Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-19
=" RtSeyOFr GERMAN EMPIRE.
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important Facts About the Members
',..r . of tho Federation. ..... ..l.

The, German empire was created In
fs71 ,whcmS the Imperial dignity was
vested In the king Of Prussia BY the
5eichstag of the North German Fed
Grafton on the initiative Of. al the
leignmg Puinces Of Germany. Prussia.
had liean ruled for generations undGr
the law Of primogsRiture, and 80 the
recession, which was automatic and
unvarying. carried with 1t. the imperial
ttle. ',..,r,,,4. e. .'..,' -. o.. - '.,
Power to declare defensive war, to
make peace and to enter into treaties
was the Empcror's constitutional
right. There were~ two legislative
bodies. -. ,thsn B4ldssratl ,orr Fad9ral
Council, representing the individual
states of the empire. and the Reich
stag or Det of the realm, elected by
papular ballot. In the Bundesrat are
u members and in the Rcichstag
sS7. ','.' =,
- Make. Up Of the Empire.
Creation Of the empire brought un-
der imperial rule four kingdoms
Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Wurt-
tcmbcrrgiE six grand duchfcs, fye
duchIcs. seven principaiitics, three
free towns and the Rcichsland of AL
SAGE Lorraine.
Prussia has an area of 1866
square miles. and the last general cen
sus, In 1910. gave the population as
4ols5,2ls Bavaria covers o9.s9s
SQUARE miles. With d 'popiuation Of
s.ss7.2y1.' 'sakoony covers, 5,tSs square
I ErpAss" and a. population of 4.S6e. eS1.
81 ttassi tts iffkef. 80, III
Sldara 1nlies And the censHHsS showed
d p6pulatioh" 6f 2,.$s7, ,574. ''" ,
Thu total area OF Getmany is 2JS,-
7sO square miles and the population In
1910 was'64.o35,993. Estimates in June,
1914, placed the total at 67.s12,oOo.
!Nrca OF the grand Duchics and pop
dra,ion at the last general census
stood AS follows: Baden. 5.S23 square
miles 2,l42,Sss population; Hesse,
1866 sHuare mites. 1,eS2,o5t popula-
ton: SictRlcnbtirg- SthWerin. 5,oss
4Iuarc miles. '6S9. 95s population; Sax
dny. 1897 sduart miies,. 4t7ll9 popu-
Ia,ion; g." MccRIcnburs- S trclitz' l.f5i
snuatc miles. ro6.1i! population; and
olchbtirg, 's,tS. 'sGuAtH miles and 4S3,
DE population ''''
Figures. ror the 'dnchiGs show Bruins.
wick, with, l.AlS square miles and 4s4,-
a3e population: Sake Moiningen. with
.9o3 square 'mifca and 'eTs.7s9 popu!a-
tion; SAKE -A1tenburg, .5l1 square miles
Y end 21G.I2S. population: SAKE Coburs-
totha, .70i stluaru miles and" Z5T177
population, and Ahfilt,' 'SSS, square
miles and Ssl,i2S; population, co.. g..
Figures for Principahties. =
For tho municipalities the figures
SHOW, schYarzburg sondcrshausen,
s33 square miles, Ss,9l7 population;
schwarzbmg Rudolstadt. Sss square
lhilcsi; !e0.7b2 .noputation; Waldeck,
4S3 square miles, sl,lC7. population;
Iacuss. elder branch. 123; square miles.
70. .7ss: . Reuss, '"Junior' branch, 3l9
square miles, =" 15e152" population;
|Schaumburg- -Lippe. .1a1 square miles,
f6,65s population, and Lippe, 46s
square miles and $50, ,sS7 population.
or the three, free towns Hamburg
has only .1sO. saunre miles and 1,1oi.-
664 population! # Brennan. SO sdtiare
miles and ,2sS.s2S population, and. Leu,
heck, 1I6 square. miles and ,, 1859
population. .iSIsace.LorratI1e has $500
square miles apd the census showed q
population. Of 1,S74,o14, u.,:.., ,r, ....
Colonies, anil dependencies Of Ger
many at the OPENING OF the war were
Kiaschow In China, with 200 SQUARE
miles of the. .capital town Of .Tsingtau
and 200, sqtrare miles ''of bay and a
native population OF 1tS.9uo, and the
following, in Africa. Togo, capital
LONE. $4,000 square, miles, s6S white
population and 1.o3f!s1S native popu-
latton:;,' ,Karnarun,,. capital ,Buea, with
nearly 400, 900, square. miles, 1871
whites and aS48.7eVr natives: Gernaan
s southwest AFRICA, capita" W1ndhuk,
area, s92, 80 SQUARE miles. 14SSOwhites
and 1856 NATIVES. and German East
Africa, capita5 Darassalann.I area 3S4.O
$50 square miles 5,sss whites ana =
645.T70 natives. ;,. .","d ..'d".-r'; ~
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