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. Bwrta. before the Balkan war. had a
.population of I.911.TJ0 and an are of 18.-
' ffl square miles: the war added 15.141
Utaart miles ta her territory and l.nt.tM
yojopia xo ner innsDii&nis i'.iut
total preoent area of J4.0O0 aquaro mil
'Bd a population of 4.S14.97I. which Is
About that of London (Including metro-
3ttta and city police districts). The
ra. la aooni iour-nrcns inai m inu)-
Yanla. BelgTada has M.8TI peopK. Nlh 4.4.
Konastel (in the new territory) M.M.
Four-fifths of the people are Illiterate.
Tha Creek church Is the orthodox re-
ligious establishment. Agriculture Is the
chief Industry. There are about O0 miles
of railway. Ordinary roads are poor in
tha Balkan war Benrla had :60.0OO men in
tha field within three weeks and 405. 000
ready for service Inctrte of four months.
7 Xing Peter I recently turned orer the
Mvereignlty to his second son. Alexander
- (bom 18S8) but resumed It on the out-
' break of hostilities.
Austria-Hungary comprises the Aus-
in&B erau-e. Lne nmiraom oi nungtrr ioq
tha territory of Bornia and Heriegovlna.
' Vienna in the Austrian capital. Budapest
: tha Hungarian and delegations of 0
members each elected by the Austrian
nd Hungarian parliaments meet alter-
nately at the two capitals the empeor-
king. Francis Joseph residing in Vienna.
Fraoz Josef born August 18. 1830 be-
came emperor of Austria December 2
llil. and king of Hungary June 8 1S67.
The area of the monarchy is 261.241 square
miles Texas would take it in. It Is a
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total population of 61.322.t about 12-
"! aa.000 speak German. 10 000. 000 speak
Hungarian and i.(K.0v0 speak the Polish
. tongue. Among the other common lan-
guages used are Bohemian. Huthenian.
; Croatian Rumanian. Moravian and
Slovak.
- There are 33.9i2.34J Roman Catholics.
Vienna has populatlon of 2.031.4S8. T.uda-
pest has 880.371 jeo.;e. There are 30.111
miles of railway chiefly State oerated.
On a war basis Austria -Hungary can put
1.000.000 men in the field Hosnia-lierxe-
Covlna haa an area of 1$ 702 square miles
" aad 188(H4 people. Occupied since 1878
v it waa annexed In 1908. It contains 549.0OO
Mohammedanf.
Russia's Mammoth Empire.
Russia( comprising European Russia
. Poland the Caucasus. Siberia Asiatic
' Russia and Finland) covert 8. 394. 01 J
aiuare miles with a population of 147-
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Queer Alliances Among the
Warring
latentatlonal alliances make queer part-
There la the notorious case of
Drear Britain and Russia now one of the
: IWsaxles of an overwhelming situation.
" iWhat has England In common with Rus-
; tPfcaT Nothing except certain frontiers
- and this coincidence of frontiers Is a
Circumstance of the utmost significance.
' . In every other respeit except the acci-
dental community of Iwundaries England
and. Russia stand as fir apart as the
poses. England represents t.'ie height of
Aryan civilitation. the highest develop-
nent of the basin dortrines of the In-
violability of the individual freedom of
thought and speech the san'titv of pri-
vate rights parliamentary government
;.the equal and jut operation of law in
abort everything tomar.l nhi.-h the world
; has been struggling with low and paln-
ful effort since the dark ages s.ivs the
' Hew York 8un.
- Ruscla half Tartar and wholly reac-
tionary stands for th verv antitr.-cls of
aJl these splendid things. ' It st n for
; autocracy relieved by a sop to x;.i .?iv
' discontent in the lonti of .in ;i! l.finile
seed indefinable deliberate- .iscmUy
which larks even the essentia! fcmurd
of personal Inviolability. I( stands for a
systematic reprice. n of rrct ii.oug1 t. for
CwVernment by force for nn Asiati den-
(' SOtiam planted upon the s.ii f i;.;roj-
bj the Mongol domination ami grafted
Upon the tree of Aryan iroercs l.
