Geographic Notes 



349 



From William F. Willoughbj', Bureau of the Census 



Porto Rico — Molding Bricks by Hand 



Russia to Germany. Russia does not 

 have in European waters a single bat- 

 tleship, and she is almost as helpless as 

 Turkey to prevent Norway and Sweden 

 from doing as they wish. Norway has 

 a population of 2,000,000 and Sweden 

 over 5,000,000. 



Meanwhile Germany has been quietly 

 growing. Her population is now 60,- 

 000,000 ; her wealth has increased enor- 

 mously ; while in 1870 her resources 

 were comparatively limited, they are 

 today very large. France has a popu- 

 lation today of about 40,000,000, which 

 is a comparatively small advance in 35 

 years. France is wealthier than in 1870, 

 but her supply of men is about the same, 

 whereas Germany has doubled her sup- 

 ply of men and increased her financial 

 strength many times. Germany needs 

 more ports, almost as much as Russia 

 does. Her 60,000,000 people do not find 

 Hamburg and Bremen and her minor 



harbors sufficient for her expanding 

 commerce. Little Denmark and little 

 Holland may help her out. 



Morocco, according to recent explora- 

 tions, has an area of useful land equal 

 •to the state of California. Many parts 

 of the country are admirably adapted for 

 colonization. The climate in large sec- 

 tions is healthful ; there is mineral 

 wealth besides, so that the country offers 

 a promising field for development. Nat- 

 urally Germany wants a share in its 

 development, particularly as she has 

 good prospects of reaching the Adriatic 

 before many generations. 



THE VICTORIA FALLS 



OUR honored Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives, Joseph Can- 

 non, was 19 years of age when the Vic- 

 toria Falls were discovered by Living- 

 stone, 1,000 miles from the British out- 

 posts in South Africa. So rapidly has the 



