[150] Kō´ni-ā, town, Asia Minor, about 300 m. east of Smyrna.
[151] Town of Mesopotamia, on the Tigris.
[152] Town on the Shat-el-Arab, 70 m. from the Persian Gulf.
[153] So called from the colour of its cover. It contains State documents explaining how the war arose.
[154] Country of N. Africa. In 1911 the Germans made a treaty with France, by which they agreed to let the French rule Morocco as a protectorate in return for territory in the French Congo.
[155] Born 1875, nephew of Leopold, King of the Belgians, whom he succeeded in 1909. He is a student, has travelled widely, and is greatly interested in improving the lot of his people. He is very popular with all classes of his subjects. The Socialists, of whom there are many in Belgium, say that when Belgium becomes a republic Albert will be their first president. His wife, Elizabeth, is a princess of Bavaria; she has qualified as an oculist.
[156] Since the war began its name has been changed to Petrograd.
[157] Born 1862. He was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1892 to 1895, and became Foreign Secretary in Dec. 1905.
[159] Herr von Jagow (Ya-go), born 1863. He is a close personal friend of the Kaiser's, and has been the German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since 1913.