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Show Questions and Answers, p Q. How is a poet laureate of Kn:! y. chosen, and what are his duties? W. II. A. The poet laureate is a salaried oil ficer of the royal hotsseholrl. At j)r nj ;-i no special duty is requii ed of him. liojo-;.-formerly he was expected to furnish tj.;; ode annually to the sovereign's lnr;tKi) also to commemorate in verse any pr.j ci national event. The office seems tn nit - r existod without interruption from the lira of Edward III or IV, but it was (i'l made permanent during tlie yf-:tr I'M ik Robert Bridges is the present poet latl th reate of Great Britain, r ) Q. How many immigrants have corri-H to the United States in the last hun'ira.- fa years? C. F. lM't A. Approximately 32,000,000 Immitrrani : r have come to this country in that ti toe. j Q. When was Baron Richtbofen, fa- German ace, killed, and who killed him?: V. 1M A. A young English flyer whose is not known to the United States aviatin.. p service brought down Baron RiHe'''! :i He was shot down over the EniKi .;. between Cambrai and Bethune, in j''! ':-'. Richthofen used a Fokker plane it:: I ; . 160-horsepower Mercedes enaine. He in command of a flying squatiron as ''' ,. c tain at that time and has heen CT'.ei .. with bringing down eighty-one ene.T)' Ji -a craft. J Q. Please tell me what the lns-r!?tlt , on the seal on Liberty bonds means'; l.j A. This inscription, "Thesanr ; t Septent Sigil " means "The real f. Treasury of North America." I (v Q. How many employees has the ar reau of war risk Insurance? Jr: A. There are 14,700 men and raeu-working raeu-working in this bureau. Of this nmws nearly 1000 are ex-service men. Q. What is the significance of :l phrase, "Defender of the Faith," as as plied to British kings? K " A. This is a title that was con.;::' upon Henry VIII bv Pope Leo -V J recognition of his treatise, "Assertio n. tern Sacramentorum," directed Martin Luther in 1521. In 1541 Wnw-J confirmed the title, which has s:rce usi-d by sovereigns of Great Brlta: I Q. What is tlie population of tK A and Its largest citv? B: ;:: 1 A. The population of Canada if : '; 0O0, and of Montreal, the lar;es'. CJ 714,000. " . - (Any reader can get the answw question bv writing The Tribune in " ; I tion Bureau, Frederic J. Hask'n, P'" Washington. D. C. This of:er , strictly to information. The Jv not give advice on legal. niel:'f 5f... v nancial matters. ' It does not a''e!',.L. settle domestic troubles, nor exhaustive research on any suh.'ee.. ; ynur question plainly and lir;p!':'' f full name and address and enclose a cont stamp for return posiase |