The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

tefn1ln naVIes, according 10 latest sta-
tistics7 H.. KLiNGENYELp.
At tho outset of the war the best esti-
mate was: Great Britain. 20 dread
noughts. % predreadnoughts. 4 battle
cruisers, Is armored cruisers; Germany.
10 d~readnoushts, IL predreadnoushts. .
battle cruisers. I armored cruisers. This
gave Great Britain 81 ships Of the main
battle line to Germany's 80. OF capital
ships"--dreadupughts and predrcad-
noughts-Great Britain had ~. Germany
.:5. Gun caiibres were heavily in favor
Of England.
on March 20. 1915. the latest reckon
ing Of losses showed tint Great Britain
had lost 26 ships to the Germans 40.
Five British battieships had been lost.
but Germany's first line was intact.
Each side had lost IL cruisers. The
other ioeses were u~nimportant.
Submarine 'nsures to date are not
available. England has had many more
submarines than Germany. but has not
had opportunities TO Use them 10 eff
lev lNtly. AHC CoUtlIuOuS pulhitiB Va
battleships in England has more than
offset losses: this may be true Of Ger
nan submarines also.
Will you please be 20 kind as 10 in
form me as to h number OF Inhabitants
In the city OF New York II possible.
giving the population Of each borough.
How does the greater city rank with
DthAr lar0o rttio~ NJ fhA 0,ArlA1
HARRY II. BELxER.
These figures are not readily accessi-
bic In Guayaquii, Ecuador. whence comes
the request.
In 1910 Greater New York held <.7ss.-
SIS dweilers. as follows: The Bronx.
4so.sso; Manhattan. 2.sSi.b42; Queens.
2s4.o41 Brooklyn. 1.s34.s5i Richmond
(staten Island). $500.
The population in 1900 was a.+37,so:.
II the city has had the same growth
as in Is0o-iel0 Il has now in 1918 a
population Of 5.<3i.72S.
Metropolitan London (6s3 square
miles, had q population in 1914 of
| 7.&<s.ssi: Paris In 1911, s.sss.lIo; Chi
cago in 1914. estimated, :393.325; Toxic
In 1908. 2.1sS.o7s; Berlin In 1910. 2.o71,-
757: Vienna in 1910. e.03i.%ss; Petro-
grad In 1911. 1.962.400 Philadelphia in
1914. 1.s57.s10: Moscow in 1911. 1885,
400: Buenos Ayres In 1918. l.4s<.sso.
Others over q million are Osaka, which
may be more populous than Buenos
Ayres; Copstsntinople. Calcutta with
| o,,k,,rAaN ana Dlo y. -rnltn iu
probably ahead OF Chicago,
In your OF April "a you say
Henry VIII. founded the Church of Eng.
land. ! would like to know the name
OF the church back 10 the granting OF
the Magma Charta. or. II you like. back
to the church Of Britain. Was the
church In England ever known by ary
other name than the Church OF England
j. c. HoLrx.
Three others urge the same objection
The e~cclesid AnoHcdno Ia referred 70 in
Magma Charta- The answer given had
reference to the Church OF England as a
church apart from Rome. Says the
Catholic Encyclopedia;
Before the breach with Rome unde,
Henry VIII. there was absolutely nc
doctriral difference between the faith oil
E~hsiishmen and the rest Of Catholic
Christendom. and .An~glicanism,' as con.
noting a separate or independent re
ligious system. was unknown. The name
Ecclesia Anglicana, or English Church
was Of course employed. but always ir
the Catholic and papal use OF the tern
as signlfying that part or region OF IN,
one Catholic Church under the jur!sdic,
tion OF the Pope which was situated II
England. and precisely In the same wa,
as the Church In Scotland was called
tho Ecclesia Scotticana. the Church n
France tho Ecclesta Gailicana and IN,
Church in Spain the Ecclesia Hispanica.'
Through what counties in Ireland doe,
the noble Shannon flow? Where IN III
source and It's outletr
WILLIAM G.. KoNrs.
shannon. the principal river OF Ire
land" avs Lippincott's Gazetteer
Csi3). rises near the base Of the Gull
cagh Mountain. county OF Cavan. flow,
generally south through loughs Allen
Boderg, Rec and Derg to near Limericl,
where It turns west M enters the At
lantic Ocean by an estuary about sixt,
miles long and ten miles In width a
It's mouth. Immediately north Of Trale,
Bay, Total course about $50 miles. 70
about two-thirds OF which it Is navigable
Its principal afnuents are the Suck an,
Fergus. both from the rieht. II IL con
nected with Dublin ny the Grand an,
Royal canals"
In a recent number OF THE SrN yo,
published an article describing n metho,
or Graduating malaria through attract
ing hats. Can YOU furnish me with
description OF the bat roosts' or IN
'orm me how 7 may get In touch wit
the originator Of the scheme. who. I un
derstand. Is Or. Charles A. Campbell?
CLEMENT s. HoUoHroN.
The article appeared In THE SuNpA
SrN Of March :s last, on page II q
the fourth or magazine section. It toll
how. about two years ago. DR.. Charlie
A. r.. Campbell. president OF the sa
Antonio Academy OF Medicine, built O
the shore OF Mitchell Lake, a large bod
Of standing sewer water a few mile
from San Antonio. Tex. a bat roo.
The bats eat malarial mosquitoes an
tho experiment is said to have been On
tirely successful.
Kindly inform me as TO the signif
canoe OF the ad,ectives white" Eye
low" &c, as applied TO the collection