Show THE SMALLEST government it takes a long time to find out all about the world we live on perhaps it would be a more correct way of putting it Is to say gay that we never know all that is to be known in that regard A good many DIRDY of us since we wout went to school have been in the habit of look ing upon the republic publio re of andorra situated on the mountain ranges between france and Spa blainas Bp ainas iDas the smallest government in ID the world but it seems we were mistaken the nimon million comes to our enlightenment with the information that the territory of moresnet More enet lying between belgium and germany is the smallest government in the world it has a population of nearly 2000 the people are devoted entirely to the tin mining industry there is no military bervice t and election days are things they never heard of there is a senate ot wn ten members who are appointed by the mayor he gets bib place by being appointed by two delegates one from germany and one from belgium the police force 9 consists of one man he aorl s paid out of the annual revenue which is about 1200 francs this also pays for the maintenance of the roads and the schools the territory was made nde pendent in 1815 to settle a dispute belgium and germany both wanted it on account of its tin mines but neither of them hem got it the territory contains a trifle over two wo square miles of grund ground of course moresnet More Mor eanet was on the map all along and the circumstances cum stances of its creation and history figured in the books somewhere of course also we must have seen been these accounts acco unto and like many another thing once pondered over forgot them it is sot not however greatly to be yron won dered dared at moresnet More enat is in too small a mat ter to be kept in cong constant tant recollection |