PIGMY KINGDOMS OF EUROPE.
There are five miniature States in Europe which still manage to retain their independence. Luxemburg is the largest of these. Compared with the 175 square miles of the almost unknown Republic of Andorra, isolated among the Pyrenees, Luxemburg's 1000 square miles assumes almost the dimensions of a Great Power, while the smallest of Europe sovereign "babies," Monaco, could find accommodation for its five square miles in more than one London borough. Some thirty square miles of mountainous country in north-east Italy, in which 1600 years ago the Republic of San Marino was formed, still exists to prevent Andorra being the smallest European Republic, and neither Germany not Austria has yet absorbed the 99 * square miles of L'eichtenstein. 139
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 25 September 1912, Page 6
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122PIGMY KINGDOMS OF EUROPE. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 25 September 1912, Page 6
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