The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-17

Can you give me the names of the
various German states and possessions
and the date of their bsginningq
The German empire consists of the
kingdoms of Prussia. Bavaria. Saxony
and Wurttemberg; the grand duchies
Of Baden. Hesse. Mecklenburg- Schwer.
in. MISUNDERSTANDING. Oldenburg.
Sake Weimar- Eisenach; the duchies of
Anhalt. Brunswick, Saxe-Altenburg.
xe-Coburg- Gotha. SAKE Meiningen:
the principalities Of Iippe. Reuss (elder
and younger lines). Schaumburg- Lippe.
Schwarzburg-R udolstadt. Schwarzburg-
Sondershausen, Waldeck; the free
Hanse towns Of Lubbock, Bremen and
Hamburg. with some small rural terri
tory attached to each. and the "Reichs-
land" OF Alsace-L Lorraine. German col
onies before the war were Togo and
Kamerun, on the west coast of Africa.
near the equator; southwest Africa. be-
tween ATTITUDES Is and 80; German
East Africa, the part Of New Guinea
known as Kaiser Wilhelmland. the
Carolines and the Bismarck Archipela-
so. Samoa and Kiaochau.
The present German empire was
formed in 1871. succeeding the North
German Confederation" which had
drawn the northern Teutonic states Of
the holy Roman empire" away from
Austria and into a loose federal union.
Who was IL that said, 1.-THE Prussian
schoolmaster won the battle of Sado-
wa" and whom did il refer tor
The saying is attributed to Count
Won Moltke. Prussian strategist He
meant it was the early training Of
German boys that made them good
soldiers. Similarly the Duke Of Well
ington is reputed to have said. ''The
battle of Waterloo was won on the
playing fields Of Eton."
Which 10 the oldest royal family In
point of continuous reign in Europe?
The dynasty Of the Hohenzollerns Of
Prussia has greater antiquity than
any other family reigning in Europe.
This dynasty received its scepter ut
the hands Of Sigismond in the If
teenth century and has transmitted 1t
The family was brought into historic
prominence by being connected with
the origin Of the Franco Prussian war
Of 1901. prince Of HohenZollern
was invited TO take the Spanish crown.
AS he was near relation Of the reign
ing family Of Prussia. France objected.
Although the prince declined the crown.
France demanded Of Prussia assur-
ance that she would never put Prus-
sian prince upon the throne Of Spain.
The Prussian king refused to make
such promise. and the war ensued.
Can q Chinaman become a naturalix-
ed citizen of this United States7
Chinaman cannot become natural
lied in this country. but according to
the latest rulings Of the courts the
Chinaman born here Is citizen by
grace Of the constitution.
Was Florence Nightingale, tho cele-
brated English nurse, Sister OF Mercy
or member Of any Roman Catholic So
eiety7 In what war did she serve az a
nurse2
She was not Catholic. but she got
most Of her early training as nurse
i'm the hospitals of Paris. where she
studied with the Sisters Of Charity and
in Catholic institutions Of other con-
tinental cities. Though Protestant
herself, she sought instruction in those
institutions because at that time they
were the best in respect Of construc-
ton. organization, equipment etc. She
spent about twelve, years in Catholic
hospitals, and her methods were those
Of the sisters. Her first field service
and that which made her famous was
In the Crimean war Of 1856. In which
England France. Turkey and Sardinia
were allies against Russia. That was
before the Red Cross society was or
ganized. and she led the first band of
trained nurses ever organized. about
forty In number. to the seat Of war
and remained there till its close.
Did Great Britain or Japan violate
the neutrality of China during the
present war?
China claims that Japan violated
Chinese neutrality and practically III
vaded Chinese territory In the move
ment against the German colony at
Kiaochau.
Will you tell me the meaning OF the
ghetto? If possible, explain everything
about il and where it is.
1t was formerly the Jews quarters
I'm Rome. Jews were confined TO this
crowded and dirty section since the
time of Pope Paul ~. who first com
PEELED them to live within the walls
of the ghetto and forbade their al-
pearance outside that quarter unless
the men were distinguished from the
Christians by yellow hat and the
women by veil Of the same color.
The Jews suffered much persecution
and were governed by many arbitrary
regulations while confined to this
crowded region. but now the limits OF
tba ghetto are removed and the OPP