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Show ITALY REALIZESDREAM REALIZES DREAM OF EMPIRE EMPIREBut ' But From Fronl Where mere Will mill the Capital Come COlne to Develop Ethiopia'sUnexploited Etlliopia's Etlliopias Ethiopia's Ethiopias Etlliopia'sUnexploited Ethiopia'sUnexploited EthiopiasUnexploited ' Unexploited Resources ? And Will Italians Colonize Country ? By WILLIAM C . UTLLEYW UTLLEYITH UTLLEY UTLLEYr r TITH ITH the annexation anne\.ahon anne.ahon anne .ahon ahon . ' \ . of Ethiopia EthlOpla by Italy , , the Dark Con- Con Contment Continent Con-/ Con Continent - WITH W / tinent tment of Africa Afnca now consists entirely of "colonies colonies "colol1lcs colol1lcs " " ? ofthe of ofthe of/ of ofthe / the European nations , "Ith Ith w " \ \ ith the sin single sinale single g Lig ale cceptipn e"Cccptlpn eCccptlpn cccptipn e " of Ll- Ll Li- Li Liberia Llbcria Li Liberia - . beria bcria , a tiny tmy ncgro negro republic repubhc on the Atlantic coast near nearlie nearthe the ( lie equator and just south of the Sahara desert dcsert . Africa covers covcrs 12,000,000square 12,000,000 12000000 , , square miles Imles andIS and is the home of 150- 150 150000.000 150000,000 150-000,000 150 000,000 000000 , . - 000.000 000000 000,000 , . people ' Tor 'For For four hundred hundrcd years the continent contment has been acolonial a acolomal acolonial colomal colonial pie sliced shced up by the swords of half a do7cn d07en dozen nahons nations nations.Much nationsMuch . Much of the territorial terntorIaI tioldrn Holdings noldmgs s in m it arc are in m the hands of three threemmor threeminor threeminor mmor minor nations which wluch are hardly in a position to defend their thclr hold hold- - ings Ing ! : . , against ngmnst the conn countries tries \ which hich in1the in the past few decades hive h'lve hlve ' asserted assertedtheir assertedtheir assertedtheir their po power " er more subst snbst JDtmUvThese intiallyThese intiallv JDtmUv intially intiallvThese These three po powers posers " ers are Spain SpainPortug'll SpainPortugil SpainPortugil Portug'll Portugll Portugil ' and Belgium Belgian clmm ; Therule Thev The\ The They \ " rule ruleoer ruleoser ruleover o\er o er oser \ 1,850000 1850000 1,550000 1550000 , , square miles ml1es of AfrI- AfrI Afrl- Afrl AfrIca Afrlea Airi.ca Airica - . - ca ea and among thJr tlldr their colonial sub subjects subjests subjects jects jests are 17,500000 17500000 17,500 17500 17.500 , . 000 peopleWith peopleWith people peopleWith With her now new colony , . \ which hlcb Mus Mus- Mussollnl Mussolini Mussolini - solini sollnl sa sass savs ) s will be dC\ dC des developed dCeloped \ eloped to Its Itsfulle.t itsfullest Itsfullest fulle.t fullet fullest . extent e-tcnt e tcnt , - Immedlitelv Immedi'ltclv Immediltclv immedlitely ' , . It'11 It11 Itil3 Itil3now Itilvnow ' no\\ no now nohas \ has possession possecelon : ; of Lib3i Lib ) i 1 ' , . a vast vaststretch vaststretch vaststretch stretch of country acioss aClOSS across tlie the Medi Mediterranean ) Mediterranean Ielll Ielllterranean terranean in a southerly dhectlon direction directionfrom dhectlonfrom dlicctionfrom from the mother country countr ; Drltrea Erltrea Eritreaalong , along the southern end of the Red Redsea Redsea Redsea sea ; Ethiopil Ethlopi'l Ethlopil Ethiopii ' , . " which "hlch hlch Includes the thehead theheads theheadvviters heads head headters " \ters ters hers ' \ of the Nile , and nnd Itnllan Italian ItnllanSomaUhnd ItalianSomaldlind ItalianSomalilind SomaUhnd Somaldlind , , . which lies Hes along the In Indian Indinn Unn dian < ocean and borders : Ethiopia Othlopla on onthe onthe onthe