Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — Great Britain's Territory. [ARTICLE]

Great Britain's Territory.

Great Britain is now far in advance of hussia as far as regards extent of possessions. The recent partition of Africa has added 2.000,000 square miles (nominally at least) to the British possessions. At the end of 1892 the British empire, including protectorates, spread over 12,208,5ti6 square mil..-s, while Russia, the next largest country, included only 8,457,289 square miles. It may be remarked that nearly onefourth of the immense area of the British empire has been added with'n the past live years. The Salisbury government appropriated more land than the whole area of the United States.