JAPANESE OCCUPY MARSHALL ISLANDS
SEIZED WITHOUT RESISTANCE
CRec. October 1, 5.25 p.m.)
Official.—Japanese bluejackets seized Jaluit, the capital of the°Mai«Lll SivrTS fhf P rs. the fortificatiras ' —, dam i&s and X Sa? 6 X rtment ocoupatioll is for Pnrpoew
The Marshalllslands lie about a thousand miles north-east of 'the Solomons, ihey consist of tvo chains or rows of lagoon islands (several uninhabited) ,- known respectively as Ratack (with thirteen islands) and RalicWwM eleven elands). The Germans made a treaty with the chieftains of Jalmt to 1878 and annexed the group in 1885-1886. There were 179 Europeans kfte S^S^T,, 91 were German, native population wafesti! mated at 15,000. Iho islands are but little above high-water mark and the H™ P 0 " 1 *1 mMβ group, on the island of Lilrieb, has an elevation of only ,3d feet. The vegetation,'on the whole, is very poor, and there are-verv few animals. The chief island and seat of the German Special Commissioner is Jaluit. JJhe most populous island is Majeru, with 2600 inhabitants
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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167JAPANESE OCCUPY MARSHALL ISLANDS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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