The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23
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Shanghai ana leaSe0 STRIP at WEI
hai-wei. The total population of Great
Brhan's Asiatic dependencies. and
colonies is 3Oo,751 900.
In the East Indies and OF islands
large and small in the South Pacific
Great Britain has Sarawak, Brunei and
British North Borneo. three Jurisdic-
tons that comprise the north coast and
fifth part OF the great island of
Borneo; the southeast quarter OF the
island of New Guinea, Australia. Tas-
mania. New Zealand. the islands of Fill
the Solomon Islands. the Gilbert ISL
ands, the Ellice Islands, the Cook
Islands. the Phoenix Islands, the Tonga
Islands. the Santa Cruz Islands. the
Tokelau Islands, the Poynesian Spo-
rades and many other islets extending
from Faster to Christmas. The area
OF these oceanic possessions Is estimated
to be 3,lS4s72 square miles. The
population in 1911 was said to be o.
436.S40.
French holdings in Asia are: Maize,
a tiny district on the Malabar coast;
Pondicherry, a small colony on the
southeast coast of India, and Indo-
china, which includes Tonauin, Anam,
Cambodia and Cochin China. France
also has a concession at Shanghai. The
area of tho Asiatic territory of the
French renublic ia DEG Oes square miles:
] - 1910 ,ha ,on,,ia.ion uas said IN no
more than 2l,500,000.
- 90 IT, .u Eranoo
,, 49, Sso,a,,, Is,oras tho
nus hui tue'aS' VI" ,,ia,as ~
- It,, Is,o,as
'ano'er 'snanus' 'ne 'oyatS
an" :" 49,, -. p,i,at,,
Archipeiaso' WIN -
france mas JOINT con''o' U. '"e wv"
Hepriues' >e" '''e'o1' ~
OF the Loya'y sroup' - "Seu as re
colohy' Noui'ea 10 'ne
peete' on the is.a"u Vi ,a"a',' 81"
| Hnpo' 'a'', pu'. no.taa O.,
OF french isiahus III ''e "oI''o '5'.'
IN s'lV SQUARE "''e'' '"'
eo.4iV'
PORTUGAL 'lose
anu possio,e pi' "a 80,
has Two small coIonies III ASIA anu o,'
IN the East inules' poa, on Tue
west coast OF lndia' Macao on 'ns
Chinese coast oppos"e iio"eNu"e az"
the northeast emo Oh ue 's'aiu Vi
| lIfnor constitute 'ie
sions OF the portuguese
Cars dominlohs' OCCUPIES ihore man
one-third OF the continent OF ASIA, us
area is 6'22o'4oo square hiies anu '"e
population is 24'eos'ooo'
the Japanese hihpre' ,ne'uuins
mosa, Corea anu the south nan VI '"s
halten, has an area OF <''ooo squaie
miles ana population apPoN'"ia''hs
64.oooooo'
Because germany with s"ch "sS's.
ance as Austria can give Is cohtehu
Ing against Great br'a'h' rrahce anu
Russia on the sea II N haruiy Prop-
able that the Eemah navy VIII pe "o'e
tn take ana holu Hluch II any 'eiri.o'S
OF the allies ON the other mana Ger
many besides hlao-cho"' mas io' 10
lose.
In the Paclhc ocean the herman nm
perial possessions are the Mariana Isl
ands, the taronhe islahus tne Mar siia''
Islands, three samoan islahus' me DIS
marck Archipelago ana Kaiser Wllheim
Ianu' 'ne nor.heas' q''' 'e' VI '''' '''
anu Oh new '"ine" -,
Sl.uhteo III 'a''.uu' 20 w :, Wv w
nor'h ioneltuue ~ W $50 ueslees s''s'
,ne Mar'ahas iolii 'Mo sro'ps VI 40 o
srea, Na'"e W any euu"'S ~, W."
posSlo,c eN'ep'.on VI ' .a" " ~. No
rama nav an ~" zoo ~, ~
au C o,,,I,,o l.. =, ST.,
1ananasa tradine schooners Visit tho
Marianas occaslonollv for corgoes of
conra Rec,usa Cuam yeo,ranhica,lv
heIopos IN one of the Mariana grouns
the annexation of the German Marianas
by Japan might excite interest I'm the
United States.
The Caroline Islands, in latitude 8 Ia
10 degrees north, longitude 1876 to l65
east, 48 groups, comprising $50 small
islands some volcanic but mostly OF
coral formation. have a total area OF
SEQ square miles and support a popu-
lation of $4,000 The Pelew group OF
the Carolines is the nearest land east
OF the Philippines. Some OF these little
islands are very productive. zap. Ruk
Ponapi and kuassi have a large trade
in copra and other tropical products
The Mariana and Carolines were bought
by Germany from Spain In 1898.