FOOTNOTES:
[1] Mes-sē´na, town of Sicily on the Strait of Messina, which lies between the island of Sicily and the toe of Italy.
[2] The Great Powers are the leading nations of the world. They are rich in men and money, and keep up large armies or navies, or both. Great Britain, the United States of America, Germany, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and, since 1905, Japan, are the Great Powers.
[3] A letter sent by one government to another, referring to some matter which is in dispute between them.
[4] Ar-ma-ged´on.
[5] People of partly Finnish and partly Turkish descent, now the ruling people in Hungary. There are nearly ten million people speaking the Magyar language.
[6] Descended from the people who live in the north-east of Asia Minor.
[7] Bel-grād´.
[8] Bos´nia.
[9] Her-tse-go-vē´na.