Ifvttr the Great and his s pTi..ni
' England's natural ally is nt Loum
v It la not even France in spite f all
that the advocates of the r.ippn hement
:. have aald about it since tn:r nr. it pa-
troa King Hdward Vu iiri iiae Hn In-
ternatinnal significance to the worl It
; la Germany with whoee people ths people
mi England are kindred in thoiiKht in
blood and even in language as well as
religion and moat of the other essential
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the Triple Alllancfr-AnatrWHunf Germany and Italy
034.200. The area Is greater titan that
of the United States and all her depend-
encies plus France and all her colonies-
It Is twice the size of China but it is
only two-thirds the slie of the whole
British empire. St. Petersburg has 1.911.-
400 inhabitants. Moscow 1505.500 War-
saw 94.000. CMessa 498.100 Kiev 44C.8O0.
The nobles have twice as much land as
the peasants. The douma whose powers
are largely a figment of the imagination
has 442 members and a salary of 12190
each a year. The cxar Nicholas II was
bom May 18. HS8. His sickly heir Alexis
was born August 12. 1904. The cxar's
mother is Queen Alexandra's sister so
that he and George V are first cousins.
Germany consists of 25 federated States
and an imperial territory (Retchaland).
Tha area is 208.823 square miles) exclud-
lng colonies) and the population has
grown from t4.US.000 in ISIS to 44 925.993
! In 1910. An estimate for June 30 1913
gives 47082000 Inhabitant.
In 1910 there were 17.B"i Americans in
Germany IS. 319 British. 19140 French and
137.S97 Russians. Berlin had 2.071257 In-
habitants In 1910 (Greater Berlin 3710.-
000) : Hamburg 932.118: Lelpslg 628. 27:
Munich 608375 and Dresden Cologne and
Breslau were also above the half million
mark. There were 39.991421 Protestants
to 23.821.451 Roman CathoHcs.
Germany's educational system for thor-
oughness leads the world. Alsace-Lorraine
bone of contention between France
and Germany is about as big as Con-
necticut and has 1874.014 Inhabitants. In
1) 13 Germany had 3S.158 miles of railway.
The total war strength Is estimated at
Nations
traits of character and tradition; that is i
Britain's true ally. '
The Work of King Edward.
When the late Marquis of Salisbury
and his eminent sovereign the late King
Edward VII. came to the conclusion that
England's "splendid isolation" was not as
splendid as it sounded they looked around
them for an alliance. Salisbury who had
the characteristic English love of roast
beef and common sense was at one on
the Issue with his master who waa the
greatest diplomat of Kurope in his day.
with the possible exception of ms youn;
nephew William II the kaiser.
when Salisbury vanished from the
horizon of public affairs King Kdward
continued his activities in benalf of a
foreign alliance. Now King Edward like
lfie late Haroun-al-Ra hi.i in Bagdad
was a well known figure in Paris all
the way from the Quai d'Orsay to those
Intimate resorta often told of by return-
ing Americans where one used to dine
Weil and be entertained no less well by
the varagies of the much abused bohemia.
And In ail his appearances whether In
the guise of a Haroun-al-Kaschid seek-
ing to know how tha faithful felt about
things or as a man of the world who
soi eh' jllsfraction from the cares of a
Kr.-at business and knew just where to
:( : it Kdward was the good fellow of all
I'ar.s. When a Parisian of those days
Kpnke of "le rof' he meant King Kdward
"' Kngland. Paris knew only one king
In those salad days of the Belle Alliance.
S" when the foreign office at London
hal'l something to the Qua! d'Orsay about
an understanding between the two coun-
tries all Paris roared its approval of the
proposal which suddenly leaped Into first
place as the overshadowing issue of
Krenoh politics. The thing waa put
through without delay and Rngland for
the first time since the alliances of the
Crimean stniggle. stood before the world
a a country that had a friend.
