The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-08
FOUR OUT OF six POWERS
Have COLONIAL POSSESSIONS

-Four out of the six powers Of Ell
rope which today are engaged In wal
fare have colonial possessions, protee
torates, and dependencies scattere
allsoyer the world.
2Austria-Hungary and Russia hav
no colonial possessions, though til
RUSSIAN Empire stretches through
the continents of Europe and Ash;
and presents q long coast line on TIL
lnerthern Pacific. OF the Others
Great Britain has colonies and pro
tectorates the world over; France ha
colonies and iprotectoratcs in Africa
India, China, in South America, ii
the West Indies, in the north Allan
Tic. and in the Pacific and IndiaI
oceans. Germany has colonial pos
sessions in Africa, in China, and ii
'he Pacific ocean, and Italy has dc
tendencies in Africa and conces
sion in China.
England's vast empires. India, Can.
ada and Australia; her holdings or
the Malay Peninsula; her colonies IL
Africa, and her fortified positions il
the Mediterranean. Gibraltar ant
Malta. put her at the head Of the col
ony-holding nations of the world
they also increase the field of her
protective operations In case she be
comes involved In WARMTH Austria
Hungary and Germany, and possibl,
with Italy.
Many of the minor holdings, of thu
four powers with colonial possession
to defend arc! themselves without mil
ltary strength. In many. cases Tho
protecting power has only very. small
sarrisons on shore, amounting t.
nothing more than LOCAL police forces
This isjrparticularly. true in Africa,
outside of the French and British
colonies, fin the Pacific ocean and in
American waters.
The continent OF Africa presents a
notable picture Of the iuxtaposition
OF protectorates and colonies belong
ing to Great Britain, France and Ger
many.
France has protcctoratc over
Morocco, and her Algerian posses.
slons, facing the Mediterranean. arc
bounded on the East by Tripoli, a de-
tendency of Italy. Then comes Egypt,
where British interests are para
mount. On the Red Sea and contigu
aus to Egypt, is the Italian depend
cncyi of Enitrca.l Coming down III
cast coast are British Snnnlilans
italian somaliland, British East AZ
rica. German East AFRICA. Portug,lr
East Africa. and then British Son
Africa, q embracing, Rhodcsia. T.
Transvaal; the Orange Rye colnts
Natal. and the Cape Of Good Hope; 9
the west. contiguous in the orr
named! are nGarnrla SnY,,," '"tt
RIGA; Portuguese West Africa. til
Gonrn state. ,bolppring 70 Brlr,mn
the French Congo, .Kama-nn, hgl0Tr
ing to GcrmanF.ith the NiEcr Tefritnr'.,
a, rrotoctorate of Great britain
French Wet Africa:. ,Tc"nll.aHd. l,A
longing to Germany: the GID Toar'
= Dritjsh Colony. and thc 1vn-
f'cagt. annexed By France twcnt
years AID.
Tho following Is . list of thr e.
mic. protcrtcra'er AMI lcncadcnci'
Il four countries involved:
Great Rritr;n.
| CIRr tt.TAR-ht the entrance
he Mediterranean Sra: area. t~
'orsrr miles; military fcrrc. :.ss7
| MALTA - IN the Mcditcrranra
Sea: area, III square miles; militia
trcnRth. 7,6d7.
CYPRFS-ls,Gnh in the Mcaite-
-anean. so miles from The coast 6
,sia Minor; area. 1854 sunar
niles: militsrylstrensti III men.
EMPIRE OFtlNDIArr7 Area. 1,SG0-
100 square miles; population. 295,
900 ,00O:s4military strength. BIRTHS
troops. u rs, 1917: native troops, 1913,
s36, with 35.7OO rcservists.
'CEYLoN-oH the southeast coas
II India: area, $3.50 square miles
military strength. 1.eS2 men.
MALDIvE 1sLANDS-ln the In
dian ocean, 400 miles south west Q
India; area IFS square miles; popu
lation, 10000; group OF II cora
islets.
FEDERATED MALAY STATES
OF the Malay peninsula: area. 2S
900 square miles; population. SIS
900; military strength. S5l natives
under eleven European officers: ais
, native constabulary.
BoRNEo - In the East Indies
urea. $4,000 square miles: popula
tlon. $4,000
HoNGKoNG-East coast OF Chi
ma; area, 400, square miles: popula
lion 100000; military strength, 4
leo.
WEI-HAI-wEI-In the province Q
Shantung, China: area. .2s5 sauar
piles; population, 10000. Not. ia
from the German possession Of kau
chau.
BAHREIN ~ or Avail Islands. I
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