Hayti. Two stripes, upper blue, lower red, supporting white square, upon which, in green, appears the coat of arms of that country.
Honduras. Three stripes, upper and lower blue, centre white, with national arms on the white stripe.
Liberia. Eleven stripes, alternate red and white with a union of blue, upon which appears a large white star.
Luxembourg. Three stripes, top red, centre white, lower blue.
Mexico. Three vertical bars, green at staff, red at fly end and white in centre, upon which appears the national arms.
Monaco. Smallest nation on earth (eight square miles), the flag is white, in the centre, shield of the nation.
Montenegro. Three stripes, upper red, centre blue and lower white. On centre the national shield appears.
Morocco. A plain red flag.
Netherlands. When Holland came into ex istence as an independent state in 1579, the colors of the House of Orange were adopted; but probably due to the fugitive nature of orange dye in the sea atmosphere, it was altered in 1643 to horizontal red, white and blue. The standard bears the royal arms, the shield being occupied by the Lion of Nassau. The arms are not displayed on naval and mer chant vessels.
Nicaragua. Three stripes, upper blue, lower blue, centre white with national device.
Norway. Red swallow-tailed field with blue cross.
Panama. Quartered; 1st quarter white with blue star, 2d quarter red, 3d quarter blue, 4th quarter white with red star.
Paraguay. Three stripes, red at top, white at centre and blue below.
Persia. White with two borders, the inner one green, the outer one red. In the centre of
the white field is golden lion.
Peru. Three vertical bars, staff side red, fly end red, centre white, with national shield in the centre.
Portugal. Prior to the Revolution of 1910, the colors were blue and white. The repub lican ensign is green and red vertical with the shield framed in an armillary sphere.
Rumania. Three vertical bars, blue at staff, red at fly end, and yellow in the centre, upon which appears the national shield.
San Domingo.--,Quartered by white cross, 1st quarter blue, 2d red, 3rd red, 4th blue; in centre, national device.
Serbia. Three vertical bars, top red, centre blue, lower white ; in centre to overlap the three stripes, the shield of Serbia.
Siam. Red with white elephant.
Sweden. Blue swallow-tailed field, charged with cross of yellow.
Switzerland. Red field with white cross.
Turkey. The device on the Imperial standard consists of the ruler's name, with the motto "Ever Victorious." The Crescent, which appears on the national and mercantile flags, was the device of Constantinople in the time of the Greek Empire. The naval flag is red, charged with a decrescent moon, and 8-pointed star, both white. The merchant flag is green, with a red circle in the centre, on which is a white decrescent moon.
Uruguay. Nine, stripes, alternate white and red, union with golden sun.
Venezuela. Three vertical bars, top yellow with national shield, lower red, centre blue, charged at staff side with stars.