That was a natural alliance. In a way-
It contained no element essentially re-
pugnant to British principles or British
prejudices. It even ai "ompllshed the as-
tounding result of making Britons ap-
pear as if they were capable of taking a
Johnny f'ranaud seriously. Such Is the
mystic power of treaties. And this
treaty be it understood was the work
of the premier statesman of his all too
brief reign a sovereign who had an In-
timate knowledge of the nations he was
I trying to bring together.
Alliance Aimed at Germany.
The Anglo-French understanding of
course waa aimed at Germany. France
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The President of Truce
Waa Cruising an a Battleship In tha
Baltic tea.
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Servia'i Population About Equal to London's
With Area Less Than That of Pennsylvania
of the Triple AQance
Cia Britain and R
4.340.000 men. Germany stands second
only to Great Britain In sea power .
Three Times a Republic
France (excluding colonies) covers 107-
129 square miles four-fifths the area of
Texas about four times that of Pennsyl-
vania. The population in 1111 was 39-
601.509; In five years It had Increased by
less than 350.000. Paris had 2888.110 in-
habitants Marseilles 550.611 Lyons 523. a
796. Church and State were separated in
1905. France has been a republic (for the
third time) for 44 years since September
4. 1870. The constitution of February 34
1875 has been four times amended.
The national assembly Is made up of the
senate of 300 members and the chamber
of deputies numbering (97. The presi-
dent is elected for seven years. Polncare
was elected January 17 1913. He was
born August 20 I860. The area of France's
colonies and dependencies Is some 4.000-
000 square miles with a population ap-
proximating 40.000.000.
Luxemburg Is an independent neutral
grand duchy of but 998 square miles in
extent. Rhode Island has 1250 and Dela-
ware 2050 miles of area respectively.
The population is about a quarter of a
million all but 6000 of whom are Roman
Catholics.
Iron mining is an Important industry.
The little country Is ruled by Marie Ade-
laide born June 14. 1894. who was en-
throned June 14. 1912. Her sister Char-
lotte born in 1896 is heiress presumptive
to the throne.
National Antipathlea and Fam-
ily " Ties Dlaregarded In the
Game of Political Advantage.
was the natural foe of the glorified Prus-
sia and of the kaleeround of which It
stood at the head. With the French army
to help them In any altercation with Ger-
many British statesmen felt they could
reasonably hope for a successful Issue of :
events. i
But Edward VII was emperor of India i
as well as king or England. As emperor
of India he came into frequent Inhar-
monious relations with the Great White
Caar white" chiefly on the distaff aide
of his ancestry. Ever since the days
when the Indian empire waa a private en-
terprise carried on by a chartered com-
pany Russia had been pushing Its way
slowly but surely upon the British pre-
serves. This gradual and incessant Impingement
distant at first became much closer as
the Indian empire pushed Its frontiers
further north and Russia advanced fur-
ther south and east. Toward the end of
the Nineteenth century the current his-
tory of the empire was reduced to chron-
icles of Anglo-Russian incidents. There
was the Incident of Bokhara wherein the
Muscovite bear dug his paw deeply In the
direction of the British honey. There was
the incident of the Pamirs the incident
of Afghanistan and a long series of minor
"Incidents" wherein the hand of the Brit-
ish administrator In India groping about
In the dark eame suddenly upon the
point of the Russian dirk.
Kipling well knew whereof he wrote
when. In his "The Man Who Was." he
gave the name of Dirkovitch to the suave
Cossack officer.
This continued Irritation brought be-
wilderment to the India office In 'London
and the bewilderment spread to the for-
eign office. King Edward with his gen-
ius for smoothing out International tan-
gles set on foot a plan to reach an un-
derstanding with Russia that would put
an end to the underground struggle.
Value of French Friendship.
At this Juncture the alliance with
Fiance proved of Immediate value ti
British statesmen. Franca was Russia's
"uncle'' or aunt to be more exact to
the extent of several milliards of francs
either Invested la Russian securities or
else lent to the government Tha word o(
France on the theory that money talks
.vas consequently strong at St Peters-
burg. France was already an ally of
Russia. All that bad to be done to make
the game a three-handed one was to ask
Britannia to alt In. Tha famous old
dame who was. only awaiting the invita-
tion sat In and the triple entente waa a
fact the greatest fact in European aoty
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WERE ENGAGED;
WHEN AUSTRIA PRECIPITATED THE . CONFLICT
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ties aloes the formation of the triple al-
liance by the far seeing mind of the Iron
Chancellor whose shadow Is darkening
Europe now.
