The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
lNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY'S WAR PRIMER

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the new:
est and most advanced seaports O
n Germany, on the northwest side o.
Jade Bay, forty miles northwest Of
Bremen. The city is $50 miles from
London by aeroplane and 4S0 miles
NJ by water. Wi1helmshaven was
H founded little more than fifty years
ago It has population close tc
80, 900. nearly third OF It's inhan-
itants being In the army or navy
n Observation-Disclosures and engineertne
schools are located there. The new
Hharbor. one of the most improved
lin Germany, has a separate section
for torpedo boats connected by locks
with the Ems and Jade canal These
works with the fitting-ott harbor
land outer harbors are all strongly
Mortified. The main development OF
1.-The town has occurred since 19OO.
Its industries are almost exclusively
mac1aine shops. iron foundries and
tboiler works. The town has repu-
itation for the excellence of its sea-
bathing.
/ Emden-A city of extreme north
western Germany, near the ef1ux OF
1.-THE Ems river into the Bay OF Dol
Hart and forty miles south OF west
lof Wiihelmshayen. Numerous ca
! mails fntersect It. and Its many gabied
houses give it an extremely sDutcn
appearance. Its population IS close
/ to n, 900, and it's manufactures In
dude cottons, saiI-cloth, soap, stock
iings. leather, tobacco. beer ana
spirits. The town is also known ber
cause of It's herring fisheries
Lens A town of northern France,
formerly fortified. nine miles east OF
north of Arras. and twelve miles
southeast of Bethune, on the sou,
Chef. The town was taken several
times In the wars Of Flanders and IN
1913 was the scene of signal VIC
torvs Ioy Louis II Of Bourbon. prince
Of Conde, over the Spaniards. The
town. with present population OF
about 80, 900, manufactures ACE,
leather. sugar, oil, soap. gin, pranoy
and beer. and possesses spinning
mills. and bleacheries and brick and
lime kilns. The city is in the miost
Of a rich coal and. iron held:
port town of France, the nortnern-
most in the republic. $50 miles nortn
Of paris. forty miles northwest OF
Lille and forty-hve miles east OF
novar The town is twenty-five miles
down the coast from ostend us
harbor works ar con VAST scale. a 81 :
MANY canals weave in ana OUT oI . lne
town: Its streets are amonS tnS IL
est in France With Bergues, Bonr-
60. =, ond .Crayelines, Dunkirk forms
a erorln of forts which are hemmeo
IN nv canals and foundations. the
norf;s lighthouse throws. ray fnat
ean= l,<a seen for q distance OF nine
feay, miles. The town is engaged IN
shinbuildinE; iron-foundtng. Drew
ing. spinning and the manuIactu !. %
sosI. fishing-nets, lumber ana hour our
Dunkirk was built IN the tenn In Ss..i,
frrv and was burned by. the Engl1sn
IN 1s3R- Since then 1T has been
owned by England, Spain and france
~ ccessiTely. It's present populat1o4
is close to 10000.
sSyan--One of;the four main islanos
ofthe Carolines, in the Pacihc ocean,
ohc,if $40 miles east OF the Pn1np-
mines. It is the seat OF goVelnnaeaa.s
FOR the western division OF lne u
ipelago, has high eievation ans -
frsnnently visited by heavy stor ms Is
IIstsI :, odern times the natives re-
s NE Inc presence of the white man
~ their shores. In 1875 Germany
~ s-s Sna;n asserted their rights IN
tLs, archipelago and Pope Leo VII .ll
~ c,,csen to arbitrate the Two
sen,,fries' differences. BE decloeo "a
eeyoT If spain and Germany goa
Chased the island from SPAN N 70 20
THE Yap natives, OF = AAest sSs..<ee-
,,, ~ i eence. are noted for possess
~. ,,ss the oldest coinage In the W s.IvQ
r consists of large limetsone uls.ss
-s-vine in diameter from sax n S.N1s
We s. We've feet and weighing asnlg
- ave tons. The coins ppaIens.sy
az - SIRED more for show tnan lot
-. 80 : The population of the aISalHel-
U.s. :. annroximately 10000:
= teyss,denard lgian town ~ ~
~ =, the right bank q the
Sahsy fifteen miles south O
Client SS.S.t famous for its cnMIea ., q
s5Ssrs Dame de Pamele, built =, tne
,;rfeenth century and regaEaseSo -, -
10 ~ the finest examples OF r LIZ
s1.rstt;nn style in Belgium. ~ Lta
t.:..,. a. one OF. the OLDEST ~
- 49, ~ Flemish hist Ascrl
sVu uat - the Goths in the hfth cen
~. ..ssr - r n the middle ages under
lS.ss ,nany memorable steEes ana ~
Mlsas 81 1O53 was Destroyer IN
e. es.,,, a fansous battle between the
t;sSS. rrder Prince Eugene and the
6s r Of Marlborougns sl anu ~ s rs.
~ aneh. took place before ~ s 49,
ii i70S. The town ma nulALas.a.s
is.fhar. tapestry, hats, soap R sosV Y Y.
cSi;cn and beer. It's popuAaelon
8 sron eresA town Of eastern BELL
t..S tst1-eIve. miles southwest Of
q t ssrsfr;Ehf ana thirteen miles s9uheS
~ n ~ HasseIf, on the JAR TiyerE
,Sesf6v "a & mineral bpring notedl
efi - = l..ftIS "A min oIortt3G6