THE AZORES 



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she was finally lifted off by a heavy wave, 

 caused by a passing steamer, she sank in 

 only a few fathoms of water and may be 

 seen today from the precipices above. 



The Azoreans are good sailors. Al- 

 though the sea between the islands is very 

 rough at times and navigation very haz- 

 ardous, their small boats are seen every- 

 where, even among the dangerous rocks, 

 plying between the various islands. 



Extensive trade in cattle and dairy 

 products is carried on not only between 

 the islands, but also between the Azores 

 and Lisbon. 



th£ future; of the; Azores 



For years preceding the war European 

 nations had been busily engaged in pre- 

 paring for new trade opportunities fol- 

 lowing the opening of the Panama Canal, 

 and the inhabitants of the Azores were 



likewise deeply interested. The "Junta 

 Geral," or local government of St. 

 Michaels, was active in its efforts to es- 

 tablish large hotels in Ponta Delgada and 

 Furnas and to connect the principal 

 points of the island with an electric rail- 

 way. With the return of peace, the 

 islands are taking on new life. 



The highest and lowest temperatures 

 ever recorded are probably 85 and 45 

 degrees. With a semitropical climate, 

 famous thermal baths, and a favorable 

 location, it certainly would appear that 

 the inhabitants of St. Michaels are justi- 

 fied in their ambition to make their island 

 the famous summer and winter resort of 

 the Atlantic. 



Note. — The writer is greatly indebted to 

 Colonel Chaves, the Junta Geral of Ponta Del- 

 gada; Miss Sophia Brown, Mr. J. J. da Costa, 

 and others for their assistance in securing 

 data and views for this article. 



A MAP OF THE NEW GERMANY 



BEFORE plunging the world into 

 a war of aggrandizement, the Ger- 

 man Empire in Europe had an 

 area equal to our New England States 

 plus that of New York, Pennsylvania, 

 and Virginia. Today this Germany, 

 which expected to be all-powerful, is 

 shorn of territory equal to all the New 

 England States, Maine excepted, and may 

 lose by the vote of peoples in the affected 

 territories additional areas equivalent to 

 the State of New Jersey. Her name on 

 a far-flung colonial empire of 1,270,000 

 square miles has been blotted from the 

 map of the world. 



Thus do the discord-makers not only 

 fail to inherit the earth, but they have 

 taken from them even that which they 

 had. 



The boundaries of the new Germany, 

 as limited by the Peace Treaty of Ver- 

 sailles (accurate in so far as can be deter- 

 mined by the official summary of the 

 document), are shown on page 546. 



The areas which Germany surrenders 

 outright to her enemies are : Alsace-Lor- 

 raine, 5,600 square miles, to France ; two 

 small districts surrounding Malmedy and 



Eupen, 382 square miles, to Belgium ; 

 portions of Silesia, Posen, West Prussia, 

 and East Prussia, 27,686 square miles, to 

 Poland ; and the 40-square-mile northeast 

 tip of East Prussia in the vicinity of 

 Memel. 



In addition to these areas, Germany 

 loses sovereignty over the international- 

 ized Saar basin, 738 square miles, and the 

 free city of Danzig, 729 square miles. 



Those regions that may be lost to the 

 former Teutonic Empire by vote of a ma- 

 jority of the inhabitants embrace 5,785 

 square miles (an area larger than the 

 State of Connecticut) in East Prussia, 

 which may go to Poland ; three strips of 

 territory in Schleswig, aggregating an 

 area larger than Delaware, which may go 

 to Denmark, and 910 square miles of 

 East Prussia above the Niemen River, 

 about whose future the Peace Treaty 

 summary is ambiguous. 



Nor do these statistics of area convey 

 the full story of Germany's reparation, 

 for many of these districts of which she 

 is thus deprived are among the richest in 

 mineral resources and in population of 

 all her domains. 