the < ; south outh southFlanks Flanks Britain's Britains Britain ' * "Life-Line "Life Life Line " - . . " This means that Italy has tins become becomean becomean becomenn an empire , . that Victor Eroanuel Dmanuel Emanuel is isno isno isno no longer merely a king , . but an em emperor emperor cmperor peror . . ' Ihe 'llJe llJe Zlie only barrier that sep separates separates separates arates the two major sections of ofthis ofthis ofthis this s ' \ vist 1st 'ist ist ' ' colonial estite est'lte estlte estate ' Is the An approximately 65,000 65000 65,000000 65000000 65.000000 , . 000 persons . . In Includlnf Ineliding IncWmff cludlnf eliding { Cg Egypt Egpt ) } pt , . t/icse t icse these / colonies colonres cover cover3.925000 cover3925000 3.925000 3925000 3,925 3925 . , 000 square mt/cs mt cs miles / , making maT.wg maTwg . tbe the tbepOlulatlon thepolutlation thepopulation pOlulatlon polutlation [ about 16 to the tbe square squarermle squaremile squaremile rmle mile Tlie The Britishcolonies [ ] British ntl h hcolomes colonies colomes , . ivhichstretch IVlltch which IVlltchstretch whichstretch stretch the lulliengtll full lengthof lengtii length of 0/ 0 0Africa / Africa Afnca on the thecad.rm theeastrrn theca cad.rm cadrm eastrrn lfrn . side of the continent , . arc are the themost themost themost most inhabitable lTIhabltable triliabitable sectIOnsIn sectionsIn sections sectionsIn In inne\ing inne ing 1nnC\.lOg 1nnC.lOg 1nnC .lOg lOg inneung \ . Ethiopia rthlopl.1 rthlopl1 Fthlopia . , . Italy will willh'le willhose willhive h'l\e h'l hl e hose ' \ added about 350.000 350000 350,000 . , square squaremiles squaremiles squaremiles miles to her colonial empire , . 'lnd lnd and 'lndw1l1 andwill ' indwill w1l1 will hive h'lve hlve ' ; oithcrcd dithered 1thcred ' another 10000- 10000 10000000 10000-000 10000 000 ; , . - 000 persons under the Italian t1'1g t11g flue t1'1gWith flueWith fligWith ' With tlie the new conquest , . the popu popuhtlOn populotion popuIition htlOn lotion of her Africin AfrlC'1n AfrlC1n African ' colonies rl rises risesfrom risesfrom < : ; es esfrom from 2 5 persons person to the square mile mileto mileto mileto to 10 100 G persons to the square mlle mile mlleShe mileShe mileSlie She now controls nearly 1,2G7.000 12G7.000 12G7000 1,267,000 1267000 1,2G7.000square 1,267,000square 1,207,000square 1207000square , , . square miles of Afuca/ Afuca Afitcai Afucawith Afnca < / with a pop populatlon populatlon population ulatlon of i l3)0,000 l30000 1'33)0.000 1330.000 1330000 i ' ' } 3 10,000 10000 " ) " ) , . personsDelglum's personsBelgium's persons personsBelgium's Belgium's Belgiums Delglum's Delglums ' territory terrJtory , . 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' , , in the South The Them Theas Thei m as average erage density of the populitionIn popu1'1tlonSn populitdonin popu1'1tlon popu11tlon populitdon ' Sn in Africa is about nbout t\\ t twelve telve tnelye \ elve to a squ\re squ re squire squremile squiremile squiremile ' \ mile , as compired comp'lred complred compared ' with about forb forts forbto fortsto fortyto to a squire sqU'1re sqU1re square ' mile in the Unlte United UnitedStites UnitedStites St'1te8 St1te8 Stites ' The den density ltv of popul'ltlon populltlon populitdon populitionof popul'ltlonof populitdonof ' of the Britiith British DrItI h colonies colonle : . is every evcrv ever vv n \ here hereaboc hereabose hereabove abo\c abo c abose \ the avenge aver'lge averlge average ' for the continent continentwliile , willie while the possessions po'sesslons posesslons p0-sessions p0 sessions " ' - of every even other otherDOer otherposer otherpower DO\\er