Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-23
FOUR OF SMALLEST NATIONS SEEKING
 PLACE IN LEAGUE
ueorgla, San Marine, Luxem. burg and Iceland
 Want In


 iour or the smallest countries in tn
 Worid-lceland, The Republic of Geor
 e!a, San Marine and Luxembure-fo
 Aumlsslon to the League of Nations
 wnicn gre to come before the Como;
 VI the League when it conveaes short
 n Rome, Italy, have awakened in
 terest Tn these lands and peoples.
 iceiand, which until 1918 beloneef
 so' denmark, has population of an. pdrooxlmately do 10000 and an area of 35 voV square miles. It was discoyeree " Norsemen in the 9th century ana cuhtlnued as republic until 12og when 1t united with Norway. In 1880
 was taken by Denmark in whose
 anus l1 remained until two years aeo when, in full agreement with the motner country, under a principle of seif-determination Iceland nrocls ined It's independence. King Christian of s denmark. honored his former colony py sending warship to salute inc lcelandic national flag.
 The Danish government in 1913 for pade the manufacture or sale of in- ,oxicants and the parliament of Ice iano subsequently, enacted prohi- cion law making the 19 syssels or parishes in the country's three ants or provinces forever "dry." Icelandic women have long had the right to vote. ~
 keykjavik and Akreyri, the princi- pal villages of Iceland, are on the coast which is belt of rich pasture land. The interior is a vast plateau x,OOO or more feet above sea level com posed largely of sand and lava desert and practically destitute of grass or trees excepting hew hardy beeches. l There are no roads. For centuries Iceland was the center of volcanic eruptions the lava fields covering an area of 4,5O0 square miles.
 Georgla. formerly ancient Iveria, part of Russian Trans Caucasia, is populated by people who call them, selves. Kartli and who are known bv neighboring Persians as Guri. The seats of government are Tiflis and Guria. In the third century they con stltuted a mighty state which lasted until 1424 when it was divided into three parts. In 1900 Georgia was in- corpOrated in the Russian Empire.
 The population of Georgia at the time she declared her independence of Russia. on May 26, 1918, was about { S,OOO,OOO Eighty per cent of the Georgians are farmers. On March IT last the independence of Georgia was by Italy. Under the Turk lsh peace treaty Batum is to become a free port.
 San Marine or, Sammarino, is not only one of the smallest but one of T the oldest republics in Europe. It is I enclosed by three Italian provinces 2 and1 consists of craggy mountain, 2 s,42O feet high on which is the town md some circumjacent terraces with Eour or five villages. The population T ,rtor to the war was about 5000 San ' Marino furnished an army to the AL i les. The chief industry is agricul- d ;ure including the raising of cattle. 2 The legislature of the republic is com n osed of a Senate of 60 members elect n Id for life equally from the ranks I, | peasants, citizens and nobles. Two residents are chosen by the Senate very six months. F Luxemburg, which lies between c shennish Prussia. Belgium and AL a and which was occu- 8 led by the Germans durinng the war. n tAs made Grand Duchy in 1874 a, N the King of the Netherlands. In e; 667 It was declared neutral territory V the Treaty of London. It has be- 3nged, however, since 1842 and until c he signing of the Versailles Treaty D; ' the Zollverein or German Customs ir |nion. p The population of Luxemburg be- S, ore the war was approximately 2O0.- DO living in an area of about 1000 qpare miles. Walloon French is te pOken in few of the, villages but ps ae language of the people is chiefly ds German dialect vi
 
 After the armistice in the world D. ar. the Germans evacuated Luxem- nj 're. revolution occurred but was slted by the Allies. The American oops passed through the conntrv A. Id were we'll received The Grand uchess Marie whose abdica ton had sen demanded by mob fled from L. le country and republic was nro-l da aimed This new government, how g.: 'er. existed only few honrs. The lrliament called for a plebiscite tn - eide the future form of government ,d the neonle voted for the restora- m cf the Grand Duchv. electin~ as rand Duchess. the Princess Char