N.. sooner had the Belle Alliance been
expanded IhXo the Triple Entente thtn
the pressure upon the Indian border
ceased. The next time an Anglo-Russian
question arosein Persia two years ago
the Russo-British agreement demon-
strated Its effectiveness by bringing about
a division of the Persian pelf.
That however was done under normal
conditions of International pulse before
the madness of war had entered Into the
veins of the nations. So long aa the
terms of alliance were beneficial to both
Russia and Great Britain. Russia re-
strained Its energy and put a limit upon
Its cupidity. But now a monstrous sit-
uation haa arisen a situation without
parallel in the history of ths world. Rus-
sia which tor centuries has sought the
warm water of an open port haa atarted
southward toward the Egean and the
Adriatic She has begun the march to
which several previous Balkan wars have
been preliminary acouting campaigns.
Questions of the Future.
It should be kept clearly in mind that
In the present universal breakdown of all
the laws of restraint Russia's whole In-
tent is to accomplish the very things
which England has striven tooth and nail
tn prevent. Russia having broken all
bounds. Is pressing with colossal strength
toward the Mediterranean and the Med-
iterranean la the road to India
This road to India Great Britain has
been guarding with might and with arms
since the Suez canal became a fact. It
was in the course of this struggle with
the treasures of India at stake that
Britain seised Egypt; that she wrested
tha canal from France by a notable Dis-
raeiian coup; that the British fleet
cleared decks for action off Constan-
tinople in 1897 when the Russian army
bad fought its way to the Golden Horn
e.nd was gazing with tear dimmed eyes
upon the glistening minarets of Santa
Sophia as the defiled shrine of orthodoxy.
Now by a queer turn of events Great
Britain is actually helping Russia with
armed force to come down to the open
water of the Balkan littoral. What will
happen If the Muscovite after waiting
long centuries Is successful In his long
anf bitterly opposed design?
WUI Great Britain sit calmlyi by and
permit Russia to raise her standard over
the Bosphorus? Or will she fight her
ally to wrest from it the very mastery
which under the treaty of alliance she
Is now helping Russia to acquire?
For Great Britain the issue is not in-
cidentals It Involves the question of the
very existence of the British empire.
With Russia undisputed mistress in the
Balkans the Mediterranean will become
to all intents and purposes a closed Rus-
sian sea. The czar will hold the key
to the Persian gulf to which he could
easily bring down hla forces from the
north. From the Persian gulf to "the
Indian ocean is a short step which Rus-
sia certainly would be able to take If
she controlled the Mediterranean either
absolutely or in conjunction with her
other ally. France the ally who has put
to much of her money up on Russia that
she never could Are a gun against her
debtor.
Such is the dilemma which Great
Britain Is facing on ths ere of Armaged-
don. Italy and Austria.
If Great Britain has been placed In a
delicate situation by the obligations Im-
posed upon her by her alliance Italy la
in an equally abnormal relation with her
ally Austria-Hungary.
There is no love for Austria anywhere
In Italy. There is no respect for her
with the exception of an official sem-
blance of it in the foreign bflice at Rome.
On the contrary. Austria and all her
works are the pet detestation of all pa-
triotic Italians except the government of
the day. The memory of the long strug-
gle with Austrian armies for the unifica-
tion of Italy is a race memory of yes-
terday among the Italians.
Nor Is the work of unification com
pleted. No; there is part of Austria
which all Italians except official persons
In state documents designate aa "Italia
Irredenta "unredeemed Italy. This part
of Italy has not been permitted to forget
that it is governed by Austria The rioti
In Trieste and Flume four dr five years
ago on the occasion of an exceptionally
harsh anti-Italian administrative meas-
ure agitated Italy profoundly from one
end to the other. That waa shortly be-
fore the renewal of the Triple Alliance
for another term of years and the quid
nuncs of the Kuropean press were pro-
lific In their predictions that Italy would
dissolve the partnership.
