The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
Giants And PygmieS
EmbroiIed In War

Servia before the BALKAN war had a
population of 2,911, ZOO and an area Of
1879 square miles; the war added
1924 square meils to her territory
and 1896, 290 people to her inhabi-
tants, giving her total population of
4,514,976, which is about that of Lon
don Cincluding metropolitan and city
police districts). The area is about
four fifths that of Pennsylvania.
Belgrade has 89,876 people; Nish,
24,949; Monastel lin the new terri
tory 1886. Four ffths Of the peo-
pie are illiterate.
The Greek Church is the orthodox
religious establishment. Agriculture
is the chief industry. There are about
900 miles of railway. Ordinary roads
are poor. In the Balkan war Servia
had 100000 men il the rieid within
three weeks and 100000 ready for
service inside of four months. King
Peter |. recently turned over the SOW
ereignty to his second son, Alexander
(born 1889, but resumed it on the
outbreak of hostilities.
Austria Hungary comprises the
Austrian empire, the kingdom of Hun
gary and the territory of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Vienna is the Austrian
capital. Budapest the Hungarian,
and delegations of 60 membe. each,
elected by the Austrian and Hungar-
ian Parliaments, meet alternately at
the two capitals, the Emperor King,
Francis Joseph, residing in Vienna.
Franz Josef, born August IS, 1880,
became emperor of Austria December
2, 1848, and King of Hungary June 8,
1867. The area of the monarchy is
261 PAL square miles-TeXas would
take it in. 1t is marvelously cosmo-
politan country. In a total popula-
ton of 51,39G,223 about 100000
speak German. 100000 speak Hun
garian and 100000 speak the Polish
tongue. Among the other common
languages used are Bohemian, Ruth
enian, Croatian, Roumanian, Moravian
and Slovak.
There are 33,952,36s Roman Catho-
lies. Vienna has a population Of
2,031, 498, Budapest has SS0,371 people.
There are 30,121 miles OF railway,
chiefly State operated On war ba-
sis Austria Hungary can put 5000, 900
men in the field. Bosnia Herzegovina
has an area of 1902 square miles and
1895, 044 people. Occupied since 1878,
it was annexed in 1908. It contains
$40, 900 Mohammedans.
Russia's Mammoth Empire.
Russia, comprising European Rus
STA, Poland, the Caucasus, Siberia,
Asiatic Russia and Finland, covers
1894 ,Ol8 square miles with a popula-
ton of 167,034 200. The area is grea-
ter than that of the United States and
her dependencies plu< france and all
her colonies. 1t is twice the size IF
China, but it is only two-thirds the
size of the whole British Empire. st.
PetershUrk has l ,911 400 inhabitants,
Moscow, 1505,5 500 Warsaw. 964,000;
Odessa, 498, 100; Kiev, 446,800.
The mobiles have twice as much land
as the peasants. The Douma, whose
powers are largely Pigment of the
imagination, has 442 members, at a
salary of e2100 each year. The Gar,
Nicholas H., was born May IS, 1868.
His sickly heir, Alexis, was born Au-
gust II, 1904. The Cars mother IS
Queen Alexandria's sister, so that he
and George V. are first cousins.
Germany consists of 25 federated
states and an imperial territory
(Reichsland). The area is 2O8,S25
'l'e'i \ iiiiiSo NSSNNltNtilS NoloillolSJ anu
the population has grown from a.
$4,000 in 1916 to 64925,993 in 1910.
An estimate for June -, 1913, gives
81 ,082 900 inhabitants.
In 1910 there were 1852 Ameri-
cans in Germany, 1879 British, 49,
140 French and 1857 Russians.
Berlin had 2.071.257 inhabitants in
1910 Greater Berlin, 3,710,0OOD HAM
burg, 1872, lie; Leipzig, 626,267; Mum
ich. GO9.375, and Dresden, Cologne
and Breslau were also above the half
million mark. There were 39,991 ,421
Protestants to 23,821,45 Roman Ca
tholics.
Germany's educational system for
thoroughness leads the world Alsac4-
Lorraine, bone of contention beween
France and Germany, is about as big
as Connecticut, and has 1,S74,Ol4 in
habitants. In 1913 Germany had 80
158 miles of railway. The total war
strength is estimated at 4,350,000
men. Germany stands second only TO
Great Britain in sea power.