Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-08
NEW FLAGS TO WAVE
Peace Treaty VIII he Signal for New
Nations TO Fly Own Standards
(From the Springfield Republican,

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It has been said and repeated that the
peace treaty would make over again the
map of Europe and also that of n large
part of the globe But no one could even
conjecture how many new nationalities
will be created in the next few months.
One thing. however, can be predicted.
that is, that each of these countries will
have its own new flag. Everybody could
notice the eagerness with which coun-
tries like Poland. Ukrainia, Lithuania,
Finland. the Czecho-slav territory, etc.
have designed for themselves national
flags.
1t is in this respect interesting to bring
into notice a lttle-known fact-the old
est European flag is that of Denmark
This flag has q strange origin. If we
are to believe Danish traditions 1t was
suggested to King waldemar OF Den
mark by vision of a cross appearing to
him in the sky at a particularly critical
moment of his life.
1t is more than 700 years since. and
the Danish flag has through all the GEN.
turtles been such as It was made by
Waldcmar
On the eve of the war one of the young
est among the flags of the world was
the Australian flag, the standard of the
Anzacs, which covered itself with glory
on the French plains of Artois and
Picardy.
/ This flag. which Is adorned with the
| Ave stars of the Southern Cross, bears.
of course, the union jack upon a field of
blue.
Before the war there existed but two
| flags where black and white were allied.
They were the Prussian flag and the
| Aa,r
! young republics have also adopted black
among their colors Black, combined
with red and yellow, was the German
flag and has also long been displayed in
the flag of Sarawak.
Red is one of the colors found most
frequently on the flags. More than
nineteen countries are counted whose
flags show a red part. Among them are
England, France, the United States
Italy, Spain. Denmark, Sweden, Switz-
erland, Portugal and in the enemy's
camp, Germany. Austria and Turkey
These are only the largest countries, as
for instance, valiant Serbia and Bel
+, GUM have also red in their flags. In
deed, the Greek and papal flags are the
only ones in Europe which have nc
| red.
Blue is also much i'm vogue. 1t figures
on the French tricolor, on the unor
Jack and on our own flag; and Will
white. is the only color on the flag OF
| Greece.
The flag of Brazil is mostly green
Italy. Hungary and Bulgaria are the
only European countries on whose flags
green figures. 1t Is seen also in the flags
of Mexico. Bolivia and Persia
The yellow color figures on the flags
of Belgium, Spain. Sweden. Rumana
Brazil and China and the Vatican.
Many wellknown flags are embel
lished with white, namely, those OF
Great Britain. France. Russia, Greece
Italy. Germany, Serbia China. Swift
erland, Austria and the United States
Our own combination of red. white
and blue is after all the most importan,
in the world 1t is found in the flags
of the United States, Great Britain
France, Holland. Russia Liberia, Mon.
tenegro. Norway. Serbia, Canada, Aus
tralia, South Africa. Cuba, Chile, Pan
anna. Costa Rica, Haiti, Paraguay ant
Santo Domingo