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Show SAN MARINO ELECTION Smallest State in Europe Elects Rulers For Next Six Months Paris Feb 8 San Marino, the sm.'llesi i mi., pendent state in Europe the confini B of the country are so restricted that the army has ner fired Its one piece of artillery for the V reason that the projectile would hV , jjn vade foreign soil has just, elected its Ejj rulers for the next constitutional period. per-iod. The election took place ; t about the same time thai France elected M Polncare to Bucceed M FalHeras to the presidency of France, but It t was attended with no excitement, no h campaigning and practically no uncertainty, uncer-tainty, and San Marino will not con- IV tinue with its new regents for a space it of six months, when the next election it takes place. II The grand council of San Marino. II composed of sixty members, elect the 11 two rulers, who preside over the des- Ij tinies of the state under the title of j captains regent The regents are cho j j! son by the council without tholr hav- ing even to go through the formality j of announcing their candidacy. an Marino has existed as a sovereign sov-ereign independent state Blnce the. tirsl dawn or modern history- Its army will never trouble the peace of Europe, consisting as it does of a m j dozen earabiners and a few customs house examiners The state, which lies between two provinces of Italy, has a population of about l I people peo-ple and an area of 88 square miles The cannon which is never fired for fear of international complication-, rests In peace in the courtyard of tho government house r. r |