19. The Free State cabinet or executive council in November, 1924, cons.sted of the fol lowing: President-William T. Cosgrave. Vice-President and Home Affairs O'Higgins. Finance-Ernest Blythe. Defense-Richard Mulcahy. Kevin Industry and Commerce-Joseph MacGrath. Postmaster-General-James J. Walsh. Area and Population-The land area of the Irish Free State is 17,019,154 acres or 27.349 square miles. The population in 1923 was estimated at 3,165,000. The population of Dublin in 1923 was placed at 431,000. Imports and Exports-Ireland (as a whole) imported in 1924 merchandise valued at $16,039.978 from the United States and ported $29.976.004 worth of goods to the same country. NORTHERN IRELAND. ex Northern Ireland maintains a separate existence from the Irish Free State. It is made up of the counties of Down, Antrim, Londonderry. Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh. It is governed by a parliament and a ministry, which in 1924 comprised the following members: Prime Minister-Sir James Craig. Finance-H. M. Pollock. Home Affairs-Sir R. Dawson Bates. Education-The marquis of Londonderry. The governor is the duke of Abercorn. The powers of the government extend only to domestic and not to imperial matters. The parliament consists of a senate of twenty-six members and a house of commons of fifty-two members. Area and Population-The area of northern Ireland is 3,351,970 acres or 5,237 square miles. The population in 1922 was estimated at 1,284,000. The population of Belfast, the capital, was estimated at 425.000. The total population of Ireland in 1911 was 4,390,219, against a total of 4.458,775 in 1901. No census was taken in 1921. Population of the chief cities of Ireland in 12.456 12.425 Northwest territories Royal Canadian navy ..... Dundalk Kilkenny 13.128 Clonmel 13.112 DOMINION OF CANADA. Government-The Canadian parliament consists of ninety-six life senators and a house of commons of 244 members, there being one representative for every 36,326 of population, based upon the census of 1921. The governor-general is Lord Julian Byng of Vimy, appointed in 1921; and the council is made up of th following: Premier and minister for external affairs, William L. M. King: minister of agriculture. William R. Motherwell; customs and inland revenue, Jacques Bureau: finance, William S. Fielding; interior, Charles Stewart; justice and attorney-general, Ernest Lapointe; labor. Ja nes Murdock national defense, Edward M. Macdonald (acting); postmaster-general, Charles Murphy: public works. Dr. J. H. King: railways and canals. George P. Graham: marine and fisheries, Arthur Cardin: trade and commerce, T. A. Low; secretary of state. A. B. Quebec, Que. 10,277 Winnipeg, Man, 179,087 Ottawa, Ont. 107.843 95.193 63,305 60.950 58.821 58.372 47.166 38.727 38.591 34.432 29.440 25.739 25.001 24.117 23,515 22.545 22.367 21.763 21.753 St. Catherines, Ont. Fort William, Ont.. Westminster, Que. 20,541 Imports and Exports-The total imports of the Area in square miles in 1921: Cape of Good Hope Orange Free State.. Total Cabinet: Area. 276,995 35,290 ..110,426 50.389 .473.100 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. July 9, 1900, the British parliament passed an act empowering the six provinces of Australia to form a federal union and Jan. 1, 1901, the new commonwealth was proclaimed Its first parliament was at Sydney, N. S. W. opened May 9, 1901, by the prince of Wales (now George V.) heir-apparent to the British throne, acting for his father, King Edward VII. The capital at present is in Melbourne. Government-The federal parliament is made up of a senate of thirty-six members, six from each original state, and a house of representatives of seventy-five members, appor. tioned as follows: New South Wales, 27: Victoria, 21; Queensland, 10; South Australia, 7: Western Australia, 5; Tasmania, 5. The king and the council of seven minisSouthern Rhodesia was formally annexed to The gov It became ters exercise the executive power. ernor-general is paid a salary of $50.000 a Great Britain Sept. 12, 1923. The governor-general is Lord Forster. self-governing colony on Oct. 1 of the same The ministers are S. M. Bruce, prime min-year with a single elected legislative assembly. The governor and commander in chief is Lieut.ister and external affairs: P. G. Stewart, affairs for home public works and railways: A. Chapman. Col. Sir John R. Chancellor and the premier trade and customs: E. K. Bowden, defense; W. G. Gibson, postmaster-general; George F. Pearce, home affairs; Earl Page, treasurer: L. E. Groom, attorney-general. Area and Population-The commonwealth has a total area of 2.974.581 square miles, vided among the states as follows: New South Wales year. 310.372 Victoria ...... 