When the time came to sign however
Italy signed without compunction and for
the same reasons that prompted Cavour
to take part in the Crimean war nearly
half n centurw earlier. Cavour waa strug
gling for the recognition Of Italy as an
independent sovereign state which could
flay part In Kuropean affairs. There-
fore although the Issues that sent the
British and French armies plunging
against the fortifications of Sevastopol
did tot Involve Sardinia. Sardinian troops
were sent to Join the Turks the British
snd the French tn the III assorted coali-
tion of the ragtag and bobtail of Europe
and Asia against the 'little Father."
This was done because Cavour realised
or thought he realised the Importance
of having the nucleus. of Italy represented
among the factors in a great International
movement.
The Triple Alliance.
On the same principle but With more
reason Italy lent a willing ear to the
blandishments of Bismarck when that
conqueror of France waa patching to-
gether a European combination against
the enemy whom he had crushed to earth
but who showed unmistakable signs of
not staying crushed. Germany was al-
ready In alliance with Austria-Hungary.
This association of Interests was directed
at Russia-
When Italy entered ths 4ual alliance
IN; SEEKING ' AMUSEMENTS OF; VARIOUS . 8 ORTS
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Colonial Possessions and De-
a ' ' SCATTERED OVER THE WORLD OF FOUR
TD&YlClQYlClCS JD of the powers now engaged in war (
Four out of tha six powers of Europe
which today threaten to engage in war-
fare have colonial possessions protecto-
rates and dependencies scattered all orer
the world.
Austria-Hungary and Russia have no
colonial possessions though the Russian
empire stretches through the continents
of Europe and Asia and presents a long
coast line on the Northern Pacific Of
the others Great Britain has colonies
and protectorates the world over; France
has colonies and protectorates in Africa
India China in South America tn the
West Indies In the North Atlantic and
In the Pacific and Indian oceans. Ger-
many has colonial possessions In Africa
In China and In the Pacific ocean and
Italy haa dependencies In Africa and a
concession In China.
England's vast empires India Canada
and Australia; her holdings on the Malay
peninsula; her colonies In Africa and her
fortified positions In the Mediterranean
Olbraltar and Malta put her at the head
of the colony-holding nations of the
world; they also Increase the field of her
protective operations in case ahe becomes
Involved In war with Austria-Hungary
and Germany and possibly with ttaly.
Many of the minor holdings of the four
powers with colonial possessions to de-
fend are themselves without military
strength. In many cases the protecting
power has only very small garrisons on
shore amounting to nothing more than
local police forces. This Is particularly
true in Africa outside of the French and
British colonies in the Pacific ocean and
in American waters.
The continent of Africa presents a
notable picture of the Juxtaposition of
protectorates and colonies belonging to
Great Britain France and Germany.
France has a protectorate over Morocco
and her Algerian possessions facing the
Mediterranean are bounded on the east
by Tripoli a dependency of Italy. Then
comes Egypt where British Interests are
.paramount On the Red sea and con-
tiguous to Egypt Is the Italian dependency
of Eritrea. Coming down the east coast
are British Somaliland Italian Somali-
land. British East Africa. German East
Africa. Portuguese East Africa and then
British South Africa embracing Rhode-
sia the Transvaal the Orange river col-
ony Natal and the Cape of Good Hope.
On the west contiguous In the order
named are German Southwest Africa
Portuguese West Africa the Congo State
belonging to Belgium; the French Congo;
Kamerun. belonging to Germany the
Nigra territories a protectorate of Great
Britain; French. West Africa; Togoland.
belonging to Germany; the Gold Coast a
British colony and the Ivory Coast an-
nexed by Fraace SO years ago.
The following la a list of the cotonles.
protectorates and dependencies of four
countries involved:
Great Britain.
Gibraltar at the entrance to the Medi-
terranean sea; area two square miles
military force S867. "v x
Malta In the Mediterranean sea; area
117 square miles military strength 7647.
