Evening star., 1914-08-08
VAST AREA SUBJECT
TORAVAGES0F WAR
Four of the Six Contending
Powers Must Defend 0utIy-
ing Possessions.
DEPENDENCIES LOCATED
THROUGHOUT THE. WORLD
Russia and Austria Hungary Are the
Only Belligerents Without Co.
lonial Territory.

Now that the warShps of the European
powers are reported moving in various
directions. with news of AN occasional at
tack on outlying colonial dependencies of
the belligerents, it is interesting to note
that AustIia-IIunsary and Russia, only,
Of the great powers involved in the inter
national conflict have no such colonial
possessions that can be attacked.
-Four of the six powers of Europe now
involved in the war have colonial pos
sessions, protectorates and dependencies
scattered all over the world. Although
Russia has no colonial possessions, the
Russian empire stretches through the con-
tinent of Europe and the continent of
Asia, and presents long coast line on
the northern Pacific.
OF the others, Great Britain has colonies
and protectorates the world over France
has colonies and protectorates in Africa,
India. China. in South America. in the
West Indies. in the north Atlantic. and
in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Ger
many has colonial possessions in Africa,
i'll China. and in the Pacific ocean. and
Italy has dependencies in Africa ana a
concession in China
Ensland's Vast Domain.
England's vast empires India, Canada
and Australia her holdings on the Malay
peninsula, her colonies in Africa and her
fortified positions in the Mediterranean
Gibraltar and Malta put her at the head
OF the colony holding nations of the world
The also increase the field OF her pro-
tective operations in waE with Austria /
Hungary and Germany, N WHICH ilfiS
may also be included.
Many of the minor holdings of the four
powers with colonial possessions to de-
fend are themselves without military
strength. In many cases the protecting
shore, amounting to nothing more than
local police forces. This is particularly
treu in Africa, outside of the French ano
British colonies, in the Pacific ocean and
in American waters.
The continent of Africa presents nota-
bic picture of the juxtaposition OF pro-
tectorates and colonies belonging to Great
Britain, France and Germany.
France has d protectorate over Morocco
and her Algerian possessions. facing the
Mediterranean, are bounded on the east
bv Tripoli a dependency of Italy. Then
| comes Egypt where British interests are
paramount on the Red sea and contig-
| uous to Egypt is the Italian dependency
of Eritrea. Coming down the east coas'
are British Somaiiand, Italian Somah-
land, British East Africa, German Eas'
| Africa, Portuguese East Africa( and theT
British South Africa. embracing Rhodesla
| the Transavaal. the Orange river colony
| Natal and the Cape of Good Hope. Or
| the west contiguous in the order named
| are German Southwest Africa, Portuguese
West Africa. the Kongo state, befongine
! to Belgium; the French kongo, kamerun
belonging to Germany: the Niger territor-
| les, "a protectorate of Great Britain
| French West Africa. Togoland, belonging
to Germany: the Gold Coast. a British
colony and the Ivory Coast annexed by
France twenty years ago.
/ The following is list of the colonies
protectorates and dependencies of four
countries involved:
Great Britain.
Gibraltar, at the entrance TO the Medi-
military force. 3,S57.
Malta, in the Mediterranean sea: area,
III square miles; military strength, 7,6T.
Cyprus, island in the Mediterranean, ~
miles from the coast of Asia Minor, area.
3,5S4 square miles: military strength, 1o1
men.
Empire of India area 100000 square
miles; population. 29o,OOD.O00: military
strength. British troops 1881. native
troops 163, ,sS6. with 100 reservists.
Ceylon, off the southeast coast of India.
area, 2,5:s3 square miles; military strength.
! 2S2 men.
Maldive Island. in the Indian ocean.
400 miles southwest of India; area, lis
square miles: population, $4,000; a
group of twelve coral islets.
Federated Malay States of the Malay
peninsula. area, $4,000 square miles;
population. $4,000: military strength.
S5l natives under eleven European Off
GERS: also "A native constabuary.
Borneo. in the East Indies, area. I6.-
600 square miles; population. $4,000.
HongkonS, east coast of China; area.
100 square miles; population, 100000:
military strength 4,21o.
N.I- II.i Wei in no. .,f hau
tung China area. 2S5 square miles:
population. 10000. Not far from the
| German possession Of Kahn Chan.
l .Bahrein or Avail allslands.~ the-Per-