The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-09-03
VAST COLONIAL POSSES
SI0MS ARE At STAKE

ed among the nations now at war
million OF square miles OF valuable
and outside OF me European borders
will no doubt be redistributed.
France controls 4.53s.540 square
miles and a population of 40.9s6.2
in Asia, Africa, America and the IS,
lands OF the sea Germany controls
1.o27.s2o square miles. with an esti-
mated population OF 12.o41.so
Russia. in the two protectorates over
Bokhara and Khiva known to Ameri-
cans merely as the names OF certain
kinds of orienta; rugs. controls 1D7.-
900 square miles OF land and 1896, 900
people not included within the Rus
sian empire. Finland for purposes
Of distribution. 10 held to be a par,
Of Russia.
Belgium controls the Belgian Congo
containing 100000 square miles and
$1,000. 900. of Bentus.
Italy controls Eritrea. on the Red
sea; Tripoli and cyrenaica and part
OF Somaliland. The first mentioned
has an area of 10000: somaiiland
has an area of Si.Iso and a popula-
iion estimated ar 523.17s.
German Southwest Africa and Ger
man East Africa, has 9s1. $50 square
miles, with a white population Of % o.
io5 and a native population OF H.
i06.O24. German East Africa Is the
prize. containing as Il does an area
Of 3s+.71O square miles and n popu-
lation OF 7.s45.7To. German South
west Africa has an area of s2.2i5
square miles and a population of
whites OF 1883 and a native popuIa-
tion of 1856.
In Asia her Jewels consist OF RIao
Chow. acquired in 1897. with an area
OF only 200 square miles but a popu-
lation OF 16s.OO0. That is the seat Of
the eastern empire the kaiser hoped
to establish on the ruins Of China.
In the Pacific ocean Germany has
large collection OF islands numeri-
cally spelking. as the United States.
including the new Guinea. Marshall.
Solomon and Caroline islands and
part OF Samoa. in which the United
States also has an interest.
France overseas has possessions
putting her away ahead OF all those
engaged in the war other than Great
Britain She regards Algeria and Tu-
mis-. in North Africa. particularly the
former. as part o' France.
The older colonies. such as Reunion
Martinique end Guadeloupe. have rep
resentatlon IN the French parliament
while Senegal. Guinea and Cochin.
China have each a deputy.
The British colonial possessions
are the wh)le Of the Australian con
tinent. Canada. the former Boer re-
public. SomaIiland. Bechunaiand. India
Victoria islands of the coast OF China
harbor of weihaIwel. the Federated
Malay states In the Malay peninsula
and part Of Borneo and New Zealand.
In the West Indies her possessions
are the islands Of st. Vincent. st.
Lucia. Barbados. Trinidad. constitut-
ing the eastern boundary OF the Carl.
bean sea North of that chain OF Is
lands is Nassau and Bermuda. on the
coast OF Florida. Then there is Brit
ish Honduras and British Guinea.
In the Pacific she has more than an
equal division in the small Islands in
what Is gen rally known as oceanla
Her protec.1~ate over Egypt and her
ownership Of the island Of Malta, and
the stronghold OF Gibralter. together
with the suez canal and defensea 90
its entrance, constitute the most val
uable part of her possessions betwee.
the home island and the empire Of
India.
Guests OF Warnoek's