The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-20
POSSESSIONS OF
 POWERS AT WAR
(By Gertrude E. Mallette.)

Il ial prey which lies in wait for the final tentacle of decision; for the col. onies, protectorates and dependencies of the parties to the conflict now wag- ing are scattered all over the world. Perhaps the most interesting in- stance of the intervening of the col. onial possessions of European powers may be cited in Africa in the protec- torates and colonies of Germany, France and England.
 Morocco is a French prctectorate, and the French possessions in Algeria, facing the Mediterranean, are fanked by Italian Tripoli on the east. Then on down the Mediterranean. through Suez, to the Red Sea comes Egypt with Britain paramount and occupying small area on this coast between British Egypt and British Somaliland lies the Italian province of Eritrea. Going on around the Corner of the continent" comes again Italian con. trol in the Province of Italian Somali- land. British East Africa, German East Africa, Portugese East Africa, and then British South Africa, comprising Rhodesia, The Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, Natal and the Cape of Good Hope. Starting up the west coast we meet the following, adjacent in the order named: German South west Africa, Portugese West Africa, Belgians Congo State, French Congo. German Kamerun and the British pro tectorate in the Niger Territories, French West Africa, German Togo. land, British Gold Coast Colony, and the Ivory Coast which France annex. ed twenty years ago. A complete list of the protectorates, dependencies and colonies of the four countries at present involved in war is as follows:
 Great Britain.
 In the Mediterranean: Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus, the latter 60 miles off the coast of Asia Minor with an area of S5S4 square miles.
 Ceylon, off the southeast coast of India.
 Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean.
 Federated Malay States, 2S,OOO square miles area, population 67S,OOO, military strength S51 natives under II European officers.
 Borneo in East Indies, area 76,OOO square miles, population 550,O0O.
 Hongkong. East Coast of China, area 400 square miles, population 4OO,- 900.
 Wei.Hai-Wei, in province of Shan. tung; China, near the German posses sion of Kaiu Chau.
 Bahrein, Or Aval islands in Persian Gulf.
 Straits Settlements (Slngapore), on Strait of Malacca.
 Union of South Africa, area 473,OOO square miles, population 6,OOO,OOO. British Imperial troops to number of $500 men and local organizations form the military strength.
 Other African possessions are Brit ish East Africa, Somaliland, British Central Africa, Zanzibar, Basutoland, The Territory of Bechuanas, Rhodesia, Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Lagos, Sierra Leone and Gambia. These are all de. pendant upon small forces for their protection.
 In the Indian Ocean are St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan d'Acunha, Mauri- tius, the Seychelles, Chogos and the islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam.
 Canada, with an area of S,6OO,OOO square miles and a population of 62,- 5OO,OOO Canada's military strength and reserve forces amount to about SO,OOO men.
 Newfoundland and Labrador having a population of 100000 and an area of 50,00O square miles.
 In the West Indies: Jamaica, Turks and Cainos islands, Cayman islands, Windward and Leeward islands, Trini. dad and Tobago. Of these the most important is Jamaica, with a military strength of 1904 men and unusually strong Notifications at Port Royal.
 British Honduras and British Gul ana in South America.
 In the Pacific, Australia, New Zea. land, and Tasmania with military strength of 174,OOO men. Sydney is a first class naval station and the headquarters of the British fleet in Australia. Islands of less importance are the Fiji group, New Guinea, Ton ga, Tanning, Phoenix, Gilberts, Ellice Solomons, Pitcairn and Ducie.
 France.
 Morocco, with military strength oi 93,OO0 men, natives and French.
 Algeria, garrlsoned by 18th French Army Corps and six regiments of na tive troops.
 French India, and French Indo China. the latter with a military force of 10000 men and naval force of ono gunboat, three destroyers, several tor pedo boats and one submarine. French Congo in Africa with mill tary force of 7675 men, natives ant Europeans.
 Madagasgar off east coast of Africa
 Mayotte islands in Indian ocean, ant Camoro Island.
 French somall Coast on westerr side of Red Sea.
 French west Africa, Tunis. French Guiana, Martinique, Guada loupe, St. Piere and Miquelop.
 In the Pacific, New Caledonia ant it's dependencies, the Wallis Archi pelago, Loyalty islands. Huon islands and New Hebrides, and other smaller islands.
 German.