Africa Second Largest. Africa Is the second largest of the continental divisions of the earth, containing con-taining 11.632,000 square miles. Europe Eu-rope contains 3,671,004: Asia, 17.470,-280; 17.470,-280; North America, 7.116,000; South America. 7,344,000. At the outbreak of the present war, August, 1914. European Eu-ropean states had established protectorates protec-torates over It. By agreement, Grent Britain controlled about 3.700,000 square miles; France, 4,422,000; Germany, Ger-many, 931,000; Belgium, 909,000; Portugal, Por-tugal, 704,000; Spain, 592.000, with na-tlve na-tlve ownership Ignored everywhere. These areas of control have undergone material changes since the war begun and no doubt will be further changed at Its conclusion. The different areus have been held and governed as colonies, col-onies, the only politics being a contest among the nations to obtain and hold ns much as possible. It has been what might be called In common phrase "a grab game". on a larpe scale, with a continent a the spoils.