Evening journal., 1919-04-28
MORE FLAGS TO
WAVE WITH PEACE
Treaty Will be Signal for
Z New Nations to Fly
Own Standards
DENMARK EMBLEM
OLDEST IN EUROPE

1t has been said and repeated that the
peace treaty would make over again
tic map OF Europe aud also that Of a
large part Of the globe But no one
could even conjecture how many new
natlonsliiies viii be created In the next
few months.
ono thing, however, can be predicted
that Is. that each OF these countries
win have ifs own new flag. Everybody
could notice the eagerness with which
countries like Poland. Ukrainia, Lith-
uanis. Finland, the Czecho-Slav terri
tory. etc. have designed for themselves
national flags.
II Is in this respect interesting 20
DCing into notice a little-known fact
The Oldest European flas is that OF Den
mark
This flag has a strange origin. II we
s1e 10 believe Danish traditions II was
suggested 10 King Waldemar OF Dem
niark by vision OF a cross appearing
%. him IN TIE sky al a particularly crit
icsl moment OF his life.
It is more than 100 years since, and
The Danish lag has through all the CEN
TUTies been SUCH as 10 was made Dy
Waidemar.
on the eve OF the war one Of the
youngest among the flags OF the world
was the Australian nag, the standard
Of the Anzacs, which covered Itself
with glory on the French plains Of
Arlois and Picardy.
This fiag. which Is adorned with the
fife stars OF the Southern Cross. bears,
of course, the union jack upon a tleld
or blue.
Before The war there existed hut tive
1ags where black and white were al
lied They were the Prusslan flag and
the new Chinese flag. Since then some
young republics have also adopted black
among their ool0rs. Black. combined
with red and yellow, was the German
nag and has also long been displayed
IN The flag OF Ssrawak
Red is one Of the oolors found most
frequently on the flags More than
nlDetecn countries are counted whose
lass show a red part. Among them'I
arr England, France. the United States.
Italy. Spain. Denmark, Sweden. swift
erland. Portugal ana IN tho enemy's
camp, Germany. Austria and Turkey
These are only the largest countries. as
for instance. valiant serbia and Bel
tI1Nl HdNi dAaD INN lH IltlI MdNns AAl-
need. the Greek and papal flags arc The
only ones 10 Europe which have no
rcd
Blue Is also much IN vogue. It fig |
ufes on the French tricolor. on the |
uplon Jack and on our own ilag; and, /
with white. IS the only color on the nag |
Of Greece.
The fag OF Brazil is mostly green. !
Italy. Hungary and Bulgaria are the |
only European countries on whose flags /
sreen figures. IL is seen also In the |
nAes OF Mexico. Bolivia and Persia.
The yellow color figures on the flags |
OF Belgium Spain, sweden. Rumania, ]
Brazll and China and The Vatican.
Many well-known fags are embel-
llshed with white. namely. those OF
Gneat Britain. France, RTssia. Greece,
lisiS. germany, Serbia. China, Switz-
,rland. Austria and the United states.
Our own combination Of red, white
ma blue Is after an the most i'm
oortant in The world. 10 Is found in the
lass OF the United States, Great
sltain. France, Holland, Russia. Ii
,srla. Montenegro. Norway, Serbia.
.anada. Australia. South Africa, Cuba,
NILE. Panama. Costa Rica. Haiti, Para
'1sy and Santo Domingo.