Show FRIEND OF OP THE PEOPLE To receive attention every question question question ques ques- tion must bear the name narno and ad address address address ad- ad dress of the person sending it This does not necessarily mean that the th name will be bo published when the question is answered only the In Initials Initials Initials In- In will be used if the tho questioner so desires No attention will be paid to queries to which the name and address of the sender are re not ap ape ap Editor Telegram What is the cost of war to date BILL At the end of the second se ond year of the war the following approximations were made of the cost for the principal countries involved Great Britain I France Russia Italy Germany Austria Turkey Bulgaria FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE e Editor Telegram Can you give me the estimates estimate of the great wars war's casualties U ALIEN ALlEN Estimates of casualties based on of official official official of- of dat data show that the second year of the war cost more than lives and inflicted wounds on more moreth th than n Estimates for the first year ranged between the German Gelman re report report report re- re port of killed and more than wounded to Thomass Thomas's I estimate of killed and wounded Up to the period of the Somme offensive and the the Brusiloff drive both of which be began n towards the I end of the second year of the war the British had lost In killed or totally incapacitated in in- in capacitated in prisoners 68 German losses were killed or total totally incapacitated prisoners prison prisoners prison prison- ers France gives out no figures figures fig fig- ures but Deputy Longet estimated d the losses in la killed and totally incapacitated ed at prisoners German German German Ger Ger- man reports reports' of Russian casu casualties amounted to of whom 1000 were prisoners FRIEND O THE PEOPLE Editor Telegram Regardless of military advantage is the territory of their opponents now now held by the Teutonic allies greater or orless orless orless less than it was at the end of November November Novem Novem- ber bel 1915 II IL W. W A A. A I Less FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Editor Telegram Commenting on the eligibility of Franklin I K Lane as a presidential possibility possibility possibility pos pos- many newspapers regret that the secretary of t the to e interior was not born in the United States Despite the fact that Mr 11 Lane was born in Canada of American parents Is he not eligible FRANCIS B B. B The constitution of the United States provides that No person except a nat nat- ural-born ural citizen or a citizen at the time of the adoption of this constitution constitution tion shall be eligible to the office of president No naturalized citizen is therefore eligible but the child of American merican parents is considered anat a nat ural-born ural citizen even If he was himself himself himself him him- self born outside the United States and an any one born in th the United States is thereby a natural born citizen FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Editor Telegram I 1 I Can a Jewish Je citizen be elected pr presIdent president pres pres- I ident of the United States I L L. B B. B LEVY Yes if he gets the votes voles FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Editor Telegram Will you please insert the correct answer to the following questions AI A I claims that the United States is at war war with Mexico 1 B claims that the United States is not at war with Mexico C claims that the United States is In a state of war with Mexico D claims that the United States is not in a state of war with Mexico J J. J B B. B H H. B Band and D are correct When the American forces went into Mexico the administration emphasized that they did not go to make war There has been no declaration of war and there Is no state of war between the two countries I FRIEND FREND OF THE TIE PEOPLE |