The sun., 1916-12-03

that the FIRST contingent Of French
troops had already arrived At Salonica,
= and that other French and English
troops would be sent through Greek ter
ritory TO aid Serbia. AS thet casus
f9deris justlfylng Greek Intervention In
favor Of Serbia had not yet occyrred,
fas Bulgaria had not yet attacked Ser.
bia). said NJ. venizelos. 4 protested
against the landing OF the Anglo-Frsnch
troops at Salonica because Greece was
still neutral. I could not but be glad.
however, because I was certain that
Bulgaria was on the point OF attacking
Serbia On October 8, how
ever, I was compelled to resign. as the
King disapproved wha I had done"
toase 1897. T.
Thus 1t viii be seen that no one In the
Greek Government sanctioned the Allied
landing at Salonica. although venizeloe
may be said to have encouraged II. The
Allies. knowing that they had the SYM
pa,hy OF the Premier and, that "a ma
jcrity of Greeks were back Of him. sim
ply went ahead.
.
A man marries his deceased wife's
sister and several childFtn ; are born
to them. Are these children half
brothers and sisters Of the children by
the. first wifef II. s.
Yes. They are. OF course. neither
full brothers and sisters. and yet their
relationship is closer, Than that gen.
eraIly denoted by the terms half
brother" and half sister" There does
nor seem to be any more specific desig-
nation. however.
Must Presidential electors vote for the
candidate OF the party they represent"
| Can they vote for any candidate and yet
comply with the law Would Il be legal
II a defeated nominee Influenced enough
electors to vote for him TO give him the
Presidency? SrE.kDY READER.
The electors are actually free TO vote
for any man they see At to vote for. 1t
was the intent OF -ths-sramers of the
Constitution that tire electors should
meet and simply decide, among them
selves who would best all the Presi-
dency. and then.vOte him into Office re-
gardiess OF party fines and ever regard
less OF the popular wishes in the mat
ter This worked very we'll while WASH
ington was hlling the Presidency. for he
WINS the unanimous choice; but after
his death and ever since 1890 electors
have been chosen on strictly party lines
and have all been men who could be alb
s~olutely relied upon to vote for the
party's nominee, no matter what befoll.'
The answer to your first question. there
fort. is. NO land to your second and
third questions. Yes
Can Indians vote? D.. NJ. r.
Indians are excluded from voting in
Alaska and (where not taxed) In Mis-
sissippi. indian who have not severed
tribal relations are excluded from vot-
ing In Maine. Michigan. Minnesota. Mon
tana. New Mexico. North Dakota. Okla
homa, Washington and Wisconsin. Tests
OF ability TO read and write have the
effect OF generally excluding them In
some other States.
Is New York city" properly used to
include all five boroughs? Should We
say Greater New York.: T.. a.
The legal designation OF the city, In
Guiding all Ave boroughs. Is CITY OF
New York" The term New York city
properly used includes all 1--WE boroughs.
Greater New York; Is sometimes used.
perhaps for the sake OF clearness, though
there is no reason why any one should
any longer think of New York city
as referring only to Manhattan and The
Bronx. For It's W convenience the
Post once Department recognizes the
term New York city, as designating
only the two ~boroushs OF Manhattan and
The Bronx. This IL defensible enough
because OF the identity OF street names
In the different b~oroughs. For instance,
unless n letter were directed to mo -
Fulton street. Brooklyn II would In
many cases be wholly impossible to tell
for which side OF the East River 1t was
destined.
Who was the author OF the poem con-
tanning the following lines and where
can ! get a copy OF II?
Would I were q boy again.
When life seemed formed OF sunny years,
when all the heart then knew Of pain
Was swept away In transient tears.
r.. ID.
Some letters appeared In THE SUN n
while discussing Defoe's Robinson
Crusoe" from a moral standpoint. Would
you kindly give the dates OF the num-
bers In which they were printed?
WALTER j. GREENE.
George c. Bartlett OF Tolland, Conn,
denounced the book as immoral reading
for youth In a letter printed January Is,
1916. On January 25 were printed two
letters ridiculing this attitude. A dis
cuss!on as to the whereabouts Of Cru.
soe's island followed, and letters hear
ing upon this were printed on January
20. February 2s. and March 1. 1915.
Can you tell me the whereabouts OF
the steamship Burmese Prince?
THOMAS g. WARRINGTON.
She sailed from New York on October
20 for La Pallice. France. and at the
present writing November 29) has not
been further reported.
Was Secretary of State Lansing 4
Democrat or n Republican prior to his
appointment to his present ONCE.
r. q. r.
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