The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
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Tn central and South America British Honduras and British Guiana. miles and population of s7.500 and the latter with an area of 104.000 square miles and population og 300,O00.
 In the Pacific Ocean-The com monwealth of Australia. comprising New South Wales. Victoria, Queens land. South Australia. Western Aus tralia and Tasmania with a total area of about 100000 square miles and a population of about 5,000,000. The prin- cfpal ports are protected by fortifica- tions. and the military forces of the commonwealth show a total of 174,0O0 men. sydney is first class naval sta tion and the headquarters of the Brit fish fleet in Australia. Pacific islands of lesser importance are the Fiji group British New Guinea. the Tonga Islands, Tanning, Phoenix, the Gilberts, Ellice. the Solomons. Pitcairn and Ducis.
 French Possessions
 Morocco--ln northerh Africa; area, 220,000 square miles, population, 4000,- 000. The effective total of the French men, while the native troops number 1S.00O
 Algeria-on the northern coast of Africa area, S4S,500 square miles. Flu ropean population 75O,000. native B. 900, 000s Garrsoned by the Nineteenth French army corps and six regiments of native troops.
 French India (Pondicherry)-On the southeastern coast of India, so miles south of Madras. Area, 196 square
 miles; population, 276. 500. French ndo-China-East of Siam, north of Singapore, south of Hongkong. Area, | 256000 square miles; population, 100000. l Military force consists of 10,6S1. Euro- peans and 13,96S native troops. commanded b1r oh n division Naval | forces, one gunboat, three destroyers, several torpedo boats ard two subma- rines.
 | Equatorial Africa Cor the French Congo) West coast of Africa, between Kamerun, a German colony, and the Belgian Congo; area, 669,0 600 square miles, white popula- tion l2OO, native 9OOo,000. Military force, 1 530 Europeans, 7145 natives. l Madagascar-Off the east coast of Ar l rica area, 22S,500 square miles; French population 10000 native 3, ,5n0, ,000 Military forces, 2411 Europeans, os76 natives. French Somah Coast.-Western coast of Red sea, oppoiste Alden; area, 5790 square miles; population, 208,000. French West Africa.-Comprises Sene- gal French Guinea, the Ivory coast. Da bomey and Mauritania, Seneganiba and Nigeria; area. 100000 square miles; European population, 9,000,000; Africans, 10.O00000.
 Tunis.-On the northern coast of Africa; area, 50000 square miles; population, l. soo000; military force. 17,5oO men. French Guiana.-West of Venezuela area, 3o.50O square miles; population 50,ooo Martinique-West Indies; area, SS5 square miles; population. 144,000 Guadeloupe-West Indies; area, eSS square miles; population. 212O0o.
 St. Pierre and Miquelon-S South of New foundland; area of both islands, .93 square miles; population, 1852.
 In The Pacific Ocean-New Caledonia and It's dependencies, the Wallis Archi- paelago, the Loyalty Islands, the Huon Islands and the New Hcbrides. Other French establishment in. Oceania, scat tered over a wide area. ale the Island of Tahiti, the Society Islands, the Marquee gas, the Tuamoto group. the Leeward group and other lesser islands Total area, 8744 square miles; total population, S1 100.
 German Possessions Kiau-C Chau (Tsing-Tau-On the east coast of the privince of Shantung; area. 200 square miles; garrison of 3125. com posed of German marines and Chinese soldiers; population. 16s, 300 Kamerun-W West coast of Africa, between Nigeria (French) and the French Congo; area, 191, 900 square miles: white popula- tion 1870. native 2,G90000. German Southwest Africa-West coast or AIrlca, nortn or Cape Colony: area, 322, 450 square miles, white population 14,- $50. native 7S.000.
 German East Africa-Between British East Africa on the north and Portuguese East Africa on the south area 3s4, 900 square miles; white population 5ss, na- tive 7.645, 900.
 In the Pacific Ocean-Germany has as it's colonies or dependencies Kaiser Will helm s Land, the Bismarck group, the Caroline, the Pelew, the Marianne, the Solomon and the Marshall islands. and among the Samoan group the islands of Savaii and Upolu. Her total Pacific pos sessions have an area of 96,000 square miles, white population of 1884 and 6s4,- 900 natives.
 Italian Dependencies Eritrea-On the west coast of the Red sea; area, 45000 square miles; coast line 670 miles; population, 460,OOO; military force, 127 officers, ASA men. Somaliland-On the east coast of Africa. south of Eritrea: area, 139. 430 square miles: population. 100000.
 Tripoli and Cyrenaica-On the northern coast of Africa. between Egypt and AL geria; area, 406O00 square miles native population, 52S,176; European coco.