The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

! Wv Ell Illltll SUpuIu she dDlllN
How car I. by eason of a marriage
which International courtesy makes me
theoretically "A Britisher be made to
be actually a British citizen without re-
pudiating my American citizenship. and
after that foreswearing my American al
legiance" Can anybody but myself DO
either of these things"
y prominent newspaper has stated
that the question has been Hdjudic0ted
no end of times to the effect that an
American woman in fact does repudiate
her American citizenship when she mar
! rics Il foreigner. Has this question ever
reached the supreme Court Of the United
states. and II 50 can YOU make citations
Of the cases decided by this tribunal
In conditions such as they are AZ
present. when 50 many citizens (womenb
OF the United states are married to
resident foreigners. II would be ut least
interesting to know about where We
stand with regard to our rights as
americans or as foreigners. Nlso IL
would he interesting to know our COM
stitutional status. Marriage of itself
does not affect the citizenship Of men.
and where so many women have equal
recognition We Of the unemancipated
are Interested TO know. In the phrase
ology Of the day. where We are at"
MARY y. WILLIAMS.
The matter is settled by the act of
Congress OF March 2. 1907 t34th
Statutes at Large. page le2S). II de-
ciares that an American woman marry
ing a foreigner takes the nationality OF
her husband II provides that at the
termination Of the marital relation she
may resume her American citizenship. II
I lh,.,I f., V.ofu,a,f,, ,.t,tf, .,. ,..,
with an american Consul Or by return
ing To reside In the United States. or II
residing In the United States by con.
~tiuuing to reside therein. The supreme
Court has never passed upon the law.
The Interest which seemed tu b. taken
10y a nwrhe' Of gentlemen I'm the inquiry
which mad" in regard to the steamboat,
knickerbockor leads me to ofer the
following. which was written 80 me Icy a
relative in answer to my inquiry
Your father was Interested in the
knickerbocker. as the confidential man
OF his uncle. JuStus Edward Earl. You
az this time lived in the house in Ferry
street IN which YOU were born.
ITO help some steamboat friends by
the names OF Hunt ana Nelson. Ius,us
a" 1A"h ~ go AtN' oAA' " h'Al aAA'l
hnally took IN their hands the steam
boat Manhsttan. running as a night boat
to Albany. and Gris business prospered.
SO that he bought the Knickerbocker.
which had been sold away from the
Hudson River by Daniel Drew and his
associates.
with the Manhattan and Knlcker.
booker was established the Merchants
Line 10 Albany. MOI an auxiliary To the
Peoples Line as stated by Hollen-
bach. but IN opposition, as stated by
Christopher.
Her first disaster was being sunk by
running on the mast Of a schooner which
was sunk In the channel the night he
fore. unknown 10 Hazard Morey. the
pilot. as stated by Christopher. No lives
were lost. She was raised and repaired
and put on the line again.
"a year or two afteivard on the run
IN Albany her connecting rod between
the walking beam and the piston rod
broke. which caused great damage ia
her machinery. again she was repaired
and Was then disposed Of TO Daniel Drew
with the line.
When our regiment was stationed In
Baltimore in 1852 the knick- rbockar
was a United states transport and WAS
with a detail that had charge OF taking
her load OF sick and wounded soldiers
from the Richmond campaign to hos.
ritsIs IN Baltimore. | think ! have been
told mat she was finally among a lot Of
d~erelict steamboats, 1T some place i'm or
near Earitan Bay. \. ". EARLE.
Kindly advise me whether Congress
has III. right through a res luton to
recognize Il bell!geieutt n am not
mistaken. Congress passed = resolution
during President CleVelaud's Admins
tratlon recognizing IN" independence II
cuba. Did the President veto this r.so-
luton o. did he ignore itr am Of Tho
opinion that the recognition Of =
he'll gerent o. OF . new form of govern.
ment rests solely with the President.
OSCAR I~IMMrrM,NN.
In Decemher, 1896, when the senate
was discussing the passage % the
Came ON resolution recognizing tho .ude.
pendeu>c o. Cuba. Secretary OF state
Richard o'ney issued q statement deny
inG tHc righ, OF Congress to act IN IN.
matter and saying among other things.
The owe to recognize the so-called
republic of cub - an Independent state
rests exclusively with the Executive"
RELYING on the unfailiug accuracy =
your statements. | have mad, u wage
| - ~ 49, 60 'tl' AAltAlf' 90
an articl" which appeared I'm THE 81,
Of January 81 by Frank Harris. He
SAYS: "Oue-siXth - their [Frauco'sl
country Is in the hands Of the iuvad-
ers." Is II true that tn. Germans.
that j., 'ho forces 81 the Triple Alliance.
hold - much 81 france" as this
LANsING McVIckAr.
y rough ana generous estimate shows
that the Germans occupy about - GOO
square miles OF France. Will, the total
area Of the country Is 2O7 Goa square
miles. ABSOLUTE accuracy in tho matter
is impossible, aud 'uue-siNth" seems
to he \ jus'ifabic approximation used
~ the manner an winch il Appeared
/ VINO = the director 81 the l.. ted
states Na'ai Observatory. W~a.hju-tou.
y. g.
>. what Astronomical observatory
T., affiliated With the University OF chi
CaRo and wno is the direCtoi"
,. WHO is curator or director Of the
Educational Museum Teachers C,l!e-e.
Colu1 bia UriNersitX' q. y ".
l.. The superintendent j. capt. j. \.
lioogcwern.
.. The Nerkcs phseiNatorN.
= The Educational Museum j. no
Longer conducted at Tei,hers COLLEGE.
what was III. numerical strength OF
the British aud the American navy
during the war 90 lSl2H