87,884 Total population in 1921, 6,922,813. and Coghlan. a is Sir C. secretary The area of Southern Rhodesia is 149.000 square miles and the population about 800,000. The European population in April, 1921, was 33,620. The chief products are gold, di-bestos, chrome ore, live stock and tobacco. So. Australia.380.070 26.215 NORTHERN RHODESIA. as was That part of Rhodesia north of the Zambesi W. Australia..975.920 river was given virtually the same status as Southern Rhodesia April 1. 1924, except that British It protectorate. it remains a Tasmania given a governor and a legislative council. the first governor. H. J. Stanley became The capital is at Livingstone on the Zambesi. The area of the protectorate is about 291.000 square miles and the population nearly 1.000.000. Lead, gold, copper and zinc are produced and corn, cotton, tobacco and wheat are grown. The total population of the commonwealth 3.870 the British parliament mem The executive government is vested in the DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND. Government-New Zealand is a dominion in which the legislative power is vested in a governor-general and a general assembly of two chambers, a legislative council of thirtynine members and a house of representatives of eighty members. Governor-general. Sir Charles Ferguson; prime minister, W. F. Massey; attorney-general, Sir Francis Bell: etc.. J. G. railways, postmaster-general, W. Coates: agriculture and immigration, Nosworthy; labor, G. J. Anderson; defense. Sir R. H. Rhodes, Area and Population-Area, 103.568 square NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Area and Population-Area of Newfoundland. Imports and Exports-Imports, 1923, $19.858.500; exports, $21,539,000; imports from United States in 1924, $9,096,010; exports, $2,308,769. ALBANIA. Albania before the great war was an autonomous kingdom created at a conference of ambassadors in London May 30, 1913, as a result of the Balkan wars. Its territory formerly comprised the Turkish provinces of Scutari and Yanina. Until the outbreak of the European war in August. 1914, it was governed by a king (mpret) and an international com. mission. William I., prince of Wied, was the first king, but he was on the throne only half a year, an insurrection compelling him to leave the c pital. Durazzo, Sept. 2. 1914. Since then the country has maintained an independent government at Tirana. The area (estimated) of Albania is 14,500 square miles and the population 831,877. The population of Tirana is 12.000. The premier and acting regent of Albania in the fall of 1924 Bishop Fan Noli. REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA. was Government-The various states composing the former Austro-Hungarian empire at the conclusion of the war broke away from the union and declared themselves independent of the mother country, each becoming a republic in form. Austria herself was proclaimed a republic Nov. 12, 1918, and the government was administered by a national assembly. On Feb. 16. 1919. a national constitutional assembly was elected and in October, 1920, the elections for the first parliament were held. The assembly on Oct. 22, 1919, formally adopted the name "Republic of Austria" for the state, omitting the word German from the title. The assembly is elected by popular vote and the first chamber, or bundesrat, is chosen by the provincial diets. Dr. Michael Hainisch was elected president Dec. 9. 1920, for a term of four years. The chancellor in 1924 was Dr. Ignace Seipel. Area and Population-The area of Austria is 32,352 square miles and the population, according to the census of March 7, 1923, was 6.526 661. The population of Vienna in 1923 was 1,863,783. Imports and Exports-The value of the imports in 1922 was approximately $318,452,600 and of the exports $210.964.400. The United States in 1924 exported merchandise to the value of $2.643.174 and imported goods valued at $4.756.308 from Austria. Imports and Exports-Imports in 1923, $2.512,599,900; exports. $1.777.955,000. The trade with the United States in 1924 was: Imports. $102.207.830: exports, $69.591,468. Chief imports are cereals, textiles and metal goods: chief exports, cereals, raw textiles, tissues, iron, glass, hides, chemicals and machinery. BULGARIA. Government-King, Boris III. The executive power is vested in a council of ministers and the legislative power in a sobranje, or national assembly, of 237 members (1922). Premier and Minister for War - Alexandre Zankov. Area and Population-Area, 39.841 square miles. Population Dec. 31, 1920, 4.861,439. Population of Sofia, the capital, 154,431. Imports and Exports-Exports in 1922, $865.943,600; imports, $807,532,400. Exports to the United States in 1924. $1.945.550; imports. $344,014. The exports are mainly cereals and the imports textiles. CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Government-President, Thomas G. Masaryk, National Defense-Frank Udrzal. Agriculture-Dr. Milan Hodza. Posts and Telegraph-Dr. Emil Franke. Slovak Affairs-Dr. Joseph Kallay. Czechoslovakia announced her independence Oct. 18. 