Cyprus. Island in the Mediterranean 60
miles from the coast of Asia Minor; area
3584 square miles military strength 111
men.
Empire of India area 1800000 square
miles; population 295000000: military
strength. British troops 76397 native
troops 163133 with 35700 reservists.
Ceylon off the southeast coast of In-
dia area 25.33 square miles; military
strength 1212 men.
Maldtve Islands In the Indian ocean.
400 miles southwest of India; area 115
square miles; population 60000: a group
of 12 coral Islets.
Federated Malay States of the Malay.
peninsula; area 28.000 square miles; pop-
ulation 678000; military strength 861 na-
tives under 11 European officers; also a
native constabulary.
Borneo In the East Indies; area 76000
square miles; population 660000.
Hongkong east coast of China; area
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and made it triple It was understood that
Italian forces were to go to the aid of
Germany only In the event of an attack
of the latter country by France and that
Germany was to do Italy a similar ser-
vice in the Identical event At least such
Is the explanation of th scope of the
Triple Alliance that they will give you In
Rome. And the attitude of Italy in the
present circumstances when Germany is
at war with Russia but not yet with
France would seem to lend positive con-
firmation to this version of the provisions
of the treaty.
If Italy docs eventually Join forces with
Germany to suataln the mutual ally Austria-Hungary
In her struggle against
Russia and possibly Great Britain and
France the Italians will b in as anoma-
lous a position as are the British with
relation to Russia. Will Italy actually
help Austria to maintain her nomination
over the Italians of unredeemed Italy or
will the Gulrlnal mark time until the
fortune of war have begun to Indicate a
defeat for Austria and then throw all
Italian' army Into the territory of the de-
tested ally and complete the "redemp-
tion" of th Italian people?
Instances of the failure of artificial
treaties to hold under the stress of na-
tional Interests or racial animosities are
not lacking in the moat recent history of
Europe.
Th Rumanian Example.
Three or four years ago It was an-
nounced with a flourish of trumpets In tha
capitals of the triple alliance that Ru-
mania la oompltment to Its Industrial ex-
pension and Its progress In military af.
fata had bean taken la as tha fourth.
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' The Xing of Serri
Had Oana an Shootlnt Bxpadltlon to tha
Mountalna.
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400 square mUes; population 400000'
military sertngth 4270.
Wei-Hal-Wei. In the province of Shan-
tung. China; area 383 square miles; pop-
ulation l&O.OOO. Not far from the German
possession of Kaiu Chau.
Bahrein or Aval ialands in the Per-
sian gulf near the coast of Arabia; area.
330 square miles; population 63.000.
Straits Settlements (Singapore) on the
strait of Malacca; area 1(00 square
miles: population. 572000; military
strength 3604.
Union of South Africa comprising Cape
of Oood Hope. Natal the Transvaal and
Orange River Colony; area. 473.000 square
miles; population . 000000; military
strength. British imperial troops 6800
and local organlietiona.
Other British possessions In Africa:
Britiah East AWca. with an area of
275000 square miles and population of
3000.000. Is left almost wholly to the na-
tives for defense. The same Is true of
Britiah Central Africa. Somaliland. San-
aa bar Basutoland the territory of Be-
chuanas. Rhodesia. Nigeria the Gold
Coast Lagos Sierra Leone and Gambia.
In the Indian ocean: Scattered British
possessions or protectorates are St.
Helena Ascension Tristan d'Cunha
Mauritius the Seychelles Chages and
other islands and the islands of St. Paul
and Amsterdam. All told these Islands
have a population of about 400000. but
their military strength is practlcablly
negligible.
British colonies In North America:
Canada with an area of 3.600.000 square
miles population 5500000. has a military
strength of permanent and reserve forces
amounting to about 80000 men. New-
foundland and Labrador have an area of
50.000 square miles and a population of
300000. Off the coast of Florida are th
Bermuda Islands with an area of 20
square miles and a population of 17.000
whose military strength is given aa 1340
men.
