The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-26


 What was 4he Treaty of serlin4" The treaty Of Berlin was concluded 7uly 1S, 1878, between the powers rep resented at the congress of Berlin-viz, Germany, Austria, France, England, Italy, Ruseia and THrkey- The con aress was called for the purpose of settling. or trying to settle, the affairs of the Balkan peninsula and the treaty declared the dndependehce Of Montene gro, Seryla and Rodmania, allotted certain territory to Russia and iHd1cat- d certain lines of action for Turkey. Was Florence Nightingale, the cole krated EnpIieh i1sree, Sister of Mercy or n1esset7eF Of any Roman Catholic eo- efetys iriSNwhat war did che serve as a u,IPe~9
 She was not a Catholic, but she got Host o9 her early training as nurse a the hospitals of Paris, wheFe she studied with the Sisters of Charity and in Catholic Institutions of other con tinental cities. Though a 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 @f the sisters. Her first field service and that which made her famous was 5h the Crimean war Of 185S-6, in which Kngland, 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 fained nurses ever organized, about f5rtyy in number, to the seat of war %J1., ,.1z1
 Did Great Britain or Japan violate the 4aeutraEft4 of China during the FkessFst war
 China claims that Japan violated Chinese neutrality and practically 1n- Taded Chinese territory In the move ent against the German colony at Kiaochau-
 Will you tell me the meaning of the qhetto7 # pessibie, explain everything about it and where it is
 It was formerly the Jews quarters 1nRofne Jews were confined to this crowded and dirty section since the time of Pope Paul ", who first com, pelIeds them to live within the walls of the ghetto and forbade their ap- pearance outside that quarter unless the men were disting guished from the Christians by a yellow hat and the women by a veil of the same color Hhe Jews suffered much persecution and were governed by many arbitrary regulations while confined to this crowded region. but now the limits o1 the ghetto are removed and the op pressive regulations revoked.
 Which is the right bank of a river; lssft reckonsd from the source or tn, mouth, or is Tt cnangeabie as persoE Faces7
 From the source. facing the direction
 Who wrote
 Their silent tents are spread
 And glory guards with solemn round
 The biyouac Of the dead
 Pfease tell something about the au shor.
 It is the opening stanza of a poer entitled .'The Bivouac of the Dead, bE Colonel Theodore O'Hara He wa s born at Danvil1e, ky, in 1920, the sol pr an Irish political exile, engaged i newspaper work at Louisville, serve with credit in the Mexican war, wa with flibuster Walker in Nicaragua an later in the Confederate army durin khe civil war. The poem was read b himat the dedication of a monumen to- Kentuckians who fell in MexicC He wrote poems besides the one ner tioned, but no collection of his poem was published
 The statement that the captain an officers of the En1den were allowed { keep their swords has raised an arsu nrent. Assuming that the officers ii question are men of honor doing nerel their duty, is it customary +o let all of fcers keep their swords or is such distinction reserved for officers of sPe siaf standing or renown2
 Permission to captured officers t keep their swords is one of the "coul hesies of war; It is not compulsory 6ut it is q custom. The officers car tured are granted the '.honors of war.
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