Evening star., 1914-08-08

sian gulf, near the coast of Arabia;
900.
Straits settlements (Singapore). on
the Strait of Malacca; area. 1.5o0 square
miles; population, $4,000; military
strength 1904.
Union of South Africa. comprising
Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony: area.
473O00 square miles: population. 6.000.-
900; military strength. British imperial
troops, $500, and local organizations.
Other Exposed Territory.
Other British possessions in Africa
British East Africa, with an area of
275.OOO square miles. and population of
5.o0O,OOO. is left almost wholly to the ma
tiyes for defense. The same is true of
British Central Africa Somaliiand.
Zanzibar Basutoland, the territory Of
Bechuanas, RhodeSia. Nigeria, the Gold
Coast. Lagos. Sierra Leone and Gam
bia.
In the Indian ocean. scattered British
possessions or protectorates are st.
Helena, Ascension. Tristan d Acunha-
Chogos. and the islands of St. Paul and
Amsterdam. All told. these islands have
population of about 100000; but their
military strength is practically negli-
BILE.
British colonies in North America,
Canada. with an area of 100000 square
miles. population. 100000. has mill
tary strength Of permanent and reserve
forces amounting to about 10000 men.
Newfoundland and Labrador have an
area of 5000 square miles and a popula-
ton of 100000 Off the coast of Florida
are the Bermuda Islands, with an area
twenty square miles and population Of
1900, whose military strength is given
as 1870 men.
In the West Indies. British posses
sions comprise Jamaica Turks and
Caicos islands. the Cayman islands the
Windward islands. the Leeward islands,
of 1000 square miles and a population
of about 100000 Of these the most
important is Jamaica, with military
strength of l.O64 and with strong forti-
fications at Port Royal.
In Southern America.
In Central and South America Brit
ish Honduras and British Guiana. the
former with an area of 1862 square
miles and a population of 1890. and
the latter with an area of 100000
square miles and population of 300,-
900.
In the Pacific ocean-The common
wealth of Australia. comprising New
South Wales. Victoria, Queensland,
South Australia, Western Australia and
Tasmania, with a total area of about
100000 square miles and a popula-
ton of about 100000. The principal
ports are protected by Notifications.
and the military forces of the com
monwealth show a total of $4,000
men. Sydney is a trst-class naval sta
tion and the headquarters of the
British fleet in Australia.
Pacific islands of lesser Importance are
the Fiji groups, British New Guiana,
the Tonga Islands. Tanning. Phoenix,
the Gilberts, Ellice. the Solomons, Pit
cairn and Ducie.
French Colonies and Dependencies.
Morocco. in northern Africa; area,
| 100000 square miles; population, 1000,
900. The effective total of the French
army of occuuation is given as $4,000
men. while the native troops number
| $4,000.
| Algeria, on the northern coast of
| Africa: area, 343,500 square miles Eu-
ropean population, 100000; native, s.
100000 Garrisoned by the 18th French
Army Corps and six regiments of ma
tive troops
French India (Pondicherry). on the
southeastern coast of India, eighty
| miles south of Madras; area, 196
square miles: population. 276,5oo.
French Indo-China. east OF Siam.
u SilSdpOTe, Soulii VI AAoa6
kong; area, 256,00O square miles: popu-
lation, 100000. Military force con-
sists of 1861 Europeans and 1865
native troops, commanded by French
general of division. Naval forces. one
gunboat. three destroyers. several tor
pedo boats and two submarines.
Equatorial Africa, or the French
Kongo. west coast Of Africa between
kamerun, a German colony, and the
Belgian Kongo; area, $4,000 square
miles: white population. 1900: native
100000 Military force. $50 Euro
peans, T,145 natives.
Madagascar, off the east coast of
Africa; area. 22s.5Oo square miles;
French population. 10000; native, B.
500, 900. Military forces, 2,41l Euro
peans 6,376 natives.
In the Indian ocean, the Mayotte
Islands and CamoFo Islands. beteween
Madagascar and Africa, and the is
lands of Reunion. st. Paul. Amsterdam
and Kerguelen
French Somali coast. western coast OF
Red sea- opposite Alden; area $3.50 square
miles population, 2OS.0o0.
African Area.
French West Africa. comprises Senegal.
French Guinea the Ivory coast, DahomeS
Mauritania, Senegambia and Nigeria !;
area. 100000 square miles; European