South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-19

The London conference or OF
hcials OF British colonies. represent
ing the interests OF hundreds OF mill
lions OF people scattered the world
over but living under the British
fag. SAYS o. +. Austin in the July
number az The Americas" seems
% iustify review az this time Of
world colonial conditions. now that
We have just witnessed radical re-
adjustment ~ political boundary
lines as a result OF the late war
Not only did the war create a
score OF new republics from the ter
ritory OF the defeated empires. but
ft also transferred 20 the hands OF
the vlctors the control OF all the
colonies OF the vanquished coun-
tries and az the same time trans
formed formerly integral parts Of
the conquered countries into de-
Tendencies OF the cOnquerors. The
colonies Of which the control passed
from the hands OF the defeated ma
lions 90 those OF the victOrs have an
area OF about one and one-half mil
lion square miles and a population
Of approximately $4,000 600. while
the colonial dependencies being
slowly created from the fromer con-
tiguous territory OF the vanquished,
chiefly in Asia Minor. may probably
represent two million square miles,
and a population OF more than TO-
600 900.
The political divisions OF the
world. usually designated as colo
MES. "protectOrates' ana Deepen
denotes" number about $50, their
combined area IS about 10000, 600
square miles. and their aggregate
populatlo nabout 575, 100000. Their
combined area thus governed at
"long distance" or as colonies pro-
tectorates, dependencies and man
dated areas. lying az long distances
from the governing country, is thus
more than one-third that Of the en-
tire land surface Of the globe. and
its population nearly One-third that
or the Inhabited world.
OF these $50 groups Of people
scattered the world over, the gov
erning countries are nine in mum
Der. Great Britain. France, Neither
lands Belgium. Italy, Portugal
Spain, Japan and the United States
Great Britain heads the list in num-
Der. area and population OF the
groups Of people thus governed al
points distant from the seat of gov
eminent. the combined area of its
colonies. dependencies, protectorates
and inundated areas aggregating
more than 100000 square miles
and with a population of about 400
600 600; France has, in its colonial
area, four and One-half million
square miles and a population of
about 52.0O0,0O0; Netherlands. about
500. 900 square miles and a popula-
ton Of about $4,000, 900; Belgium, a
colonial area Of 100000 square
miles, with a population Of 9O0O,-
600: Spain. $4,000 square miles
with a population of less than $780,
600; Japan. approximately 100000
square miles and a population of
25.0OO.00O. while the nOn-cOntiguous
territory of the United States Eek
elusive Of Alaska) aggregate 125,0OO
square miles and its population
about 100000
The above figures. which in all
cases relate merely to the colonial
area of the countries in question
and do not I'm any case include the
area or population Of the govern
ing country. are necessarily in very
round terms for in many cases the
exact area of the newly acquired
territory added as a result of the
late war can only be approXimated.
in general terms, however. it may
be said that the colonial area of
Great Britain is 100 times its own
area. and the population nine times
its own; that of France, 21 times
It's own area, and the population con-
siderably in excess Of its own; Meth
erlands colonial area 60 times that
of the governing country, and the
population seven times its own; Bel
gums colonial area eight times that
OF the governing country, and the
population double it's own.
While all OF the countries govern
ing non-contiEuous territory are To-
Gated in the temperate zone. a large
part of the population thus govern
ed exists IN tropical or suo-tro 3ical
areas. Practically all of tropical
Africa is governed from temperate
zone Europe. So is most Of the trop-
zeal section of southern Asia AMI
practically all of the Pacific islands
eXceps those controlled IN temper
ate-zone United States and Japan
while TN edags of Great Britain
France, Netherlands and the United
States float over considerable trop-
zeal areas in or fronting upon the
Caribbean The non-tropical areas