DO er poser \ have ha\e ha e base \ nn an average density be lie lielow below 10\\ 10 low 10tIle \ ' the tIle contlnentil continent'll continentll continental ' a\ a aer'l aserigeFrance avenge aserige avengeFrance \ er'l erl ' e France Is Biepcst BIggest Holderrfiance Holder Holderr . ' Fiance I'1ance I1ance and Greit Gre'1t Gre1t ' Biltain Britain Lltmn now nowshare nowshare nowshare share equally cqual1y about t\\ t \ two t0 \ 0 thirds Uurds of ofAfrIc'l ofAfrlci ofAfrici AfrIc'l AfrIcl Afrlci ' The 1 icmainder emainder remainder is dn dtsided dtsidedup dividedup Ided Idedup up between Italv Italy , Belgium Delglum , . Sp'1in Sp1in Spiiu Sp'1inand Spiiuand Spiinand ' and POt Poitugal PoitugalIt tual tualIt tu . ; , al alIt Ingestholder It Is 1 I ranee rlDce , \ wlio who ho Is the I'll Ill Ingest Ingestholder ' gest gestholder holder of ot territory In Africi AfrIc'l AfrIcl Africa ' She Shehas bhehas he has ] 1.1S 11S . the Islind Isl1nd Island of Miuigiscar M'lu'1g'lscar Mlu1glscar ' ' ' In the theIndian theIndian IheIndian Indian ocean oil of off ( the southeast southeact ; Afri AfriC'1n Africm Africm C'1n C1n cm ' coast , ) Morocco Iorocco , . Algicrb Alglcr Algiers : . :1 1 : and andTunis andTunis nd ndTunis Tunis But fclnce since Ince so much mucb of or her herholdlD herholdings herholdings holdlD holdings s include IncltHle deseit desert ecel : t lan lanshe land-she land she landshevirtui113 land -she she - shevirtu'll1 shevirtuillv virtu'll1 virtull1 virtui113 ' owns osvns tlie the Soh bihu 'lh lh ' u a a-her a her a - her 4- 4 4000 4 4-232000 4 232000 - 2l2000 000 ; squire cqU'1rc cqU1rc ' mile miles ' ) of tern territoi terntoivhive tot s , shire 11'1\e 11'1 111 e hire ' \ ' in 1Il nn nver3e average ; populition 1)lIuhUon 1lIuhUon population ) ( ) of only onlymnc onlynine onlynine HcrI mnc nine : souls couls to the fcquire bCIl'lrO bCIllrO squire } ' mile Hcr 11cr 11crAfrican HerAfricin I .Afric\n .Africn .Afric Afric n African . ' \ colontil colonhl colonlil subjects suhlects sublects num numberabout number numberbout er erabout about bout 38 3S 3SWOOOO 'iOO iOO ' ; 00000 000 In tn to ill 111 iii iiiIrrtani's 111RntfllTl's ' illBritain RntfllTl's RntfllTls Irrtani's Irrtanis Britain ' s colonies colnnln colontrc an nrc art ' ' thf the 11 , ( , home 110mc of oj not 1ll'lDpeople nnny 1ll'lD\ 1ll'lD 1lllD ruins ' \ people able to e\lst e lst elst exist \ , inthese in inthe inthese the these < : ; e 920000 20000 squire sqU'1re sqU1re ' miles mil's mils tulles { ' tlie the pop population populatlon population ulation ulatlon being bemg ibout lbont ton ten poisons persons pel eons ; to tothe tothe tolie the ( square mile \ with ith i ' \ i totil tot'll totll total ' of 9 ! ) 9581,000 9581000 9581,000Even is 551,000 551000 ( 1,000 1000 , 551,000Even Even Cven nioie mOlC mote spaise spalse sparse Is the popula pOlHlla- pOlHlla popula- pOlHllat10n population population - tion t10n of POI Poitugil'ii Poitugilii Portug'ii's Portugiis tug'1l tug1l ' ' ' sevcial seselal se\ se see1l1 \ e1l1 ] Afliran African Aflirancolonies Africancolonies Afiirancolonies colonies , , chief among dmoDg \ which lucll are areAnoh areAngoli areAnoOli Anoh Angoli . ; , bordoung bordc1Jng bordetmg thetI'1ntlc the Atliutlccoistto Atlinticcoistto Atlinticcoist \tI'1ntlc tI'1ntlc tI1ntlc . \ ' CO'1st CO1st CO'1stto ' to the south of the ' PeJI\n PeJI n I'eliin Ieliin Pel ' , . ? nn ' \ Congo Congoand , . and ' Moyiinbique 'I07'1mbique I071mbique 'tIoirnbique tIoirnbique ? ' ' ilong 1long the Indl'HI IndlHI Indian Indianocean Indl'HIocean Indnnocean ' ocean on the m ilnlind tlnl'1nd tlnl1nd ' opposite oppositeIa(1'1g'1scar |