Earthquakes, eruptions, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, famines & conflagrations are all classed as "Acts of God" and neatly tabulated, year after year, by the International Union for the Relief of Disasters, a subsidiary of the League of Nations. Last week the tabulators of the I. U. R. D. announced that during the past three years the U. S. (with 76) has been the object of more "Acts of God" than any other nation. Italy was second with 64. Other nations:
Japan 57 Jugoslavia 30 Spain 48 Russia 28 Germany 3 7 Great Britain 25 France 34
Among continents Europe was most favored,...