The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-12

The Fofn Smallest e
the World Have Ap1
-,--f.res-.s HTeessSSIES.S-S5
for Admission to Hse
League

- =.
League
New York May le--A ation
four of tie smallest Countries S
wcrld-Icefand, the Republic
sia. San Marino and buxesnbufg
for. admission 70 theaEeasueo
fions, which ARE to come before
Council OF the League when lt
venes shortly in Rome =:
awakened interest IN these lands ard
peoples. 80:
Iceland, which until 'asls befongsds
to Denmark. has "a population p2 A.
prox7nlately 10000 and an areassRf1
s5, GOO square miles. It mas diseeHafa
ed by Norsemen in the ninthseeneaky
and continued as q repHlrfft zunfl I2292s:
when it united withaeeSef:Bay. 8Ggss
it was taken by Denmark III Who's
hands it remained uati r. tqye yearsa
ago when. in full agreement With
the mother country. under :talesnrin-s9s
ciple of self-determinatiun Iceland
proclaimed its Independence. FsYnsss
Christian, Of Denmark hohored has2
former colony by sending g, lEs
to "a lu,e the Icela ni1ic: ma tionlal 1axss:s
The Danish government il sia3ss
forbade the manufacture or safe sSfs
intcxicants and the parliament of afee,
land subsequently acted 81
tion law making the nineteeHs
o,, na risl,es in the cc,ounfry's threeaamss
or- ,roy.5nces fore,ve,s +. Iccfafd
die y women have long had the risht :to:
vnte s..;4.,S ~
.Reykax;k and .Akrevri. ttiae .sprssEs:
oinaI villages of Iceland. are On .tissS
Cost n-t;c1. IS J, helt. Of rit.h .nsa;siara itaras;
Iamd Thn ,1,terioY. ie 4 :lsasf hla4ssam:
D fno .nr, more feet. a lpeye sea 'ssfeYcls
comnosea largely Of sand ana :aaaras
|aeser4 and nractieatly destst t,,te OF
orass or trees excepting q few hardy
), aa,stss.:. 1rNars .;Ta no,ss: fsoafg Far:
- ;rss; f,,;;s
votca mic er,1ntions HE 1ava rseldss5c,lsoVs:
fer;rr an area OF ESQ o square nites.
GEORGIA formerly ancient IYafia as
nart of Rnssian s.Trsnss;c ucasia.s ssssiss
+e1, ~ ,aer,Ta Nh tssSf f3,eTss.
ny,r. ss,,,as.nfa,I AM, 1S,o ara ;s;awI,. M
nn;ehh,rine. M, Pa,a;a,,s as 1Gari 4azess
soats 80 .govArnnoen4 q re TifsisS and:
n tte 1I,;ri,
!, r,f..,ift. stasfa wt
,,,, aaa s:,gl;e,,. r ypaas di1IdeHssAf
.threa narts INF a0e -aeorsiass
oorna,., ted il, the Rnssia., ai,fnaairass:s:
-, rha.s,,oa,,i.+;an a. .fsanrsia: 81
= - :, a,arSa ,,s;. s
Dr., e fa1
- aoo.a.,,,s f - Efss,tv. ne,.s,s1t of thgaSrs
s,;a,s .,rs.sar,,i,sers ;offs sfayaif
The inaanendence Of ,eoreia s. rscs5
80, asn; ;zed II, -.Italys.
,,e.na Nv f,atn.o i tonecnn1a a frses
NOM Z. :::s ~. ssssss 80
san <Mar;na .se,rs ga raraarinp. dss ,a6t:
orly one of the small est; ;s;bnt enssas:
THE eldest republics IN Europe.aIt ItsiS
enclosed bv 'three ItaKSaans provinces;
and consisfsof i craGgys visss an M ouhtain2,4
I42o feet i1iah on WNch siy SSfie town
= nd some eircum iacent terraces with
! four or fivee villages. Tfre pDpnfafions
prior to the war. was about 8. .o0G san
Marina furnished ak arfhy:fo thesA aAsIl
Lies. The chef fndi,strysis Agf1eHa Hafaas;
Including the raisiH scate
Legislature Of the republic isseen1pp
Fed of q senate. OF go members elected,
for fifes eo,ialiv from.
neasa nts citizens asand mob moi
.nresidents. are chosen by the senate
every six months. :.saSs -. 8
! Luxemhurg. which s3Ses between.
Rlienhfsh Prussia Befgfu nm and Az
90 CO. Es,rraaiine ia
.nie., bv. the Germans dHssng tlaera
was made a. Grana s:Duchysi In ssiis 81 lG:By
the king of the .NetherlaRds. IN nlse7
| 81 it was declared neutral territory bsffhe
Treaty ef London: sIt~i1as .be16ngeass
,however, since 1872. and until fs this