of the others jumping in, That ink still splashes on page A count shows that of all the head- lines 'on front pages of New York morning dailies on July * 28 70 per cent deal with subjects which have been traced--directly or indirectly. lin whole or in "part, 'by one savant or another--back fo the World War. Paul Peel Oil Painting Sold in Alliston, Ont. At the auction sale of the late T. P, Loblaw's (Alliston, Ontario), house furnishings and pictures, Paul Peel's "The Orchestra Chairs" went for $4, 000. This oil, purchased by Mr. Lob- law from Peel's sister after years of resting in the family's trust collection, had been the centre about which the wing of the house had been built. The panelling around it observed a rhythmic balance. The low ceiling swung a visitor's eyes towards fits - group of gigling youngsters, clinging to the fence which provided their orchestra seats to the unknown' com: edy which they watched. : - Glasgow Awards Degrees to Men of Three Nations Glasgow.-- Men of international fame were honored by Glasgow Uni versity at the honorary graduation ceremony which marled the recenl Commemoration Day celebrations, Dr. Albert Tinstein, M. Edouard Her- riot, famous French statesman, and Mr. 'Willlam Ernest Hockings, Alford professor of philosophy at Harvard University, were among those wha were capped by Principal Sir Robert Rait, i In presenting Mr, Hocking, Pro fessor Fulton said: "We welcome him cordially among us as a great think. er and writer; and {n recognition of his leadership in things of the spiril we offer him the degree of Doctor of Divinity" peel atid neal Italian Flag Flies On 4 Greek Islets Athens, Greece.--Italy hag seized « four islands in the Aegean Sea belong ing to Greece, the Prefect of the Cy. clades Islands reporied "last week. "He said that an Italian tofpedo de siroyer cruising off Amorgos Island landed a company and hoisted, {he { Italian flag on the barren (reek is (ots of Cynaros, Mavria, Garosw and Dyat . setting up a radip station and claim: ing the islets as Italian. The Government had only given per mission to the destroyer for sounding and chartographic operations. :