Most Favored Nations

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, by 372 "Acts of God." Other continents and regions: Asia 144 Africa 49 North America 112 Oceania 31 South America 55 Central America 25