The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-07

gage in wa.rfa1e have colonial pos- sessions protectorates and depend encies scattered all over the world Austro- Ezungary and Russia have no colonial posesstons. though the Rus sian Empire stretches through the contlnanfs of Europe and Asia and presents long coast line on the nor 2 thern Paeifae Of the others, Great Britain has colonies and protecto- rates the world overs France has colo n4es and protectora3es in Africa, In dias China. in South America. in the West Indies in the north Atlantic, ana in the Pacific and Indian oceanss Germany has codonial posessdons in Africa, in China. and in the Pacific Ocean, and Italy has dependencies in Africa and a concession in China
 nsdandss vast empires, India, Gam ada, and Australia: her holding on the Malay Peninsula; her coIdnies in Africa and her fortifled positions in the Mediterranean. GihraltaT and Malta. put her att the heed of the colony holding nations of the Yzorlds protective operations in case she be- comes involved in war with Austro- Hungry and Germany, and possibly with Italy.
 Many of ths minor holdings of the four poweEs with colonial posessions to dafand are shs1nselves without mil itary str ength- In many cases the pro tecflng power has only very small garr1sons on shore amounting to nothing more than local police forces This Is particularly true In Africa outside Of the French and British colonies, in the Paciac ocean and in African waters The continent Of Africa presents a notab1e picture of the juxtaposlfion of proEectorates and colonies 43eIoras- Ing tcs Great Britain. France and Ger many
 Trance has protsctorzate oyer Mo rocco and her Algerian poGse<sicns. facing the Med are bound ency Of Italy Then comes Egypt where British interests are para mount On the Red Sea and conti gnous to Esypt is the Italian de- pendency of Erltrea. Coming down the east coast are British Souia1iIaz1d, Italian sornalI Hand British Hast Af- ricas German East Africa, Postug1ese East Africa. and them British South Africa. embracing Rhodesa, the Transgaa1s the Orange River colony Natal and the Cape Of Good Hope On the YEest contiguous in the order named are Gernanz Southwest Afrf- ca Portuguese West Africa the Con-: go sta4es belonging to Belgium the French Congo; Kanneruns bedpnging to Germany. the Niger TeTTitoF1ds "a prptectorate oE Great Britain: French West Afri6as Togoland. be1ong1ng to Germany the Gold Coast a British Co1ony. ana the Ivory Coast annexed by France twenty years ago.
 The following is list Of the co7- oIies, protectorates and depend encies# Of four countries involved-
 GREAT BRITAIN.
 GihraItaFAt the entrance to the Medlta4rauean 6eas afeas two square nailess military force, s,s5z
 Ma1ta-Tn the Mediterranean Sea: area TIT square mi1ess military strength T. 6 1 T.
 Cyprus Island in the Medfterra.n- a can, so miles from the coast or Asia Minor; area 3,5s4 square mil ess 1ni1-s itary strength, I 21 men.
 Empire of India req 1 sS00,oe0 square miles; population 2s5, ,ooos- o00s military strength. British troops, z5s897: native troopas 16S,Sss. with 35,7oo reservists-
 India. area 25sS square miles: nii1i- taIy strength, 1,282 men
 MaldITs Island a--In the Indian ocean, 800 miles southwest of India. area, IS square miles; population 5o,-l 000s a group of 12 coral is1ets
 Federated Malay Statesof the Malay PeninsuIa; area 2e. .O0e square mf1ess population. 6S7,O00; military strength, 861 natives, under eleven .Elropean ofacers; also a native con
 BorneoIn the East Indies. area, 1000 square miles; popu1ation, 5so,-
 Hongkong East coast Of China; area, % Q sqaare miles; population, 400.a00s. military strength, ,270
 Wei-Ha1-y yVef-In the province Of shantunge China; area, 2s5 square miles. population, 150. .000; not far from the German possession of KaIu Chau.
 Bahrein=or Anvil Islands, in the Persian gulf. near the coast of Arabia: area, 230 square miles pop uIation. 68.oo0.
 Straits Settlements 6singapore1 On the strait of MaIacca; atea. I. 800 square mi1ess popu1ation, 572 70 0os mil ftary streDgths 2,5044
 Union Of South Africa Cc7nprisfng Cape Of Good Hope Natal. tl 2 Trans vaa1 and Orange River Colony, area, 473.0oe square miles; populadon, S. o0o. .0oe; military strength, British i'm peria1 troops, $500. and local organi- zaffons
 Other British Possessions in Africa British East Africa with an area of 275,eoo square miles, and population of 5,00, 0,0e0,s is left almost wholly to the natives for defense The same is true of British Central Africa sona1- Hand. Zanzibar. Basuto1And. the ter ritory of Beehuanas. Rhodesias Mi Eeria. the Gold. Coast, Lagos, Sierra. Leone and Gambia.
 Tn the Indian Ocean-Sc Scattered British possessions or protectorates are St Helena Ascension, Tristan, q LAcunha, Mauritius, the Seychelles. Chogos and other islands, and the islands Of St. Paul and Amsterdam. All told these islands have a popuIa- tton of about 100000. but their milf tary strength is practically negligible.
 British CoIonies in North America. ---Canadas with an area. of $500, 900 square miles. population, $500. 00e mas military strength of permanent and reserve forces amounting to about eightey thousand men. NewfoundIand and Labrador have an area Of 50f0o0 square miles and pop sa55 n A n e,t,p <,<x,, .-t x4