Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-09

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A. Ca) In answer to your recent uues-
ton about the Confederate iron-clad Vlr-
ginia fMerrlmac) and her destruction, we
submit the following, taken from The
| History of Our Navy" by John II, Spears
| The Merrlmac was overhauled at Nor
! folk In the spring of 1862 and Commodore
| Josiah Tattuall relieved Admiral Bu-
| chanan in command. on the 18th Of April
he took the Virginia (Merrimac) down to
| Hampton Roads, where he expected to
| hive an encounter with the Monitor. The
| Monitor however, was under strict orders
| from Washington not to engage the MerTt-
mac unless forced to do so . . On the
| Sth of May a squadron, including the
| Monitor bombarded the Confederate bat
| teres at Sewells Point, but again no
actual encounter resulted between the
two ships When the Confederates
were forced to evacuate Norfolk and the
battery at Sewells Point Tattuall wished
to retreat with the Merrimac up the
James River but his pilots said this could
not be done, and accordingly, on the
might OF May 10, 1862, he ran her ashore
on Croney Island He then fired the
Merrlmao, retreated ashore and left her
TO blow UP on the morning of May H.
1862 at o'clock, The Monitor later
was ordered to Beaufort, N. c., In tow
of the Rhode Island, and sailed from
Hampton Roads on the afternoon OF De-
cember 20, 1862. On the morning of Janu-
airy 2, in a gale and just before midnight
she foundered, although not until all but
16 of her crew were saved.
OBJ Jefferson Davis was captured on
May 10, 1866.
Can you tell me the name St young LADY
IN Cqliorni9 7 m @ wh9 r raisss srss bntteFes "9Hid
A. Miss Ximena McGlashen, in
Truckee. Cal.
through Witch I may take a. reading course
esgaTy to have the, books sent to me By Par
A. we suggest two such libraries-the
Maryland Travelling Library Commission,
care OF the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Bernard C. Steiner, librarian, Baltimore,
Md, and Miss Mary L. Titcomb, librarian,
the HaEerstown Free County Library,
Hagerstown. Md.
tS2 what is meant by sovereign csTnsP st stats1
nexed to any other country II defeated In war,
because Of her obligations to any other coun.
try, therefore victor may only put new
mortgage on her.
%, What is meant by hole in the air in
which flying ship or balloon may fall ln2
A. Ca) States which possess certain
powers such as that If negotlat-
Ing treaties. declaring war, concluding |
peace and regulating their internal adj |
mintstration, are called sovereign Powers |
and are the parties to international law. |
entitled to its rights and privileges and |
liable to Its duties and responsibilities. |
A State may yield up its right to make |
war, or may surrender the control Of a |
large part of its internal administration |
and yet remain In the eyes of interna-
tiOnal law at least a semi-sovereign State. |
From this definition "a" Is partly right |
and partly wrong Any country which is
defeated in war may be annexed If the
annexing Power or country has the force
and might to disregard the claims or
rights of the protecting or mother coun-
try regardless of outstanding treaties. To
sum up a State which is sovereign inter-
nally-that Is, over her own subjects
may at the same time be subordinate to
the commands of some other State eX-
ternally. But the aggressive country or
Power II she has the might OF sufficient
force, may disregard any obligations inn
posed by international law or the obliga-
tionB of one country to another.
(bl This subject Is one into which we
might go to great length, but briefly the
"air pocket" is explained as follows
There may sometimes be a descending
current Of air with a very little horizontal
motion just as dangerous as the unseen
quicksand ard into which the aviator may
plunge. Even in the gentlest breeze we
may find Innumerable currents and coun-
ter currents which exist altogether and
where the general direc-
tion of the currents is the same, although
each current seems to come from different
directions. At other times as, for in
stance, In thunder storms. when a long
shaft of lightning will cause the air
which it passes to expand and
make vacuum, the filling of which by
the rushing in of air makes thunder, there
are vacuums created in the air currents
which are exceedingly dangerous to avia-
tors. 1t Is when running into these
vacuums and descending currents OF air
that the aviator speaks of falling into
hole in the air.