In the West Indies British possessions
comprise Jamaica Turks and Calcos
Islands the Cayman Islands the Wind-
ward islands the Leeward Islands Trini-
dad and Tobago with a total area of
11000 square miles and a population of
about 1600000. Of these the most im-
portant are Jamaica with a military
strength of 1064 and with strong fortlfl-
cationa at Port Royal.
In Central and South America British
Honduras and British Guinea the former
with an area of 7563 square mlleo and a
population of 37.500 and the latter with
an area of 104.000 square miles and a
population of 300000.
In th Pacific Ocean. The common
wealth of Australia comprising New
South Wale. Victoria Queensland South
Australia Western Australia and Tas-
mania with a total area of about 3000000
square mile's and a population of about
6.OVO.900. The principal ports are pro-
tected by fortifications and the military
forces of the commonwealth show a total
of 174000 men. Sydney is a first class
naval station and the headquarters of the
British fleet In Australia
Pacific Islands of tensor Importance are
the Fiji groups British New Guiana the
Tonga islands Fanning Phoenix the
Gilberts Elllce the Solcmons Pitcalrn
and Ducie.
France.
Morocco in Northern Africa; area
20000 square miles population 4000000.
The effective total of the French army of
occupation Is given bb 75000 men while
the native troops number 18000.
Algeria on the northern coast of Af-
rica; area 343300 square miles. Euro-
pean population 750000 natives 5000000.
Garrisoned by the Nineteenth French
arn.y corps an dslx regiments of native
troops.
French India (PondloherTy) on the
eotuneastern coast of India 80 miles south
of Madras. Area 196 square miles;" popu-
lation 176.500.
' French Indo China east Of Slam north
of Singapore south of Hongkong. Area
356000 square miles; population 17000-
000. Military force conalats of 10681 Eu-
ropeans and 13968 native troops com-
manded by a French general of division.
member of the triple alliance. Thla dec-
laration was made without any suspicion
of a bull either in Ireland or In a china
shop. Rumania waa to be th little
brother of the Germans the Austrian
-and the Italians In their great task of
holding the Slavs apart. The Rumanian
army operating north of the Danube was
to supply the much needed barrier of
steel to keep the Russians from over-
running the Balkan peninsula as they did
In 1877-78. By that much the world was
assured the task of th triple alllanoe
was simplified. ;
What happened when the test came?
The Rumanians forgot they ever had
reached any sort of agreement with ths
triple alliance or Austria-Hungary Indi-
vidually and took sides with Russia In
the Balkan war and the diplomatic com-
plication that accompanied and followed
It. Throughout that episode Rumania
was a pawn In th hands of Russia and
that too In the face of a written or dis-
tinctly Implied agreement to a contrary
effect.
Why this notable reversal of policy at
short notice? Because Rumania has a
standing: quarrel with Austria-Hungary
a territorial quarrel over Transylvania
which Is under Hungarian rule and whtoh
the Rumanians contend Is populated
chiefly by people of their own race and
tongue. They will tell you In Bucharest
that the methods of Magyar administra-
tion are not such as to reconcile the
Transylvanlan Rumanians to their lot and
that the severities of the Magyar masters
are aimed at the denationalisation of the
Tranaylvanlans.
Whatever may be the truth about Hun-
garian methods In Transylvania the faot
remains that at the first opportunity to
align themselves against th enemies of
their race by tiding with Russia--In ttu
i "y''-
The Emperor of Anitria
Waa at Hla Summar Ham Stalking
Alpina Antalopa.
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Naval forces one gunboat three destroy-
ers several torpedo boats and two sub-
marines. .
Kquatoriel Africa or the French Congo.
West coast of Africa between Kamerun
a German colony and the Belgian Congo;
area 639000 tquare miles; white popula-
tion 1200. native 9.000000. Military force
630 Europeans 7145 natives.
Madagascar off the east coast of Africa-
area 128500 square miles; French
population 10.000 native 3500000. Mili-
tary forces 3411 Europeans. 6373 natives.
hi the Indian ocean The Mayotte
islands and Camoro ialands between
Madagascar and Africa and the Islands
of "Reunion 8t. Paul Amsterdam and
Kerguelen.
