Evening star., 1933-06-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

where the citizens vote Is q villefranche,
but four cities bear that name: VILE
franche. the largest Of the group, which
is . short distance north Of Lyon;
Villefranche de Lauraguais, Villefranche
de Rouergue and Villefranche du
PerigoHd.
Q. How many people have been buried
in the United States?-B. S.
A. Roughly speaking about 70 900 900
have been buried in Continental United
States since the history of this country
began.
@. How many men have been Chief
Justice Of the United States Supreme
Court?-M. w.
A. There have been II since the
foundation Of the office. in 1889.
Q. Was the poet Tennyson born
lord or was he created a peer?-D. M.
A. He was the first Baron Tennyson.
Born in 1909. 1t was in 1884 that Queen
Victoria created barony, Tennyson of
Freshwater and Aldworth, in favor of
her poet-laureate.
Q. What are the moving forces that
are making history today?-A. H. F.
A. Nicholas Murray Butler, in Look
ing Forward, says: Looking out over
the whole panorama Of civilization as
1t persents itself today, perhaps the
four chief, deep-lying. moving forces
that are making history are these: The
increasing importance of economic the
ory and practice when contrasted with
that political theory and practice
whose interests have dominated the
Western World through so many CEN
turtles, the disintegrating influence
upon conventional and established
habits and beliefs of the literally stu
and human interests which has been
brought about by the extraordinary
discoveries and developments of mod
ern science since the time of Copernicus
and Newton, what may be described as
the steady westernization of those old
est OF civilized peoples which inhabit
the Orient, and then those tendencies
toward international association and
international cooperation with a view
TO the establishment and protection Of
the peace OF the world and the ad-
vancement OF the satisfaction and pros
perity OF human beings everywhere,
@. What special rights has Great
Britain In Egypt?-W. G.
A. When the British protectorate
over Egypt was terminated Great Brit
ain reserved to its discretion four sub
1ects: Safety Of the British Empire
communications, defense OF Egypt
against foreign aggression, direct or
indirect; protection Of foreign inter-
ests In Egypt and of minorities, and
guarantee for British interests in the
Soudan.
Q. How does Flammarion stand as
an astronomer?-H NJ.
A. Camille Flammarion died in 1925.
Opinions differ as to his standing in
the scientific world. He is generally
not ranked as among the foremost
astronomers, being more particularly
noteworthy for his treatises in the
popular style. There seems to be no
doubt. however. that he made some
valuable contributions to the science
OF astronomy.
Q. What do the initials oGPU stand
for?-R. w.
A. The initials oGPU are the alb
breviation for-Obedennoe United).
Gosudarspvennoe (State), Politichespoe
(PoliticaD, Upravlenie (Administra-
tion).
@. At what time Of day should a
vegetable garden be watered?-J. B. ].
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that water may be applied to a
vegetable garden at any time Of the
day that Is most convenient and when
the plants require it.