Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-08

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the Pacific ocean, and Italy has de
Tendencies in Africa and a. conces
sion In China. ' '5a s1
sEnoland's Vast Empirs. 81
England's vast empires, India, Can
ada ind 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 Or the world ;
they also increase the field Of her
protective operations In case she be,
comes involved in war with Austria
Hungary and Germany, and possibly
with Italy. Il
Z Many Of the minor holdings Of the
four powers with colonial posses
sions to defend are themselves with
out military, strength. In many cases
the protecting power has only very
small garrisons on shore, amounting
to nothing more than local police
forces. This is particularly true in
Africk, outside Of the French and
British colonies, In the Pacific ocean
and in American waters.
Many In Africa.
The continent Of Africa presents q
notable picture Of the juxtap0siti0n
of protectorates and colonies belong
ing to Great Britain, France and Ger
many. s
France has a protectorate over MO
rocco, and her Algerian possessions,
facing the Mediterranean, are bound
ed on the east by Tripoli, q depend.
ency of Italy. Then comes Egypt,
where British interests are para
mount. On the Red Sea And c0ntig-
GUS to Egypt, is the Italian depend
ency Of Eritrea. Coming down the
east coast are British ,Somalilknd,
Italian Somaliland, British East A.
RIGA, German East Africa, Portu-
guese East Africa, and then British
South Africa, embracing Rhodesia,
the Transvaal, the Orange River Col
ony, Natal, and the Cape Of Good
Hope. n. IN the west, contiguous In
the. order named, are: German South
west Africa, Portuguese West Africa,
the Congo State, belonging to Bel
GUM; the French Congo, Kamerun,
belonging to Germany; the Niger
Territories, q protectorate Of Great
Britain; French West Africa; Togo
land, belonging to Germany; the
Gold Coast, q British colony, and the
Ivory Coast, annexed by France, 20
years ago. .3 H s4}&
The following Is q list Of the col
0nies, prOtectOrates and dependen.
cies Of four countries involved:
Great Britain. I
Gibraltar-At the entrance to the
Mediterranean Sea; area, 2 square
miles; military force, 1857.
Malta In the Mediterranean Sea;
area, III square miles; military
strength, 7e47. 81
Cyprus island In the Mediterran-
can, 60 miles from the coast Of Asia
Minor; area, 1884 square miles: mill.
tary strength. 1911 men.
Empire Of India Area, 1900, 900
square miles; population, 295, OD0, 900;
military strength. British troops. 49,
S91; native troops, 153, 1886, with So
100 reseryists.
Ceylon the east coast OF In
dia, area. 1853 square miles; mill
tary strength, 1889 men.
Il ,Maldive 'Islands-In the Indian
ocean, 400 miles southwest Of India;
area, lis square miles; population,
$4,000; q group Of 10 coral islets.
Federated Malay States-O6 the
Malay Peninsula; areG, $4,000
square miles; population, 67S,000;
military strength, 851 natives, under
II European. Officers; also native
constabulAry.
Borneo-In the EAST Indies; area,
$4,000 square miles; population. $780,
900. i
Hongkong East coast Of China;
area 400 square miles; population,
100000: military strength, 4,270.
WeiHAi-Wei-In the province Of
shantung, China; area, 2S5 square
miles; population, $50, 900; not far
from the German possession Of Kaiu
'Chau. ..a
Bahrein or Avail Islands, in the
Persian gulf, near the coast Of Ara
bia: area, $50 square miles; popula-
tion, $4,000. {.
Straits Settlements (Singapore)-
On the strait Of .Malacca. area, 1900
squire miles; population, 572 900;
military strength. 1904. ID
Union Of South Africa Comprising
Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Trans
vaal, and Orange River Colony; area,
$4,000 square miles; population,
6,O00,0O0; military strength, British
imperial troops, $500, and local or
.ganizations., j s.g Z S,s Il
B Other British Possessions in Africa
british East Africa, with an area
Of 275,OOO square miles, and popG
lations of 100000, is left almost
wholly to the natives for defense.
The same Is true of British Central
Africa, Somaliland, Zanzibar, Easuto-
land, the territory Of Bechuanas,
Rhodesia,, Nigerik, the Cold Coast,
Lagos, Sierra Leone and Gambia.
In the Indian Ocean Scattered
British possessions or protectorates
are: st. Helena, Ascension, Tristan,
de Acunha, |Mauritius, the Seychelles,
Chagos and other islands, and the
islands Of st. Paul and Amsterdam.
All told, these, islands have . pop