1918, and on Nov. 15 the same year the Czechoslovak national assembly declared the state to be a republic, with Prof. T. G. Masaryk as its first president. The chief executive formally assumed his duties on Dec. 31, 1918, in Prague, the capital of the new state. The principal countries in the republic are Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia. The national parliament, consists of a chamber of deputies elected for a term of six years and containing 300 members, and of a senate of 150 members elected for a term of eightyears. The president's term is seven years. Area and Population-The total area of Czecho. slovakia is 54,264 square miles. The population in 1921 was 13.610.405. By provinces the population in 1921 was: Bohemia, 6.664.932; Moravia, 2.660.737: Silesia, 670,937; Slovakia. 2.993.479: Ruthenia. 605.731. The city of Prague in 1921 had a population of 676.657. Imports and Exports-The total exports in 1923 amounted to $360,000 000 and the imports to $280.000.000. The imports from the United States in 1924 amounted to $1.567.816 and the exports to $20.029.811. Government-King. Christian X.: heir-apparent, Prince Christian Frederick. Cabinet: Premier and Minister of Commerce-T. Staun165.664 ing. .164,373 Foreign Affairs-Count Carl von Moltke. Home Affairs-M. Hauge. Agriculture-M. Bording. ALMANAC AND YEAR-BOOK FOR 1925. Instruction-Mme. Nina Bang. Legislative authority is vested in the landsthing and folkething. Agriculture-M. Queille. Public Works-M. Victor Peytral. Legislative authority is vested in the chamber of deputies and the senate. The former has 577 members, each of whom is elected for four years. The senate has 314 members, elected for nine years. The presidential Area and Population-France has a total area 1921: term is seven years. The former, which is the upper house, has seventy-six members, The folkeelected for terms of eight years. thing, or lower house, has 149 members, each elected for three years. Area and Population-Denmark's area is 17,144 square miles and total population in 1921 3,289.195. Copenhagen, the capital, in 1922 had a population of 561,344; with suburbs, 666.159. Imports and Exports-Total exports in 1923. The $403,888,850; imports. $548,055,500. imports from the United States in 1924 were Leading $39.741.174: exports, $7,123,718. articles of export are butter, pork, eggs and lard; of import, textiles, cereals, wood, iron manufactures and coal. ESTHONIA. Esthonia is one of the provinces of the former Russian empire in the Baltic region. It is an independent republic and is ruled by a state assembly of 100 members elected for three years. The state head and cabinet minThe state isters exercise executive powers. head in 1924 was Konstantin Paets. The capital is Reval, Esthonia has an area of 16.955 square miles and a population of 1,110,538 (1922). Value of imports in 1922, 5,589.787 marks; of exports 7.811.580,868 marks; exports to United States in 1924 $397,867; imThe chief exports ports from, $1.567.077. are flax, timber, cellulose and meat. FINLAND. Finland was proclaimed an independent state July 20, 1917, and a republic on Oct. 7 of the same year. On July 25, 1919, Prof. Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg was elected the first president Universal suffrage of the republic by the diet. Members of par(men and women) prevails. liament, 100 in number, are chosen by direct vote. The prime minister in 1924 wa Prof. Lauri Ingman and the minister of foreign affairs Hjalmar Procope. The area of Finland is 132,550 square miles and the population in 1921 was 3.402.593. In the fiscal year 1924 Finland exported $8.302.355 worth of merchandise to the United States and imported goods to the value of $10.388,399. The total imports of Finland in 1922 were valued at 3.953,100,000 Finnish marks and the total exports at 4.461,100,000 marks. FIUME. Fiume, which until Jan. 27. 1924, was an independent state under the treaty of Rapallo, was annexed to Italy on the date named when The area is the treaty of Rome was signed. eight square miles and the population 49.806. Marseilles Lille .2.906,472, Nantes 586.341 Toulouse 561,592 St. Etienne.. 267,409 Strassburg francs; 183,704 175.434 167,967 Imports and Exports-The imports for home GERMANY. Government-In November, 1918, a revolution Chancellor-Dr. Wilhelm Marx. Posts and Telegraphs-Dr. Anton Hoefle. Legislative authority is vested in a reichstag of 466 members and a reichsrat of sixty-six members. of the old Prussia ..36.684.717 | Mecklenburg- FRANCE. Saxony 4.663,298 Anhalt 331.258 Hesse 1.290.988 Lippe 154,318 Government - President, Gaston Doumergue; term expires, 1927. Mecklenburg Scha'mburg Edouard Herriot. War-Gen. Nollet. Premier and Minister of Foreign Justice-Rene Renault. Public Instruction-Francois Albert. Colonies-M. Daladier. Finance-M. Etienne Clementel. Marine-J. L. Dumesnil. Interior-M, Camille Chautemps. Commerce-M. Rayneldi. Labor-M. Justin Godart. Affairs Schwerin. 