THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF FOR THE YEAR 1919 EDITED BY SIR JOHN SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. FORMERLY SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, ONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF SCOTLAND, PARIS, AND M. EPSTEIN, M.A., PH.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND OF THE ROYAL ECONOMIC SOCIETIES FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION. REVISED AFTER MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED, ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON. 1919 JA Man sagt oft: Zahlen regieren die Welt. Das aber ist gewiss, Zahlen zeigen wie sie regiert COPYRIGHT PREFACE The present, which is the fifty-sixth issue of the YEAR-BOOK, shows the political changes in Europe as they were at the time of going to press (May, 1919). Three new sections have been added--Czechoslovakia, Iceland, and Poland, and the old sections have, as usual, been revised and brought up-to-date. The new Constitutions which have been either proposed or adopted have received attention, notably those of Germany and Bolshevik Russia. Information which was available too late for insertion in the text will be found under the various countries included under "Additions and Corrections." In the introductory pages will also be found the League of Nations Covenant, a summary of the Peace Terms to Germany and Austria, and a continuation of the Diary of the War. The changes involved in the terms of Peace, and those which have been initiated or suggested as the result of the War are embodied, as far as practicable, in the map accompanying the volume. It is hoped that the various territorial changes resulting from the war will be so far advanced by the end of the year as to furnish the material for a new map of the world. The revision of the British Empire sections has once again been in the hands of Mr. A. D. Webb, to whom, and to all those who have co-operated with us, we desire to express our heartfelt thanks. STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK OFFICE, MACMILLAN & Co., LTD., ST. MARTIN'S STREET, June 3, 1919. 342070 J. S. K. |