The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-30

| Island. Tanning Island. Christmas
/ Island, Howind Island, TorkClau
group. Samoa group tNcw Zealand q,
Pamapa tDCcanp Island Norfolk Is
land, Philip Island. Macaulcy Is
1 land. Curtis Island, Raoul Sunday
Island.
Great Britain secured tho Grown
Colony of Hong Kong from China In
| iS4l. II was codcd TO Great Britain
by China. Great Britain maintains
a strong naval and land force i'm
Hong Kong. II is considered q mill
tary base Of the first importance. It
is also the center Of British orient
trade
Wei-hai-wei is I'm the Chinese
province OF Shantung. It was Sc
cured by Great Britain from China
by the convention OF 1898, when
China leased It to the British. II In
cludes the island OF Liu Kung. the
port and bay OF Weihai-woi.
Burma was a Chinese dependency
until 1885, when suzeralnty passed
TO Great Britain. Burma Is now an
administrative district OF India.
The Federated Malay states arc
Perak. SelanGor. Ncgri Sembilan and
Pahang. They occupy a large por-
tion OF tho Malayan peninsula. No
gri Sembiiian includes the district
and former province ot Surgci
Uiong. All arc military bases.
The Unfederatcd Malay states are
Johorc, Kedah. perlis. Kalantan and
TrenEEanu. Johore Is at the south
ern extremity OF the Malay ponln-
sula. Kedah is an island of tho west
Malayar coast, az are also pcrak
and Pcrlis; Kelantan is on the east
coast mainland, as is also Treng
gAnu.
Tho Crown Colony ot Straits Set
Elements comprises Singapore, Pc
nang, wellesley and bindings prov
Christmas Island and tho Colony Of
Lahuan. Singapore is an island Off
tho southern extremity OF the Malay
peninsula and has n number Of small
islands around II. Penang IL an Is
land Off the west coast pangkor,
an island, with strip Of the main
land Is called bindings province. The
Cocos Islands COR Keeling islands,
are or the Sumatra coast, Christmas
Island is near Java.
Sikkim IL an Indian state IN the
Himalayas.
Tibet Is divided into Inner and (
outer Tibet, the former being under
acknowledged Chinese suzcrainty.
The latter Is considered autonomous .
The British are greatly Interested In
Tibet economically and politically. .
Great Britain claims a sphere Of
influence" in Tibet.
Beluchistan Is British depend
ency, indirectly subject % Indian I
Empire.
India, part Of the British Empire.
includes Nepal, TO the north, beyond /
India proper, The administrations !
nf In
gal. United provinces Of Agra ana /
Oudh, the Punjab, Burma, Bihar T.
and OriSsa, Central provinces and ,
Berar. Assam, the Northwestern .
Frontier province, Delhi and tho An .
daman and Nicobar Islands.
Alden is volcanic peninsula on .
the Arabian coast. u 81 strongly for .
titled and is an important coaling .
station on the eastern route.
Sarawak Brunei and British .
North Doruodo are an in Bornco. tho .
greater part Of which island is tho .
property Of the Dutch. secured 90 .
them I'm the seventeenth century by .
the Dutch East Indies company
The Andaman Islands are i'm tho .
Bay OF Bengal. They constitute five
large island groups, also 200 islets
called the Labyrinth Islands, alto,
gether known as the Audaman arch.
ipelaEo. -
The Nicobar Islands are south OF .
the Audaman Islands In the Bay OF /.
Bengal, There arc 10 Islands iu the
group ono NJ them contains one OF .
the finest land locked harburs iu the
orient
Cyprus is o. European possession
of Great Britain in the Meditcrran-
can sea. II is the third largest ia-
land in the Mediterranean.
The Maldivo Islands are 400 miles
west Of Coylon I'm the Indian ocean.
Ccylun is "a British island Of con
siderable size Ia the Indian ocean off
he southeastern extremity of India,
The Bahricu Islands are eight I'm
number and are IN tho Persian Rulf. 4
The Kuria Nuria Islands are Of
he Coas, OF Arabia and are attached
10 the British dependency Of Alden.
SOkotra Island is or the African
coast but In Asia,
Perrin Island is al the entrance IN
he RED Sea, of Alden, with com
nanding position.
The commonwealth OF Australia
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