GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 





1. Chancellor of the Empire. 



2. Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 



3. Imperial Home Office and " Representative 

 of the Chancellor." 



4. Imperial Admiralty.' 



5. Imperial Ministry of Juxt 



6. Imperial Treasury. 



7. Imperial Post-office. 



8. Secretary for the Colonies. 



And, in addition, the following presidents of im- 

 perial bureaus: 



9. Kail ways. 



10. Imperial Exchequer. 



1 1 . Imperial Invalid Fund. 

 1'J. Imperial Bank. 



13. Imperial Debt Commission. 

 1 1. Administration of Imperial Railways. 

 1."). Imperial Court Mart inl. 

 (Greece. The Kingdom of Hellas, as it is 

 correctly -tylcd, includes the three provinces of 

 Northern (ireece, the five of Peloponnesus, the 

 three of Thessaly, and five islands. According 

 to the present Constitution the throne is heredi- 

 tary in the family of King George (second son 

 of the King of Denmark). The legislative 

 authority is vested in a single Chamber, called 

 the Boule. the members of which (proportioned 

 in number to the amount of the population) are 

 1 for four years by ballot by manhood 

 suffrage. The executive power rests with the 

 kinir and ministry. The Greek Church alone is 

 established, but all forms of religion enjoy toler- 

 ation. Justice is administered, on the basis of 

 the French civil code, by a supreme court (Areios 

 Pagos), at Athens; four royal courts (Ephiteia), 

 at Athens, Nauplia, Patras, and Corfu; sixteen 

 courts of primary resort (Protodokeia), one in 

 each principal town. 



The regulations provide for an army of from 



120,000 to 130.000 men on a war footing, but 



there are officers only for about 75,000. The 



armament is to be changed, the guns being 



repboed by quick-firers, and the present Gras 



riflle by a magazine rifle. -A contract for the 



supply of 60,000 Mannlicher-Schonauer rifles by 



1908, and 40,000 subsequently, was signed in 



November 1905. The navy consists of three small 



lips of about 4,800 tons displacement, and 



_'un boats and torpedo craft of no large 



ng value. 



' -.i-try is constituted 



ident of the Council and Minis- 



ttce: Minister of Interior; Minister 



Ot \\ <>r-dup and Public Instruction; Minister of 



Mini-NT of War; Minister of Foreign 



i Minister of Justice. The present 



ruler, lleoru'e I., i. the second son - 



present King of Denmark. He was born 

 l>er 24, isi.v After the expul 



linn in National As- 

 sembly, elected him i :hr Ilrll' : 

 March is. ixr,.;. :,,! on June Ith of the same 

 be accepted the . town, In tum MS 

 mlian, as he was not then of age. On 

 .. 1867, he was married to Grand 

 Ducheas Olga, the ,l.|,^t daughter of - 

 Duke Constantino of Russia, broth. T ..i the late 

 was born August 22, 1851. 



The Heir Apparent. Prince Constantine, 

 Duke of Sparta, is heir apparent to the throne. 

 He was bora August 2, 1868, and was married 

 to Princess Sophie of Prussia, the sister of Em- 

 peror William II., on October 27, 1889. They 

 have had four children. 



H ay tl. The Republic of Hay ti was originally 

 a French colony, but was proclaimed independ- 

 ent in 1804, and is governed under a Constitution 

 drawn up in 1889. The executive power is in 

 the hands of a President, elected for seven years 

 by the Senate and Chamber of Representatives, 

 who receives a salary of $24,000. The Chamber 

 of ninety-five members is elected directly for 

 three years by all male citizens, and the Senate 

 of thirty-nine members indirectly for six years. 

 The religion is Roman Catholic, and elementary 

 education is free. There is an army of 18,916 

 men, and a navy of six small vessels. 



Idaho. The original Constitution, adopted 

 in 1889, is still in force. Amendments may be 

 proposed in either House of the Legislature, and, 

 if approved by a two-thirds vote of all the mem- 

 bers of each House, are submitted to the popular 

 vote for ratification. The Legislature consist ^ of 

 a Senate of twenty-one members, and a House of 

 Representatives of fifty-one members, all the 

 Legislators being elected for two years. The 

 chief executive officer is the governor, who is 

 elected for two years, and has the powers usually 

 vested in State governors, including a limited 

 veto. The board of pardons, of which he is a 

 member, may pardon or grant reprieves. Other 

 State officials elected for two years are the lieu- 

 tenant-governor, auditor, treasurer, attorney- 

 general, and superintendent of public instruction. 



Illinois. The Constitution adopted in 1818 

 was superseded by that of 1848, which gave place 

 to the Constitution adopted in 1870. This, with 

 several amendments, is now in force. Amend- 

 ments proposed in either House of the Legislature, 

 approved by a two-thirds majority of all the 

 members of each House, and ratified by a ma- 

 jority of the electors voting at the next general 

 election, become part of the Constitution. Pro- 

 vision is also made for Constitutional amend- 

 ments by means of a convention called for the 

 purpose. The Legislature COUMM- of a Senate of 

 thirty-one members elected for four years (about 

 half of whom retire every two years), and a 

 House of Representatives of !.">:> members 

 elected for two years. The two Houses have 

 equal rights in introducing and passing bills. 

 Senators and Representatives HUM be 

 not holding any State or Federal office to which 

 payment is attached. Senators mu>t be 

 Representatives 21 years of age; both must have 

 resided in the State five, and in the district t\\... 

 years next before election. The chief executive 

 officer is -the governor, elected for four years. 

 lie must be 30 years of age, and must have been 

 n for five years. He appoints many State 

 li and has the powers and duties uh,,h 

 usually belong to State gov< 'hiding 



limited pardoning power and a limited 

 Mther members of the executive, elected for 

 four years, are the lieutenant p.vernor. the 

 auditor, the Mperintendenl of public instruction, 

 and the attorney-general. The treasurer is 

 elected for two years. 



