The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-05

Syria, the nearest Asiatic posses.
sion, has been French by mandat.
Of the supreme council OF allIed
powers since 1923. Three million
Syrians, Jews and foreigners N.
habit this area. Frequent uprising,
have tested the success Of French
colonization In this region.
French India consists Of Eve a.
minutive colonies; Maize on The
west coast a short distance north Of
Calicut; Karikal, POndicherry and
Yanaon on the east coast. Chan
dernagore lying north of Calcutta
Is surrounded on the map BY Brit
ish pink that a geography student
could easily miss finding 1t without
an apology.
Summing up French India, The
FIVE French "spots," II placed 10
gether, would cover a space no larg.
er than one and one-half times Che
area of Philadelphia, Pa; and
Rochester, N. Y, could more than
house its population, most Of which
is Hindu.
French Indo-C China, which 6 a.
most mile for mile equal in area to
Texas, is perhaps the most prore
sive of all French possessions
While counting nearly 20.0OO.0OO ma.
tives and foreigners here, The cen !.
sus enumerator Travelled through
one of the worlds great rice pro
ducing areas and thousands OfaUes
of mulberry trees-food for SIX
worms. the basis of a large lndO
Chinese silk industry.
OF the northeast coast Of Aus
tralia lie the Loyalty islands and
many smaller groups, and the New
Hebrides which are governed Jointly
by the French and British. Many
of the 1880 Inhabitants Of these
islands are pagan natives. Cannt
balism is not openly practiced. but
It is said the tribesmen eat the foes
they kill In tribal warfare. VIII
welts decorating their hodIes. sticks
of wood stuck through their nos
trils. bushy hair and scanty CLOTH
ing. some of the tribesmen would
not be good subjects for collar ads
South Pacific Islands.
Tahiti is more interesting and o.
Turing. 1t is the center of the 50
ciety islands. and not far OF orc
the Marquesas. the Tubuai group
Tuamotu Archipelago. Gambler ano
Rapa Islands, where singing, oane
ing, feasting and all that suggeA
happiness and romance pernlea1
the atmosphere.
II is a long journey from Iailu
to Guadeloupe and Martinique y
the Lesser Antilles with their nA
million white. mulatto. negro INV
oriental inhabitants. Martinlques
people have not forgotten the erur
ton of Mt. Pele In 1902 when s''
city of st. Pierre was wiped OUT
French Guiana. one Of the Nv
ropean triplets" Of South Amerle ~
north coast. has less than vuu"
Indians and blacks who live 10 tns
fever infested coastal swamps Any
torrid forests of the hinterlano. q
though diamonds. silver, meies's
tin and copper have been founo Y
the colony, It is yet TO be EXTENSIVE
ly developed. ,-.,rb
Devils island. famous fren'
penal island. lies of the cons en- y
French Guiana. Napoleon ~ c.'S
Devils isle the "Dry GuillOtlne '' ~
In recent decades writers OF 'a ..,o,
tic tales have painted te'''S
word-pictures of the islano' o...h
With its neighbors, Isle r~ ,ee h
and st. Joseph's island pesn ssIs,
makes up the Isles du san, arlsnpv (
Of Salvation). Tier upon tIeT@ 70
buildings rise on Isle ko'"~ o,hsr
which incorrigibles- from !, fd
French Guiana prisons are ss
discipline. ropula-
Nearly the entire foreign ~ %
ton of French Guiana Is n. hesD
Of men and women who have enc. Do
convicted of crimes In 'he m %
courts. In the coast towns ' g,
the hinterland farming and , l',S 4
are liberes-convicts whose w.
confinement have ended at, thg
French North America uonua'sIsipS
Of two rocky islands Of the ~, .SSIs
ern coast Of Newfoundland . sr
are peopled ny about zIUVV NorpsD
fisherfolk Of Breton anu
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