46.357 Waldeck 66.432 Oldenburg.. 517.765 Brunswick.. 480,599 Total. .59.857.283 German cities having more than 150.000 inhabitants in 1919 include the following: Berlin ..3.803,770, Breslau 528.260 Hamburg 985.779 Essen 439,257 Cologne 633.904 Frankfurt am Munich 630.711 Main 433.002 Leipzig 604.380 Duesseldorf.. Dresden 529,326 Nurnberg 182.326 295,026 Schoenberg.. 175.082 285,856 Altona 262,127 260.895 Cassel 257,923 Elberfeld ICELAND. 232.726 229,576 Since Dec. 1, 1918, Iceland has been recog205.330 nized as an independent state united to Denmark chiefly through having the same king. Christian X. Legislative power is vested jointly in the king and the althing, or parliament, the members of which are elected by universal suffrage, all men and women born in Iceland and more than 25 years of age having the franchise. The president of the council in 1924 was Sigurd Eggerz. The area of Iceland is 39,700 square miles and the population in 1920 was 94,690. 168.729 Gelsenkirchen 168,577 162,391 157.218 Duisburg .. 244,302 Barmen .... 156,326 Exports and Imports-Total imports (1923), 4.824,400,000 gold marks; exports. 5,350,700,000 gold marks. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, Germany exported $144,816,067 worth of merchandise to the United States: imports from the United States amounted to $378,350,363. GREECE. Greece was proclaimed a republic March 25, 1924. and all the members of the royal family were compelled to leave Athens. The principal cabinet ministers in the fall of 1924 were: Premier and Marine Minister-M. Michalakopcules Foreign Affairs-George Roussos. Legislative authority is vested in one chamber, the boule, consisting of 184 members, each of whom is elected for four years. Area and Population -- Total area, 41,933 square miles. Population in 1920, 2,628.103. Athens had a population in 1921 of 292,991, Exports and Imports-The total exports in 1922 amounted in value to $197,016.035; imports, $617,094,905. Exports to the United States in 1924, $17.826,216; imports from the United States, $9.663,969. The leading exports are currants, ores, olive oil and figs; imports, foodstuffs, textiles, coal and timber. pro Hungary was proclaimed an independent republic Nov. 16. 1918, with Count Michael Karolyi as provisional president and a visional assembly as the source of legislative power. This administration continued until March 22, 1919, when the Karolyi cabinet resigned and was succeeded by a bolshevist cabinet under Bela Kun. Early in August Bela Kun was forced to flee from the country. In March, 1920. Admiral Nicholas von Horthy was elected regent and Hungary was declared a monarchy. Ex-King Charles in 1921 made two attempts to regain the throne. but was unsuccessful, and in November was exiled by the allies to Madeira, where he died. Hungary has an area of 35.790 square miles and in 1921 had a population of 7.945.878. Total imports in 1922 valued at $109 600.000; otal exports, $66,800,000. The imports of Hungary in 1924 from the United States ounted to $262.184 and exports to $598, The imports of Iceland in 1922 amounted in value to $8.280,700; exports, $8.455.700. The imports from the United States in 1924 amounted to $104,539 and the exports to $27,616. ITALY. Government-King, Victor Emmanuel III.: heir Marine-Admiral Thaon di Revel. Posts and Telegraphs-Sig. Colonna di Cesaro. Colonies-Prince Lanza di Scalea. Legislative authority vests in the king and parliament. The latter consists of a senate of 377 members in 1921) and a chamber of deputies of 508 members. Area and Population-The area of Italy is 117.982 square miles. According to the census of Dec. 1, 1921, the total population was 38,835,941. Population of the principal cities: Turin Palermo Genoa Exports and Imports-The value of merchandise exported in 1923 was $2,211,600,000; imported, $3.444,000,000. The total value of exports to the United States in 1924 was $79.933,956; imports from the United States, $175,312.977. Chief imports are coal, cotton, grain, silk, wool, timber, machinery, sugar and oil: chief exports, silk. wine, oil, coral, sulphur, hemp and flax. JUGOSLAVIA, Government-King, Alexander: premier. Victor Pashitch. Legislative authority is vested in a two-chamber parliament with a senate of 100 members. Jugoslavia in October, 1920. was declared to be a constitutional hereditary monarchy. It is officially known as the "Kingdom of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes." Area and Population-Area, 96.134 square miles. Population in 1920, 12.017.323. The capital, Belgrade, has 111,740 inhabitants. Exports and Imports-Imports in 1921. 4122.097,642 dinars; exports, 2,460.737,562 dinars. In 1922 Jugoslavia and Albania imported merchandise valued at $522.394 from the United States and exported to this country goods valued at $256,840. The exports are mainly agricultural products and animals and the imports cotton and woolen goods and metals. |