French Somali coast western coast of
Red sea opposite Aden: area 6790 square
miles; population 208000.
French West Africa comprises Sene-
gal French Guinea the Ivory Coast
Daharaey and Mauritania Senegambla
and Nigeria; area 1600000 square miles;
European population (.000000 Africans
10.000000 men.
Tunis on the northern coast 'of Africa;
area 50000 square miles: population
1.300000. military force 17500 men.
French Guinea west of Venexuela: area
30600 square miles population 50000.
Martinique. West Indies: area 385 square
mllea population 144000.
Guadeloupe West Indies; area 633
square miles; population 212.000.
St. Pierre and Mlquelon south of New-
foundland; area of both Islands 93 square
miles; population 4663.
In the Pacific ocean. New Caledonia
and Its dependencies; the Wallls archi-
pelago the Loyalty Islands the Huon is-
lands and the New Hebrides. Other
French establishments In Oceania scat-
tered over a wide area are the Island of
Tahiti the Society Islands the Mar-
quesas the Tuamoto group the Leeward
group and other lesser Islands. Total
area 8744 square miles total population
81100.
Germany.
Klau-Chau (Tslng-Tau) on the east
coaat of the Province of Shantung; area
200 square miles; garrison of 2125 com-
posed of German marines and Chinese
soldiers; population 163300.
Togo on west coast of Africa between
the Gold Coast (British) and Dahomey
(French); area 83700 square miles; Wilts
population 368 native 1.030000; military
force small.
Kamerun west coast of Africa between
Nigeria (French) and the French Congo.
Area 191000 square miles white popula-
tion 1879. native 1.600000.
German Southwest Africa west coast
of Africa north of Cape Colony; area
322.450 square miles; white population
14.860 native 78000.
German East Africa between British
East Africa on the north and Portuguese
East Africa -on the south: area 384000
square miles; white population 6338 na-
tive 7645.000.
In the Pacific ocean Germany has as
Its colonies or dependenclee Kaiser W11-
helm's land. The Bismarck group the
Carolina the Pelew the Marianne the
Solomon and the Marshall Islands and
among the Samoan group tha islands of
Savail and llpolu. Her total Pacific pos-
sessions have an area of 96.000 square
mllea a white population of 1984 and 634-
000 native.
Italy.
Eritrea on 'the west coast of the Bed
sea; area 46800 square miles; coast line
670 mil; population 450000 military
force 127 officers 4484 men.
Somaliland on the east coast of Africa
south of EritreA ; area 139430 square
miles population 400000.
Tientsin In China a concession of 17
square mile on the J eft bank of the Pel-
ho: population 1700.
Tripoli and Cyrenalca. on the northern
coast of Africa between Egypt and Al-
geria; area 406000 square miles native
population 623176 European 6000.
Instance to their great profit by the
eelsure of a large slice of Bulgarian ter-
ritory as a reward from Russia tho Ru-
manians disregarded every artificial obli-
gation and made hay while they could .
Will Italy achieve a similar somersault
in International affaire? That le what
they are very anxious to know at Vienna
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There l one simple safe and. sure
way that never fall! to get rid of black-
heads and that I to dissolve them.
To do this get about two ounce of
plain powdered naroxltr from any drug
store sprinkle a' little on a hot. wet
sponpe rub over the blackheads briskly
wash the part and you will be sur-
prised how the V lackheadi have dllap-'
poured. Big blaoklieads little blackheads
no matter where they are limply dis-
solve and dlaapptar leaving the parts
without any mark whatever. Blackhead
Href vlmnlv mlvflir nt Aunt arid diet
and secretions ffom th body that form
In th pore of th ikln plncQIng and
bqiiecilng only cause . Irritation make
large pore and do not get them out
after they become hard. The powdered
neroxln and th water simply dissolve
th blackheads so thy wash fight out
leaving the pore free and clean
and In their ttatural Condition. Anybody
troabled with these unsightly blemishes
should oirUlnty itry thla almsl method.
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