The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-06

tanning the wealth that lies in the Mex
lean soil and developing her other ma
tural advantages. Ii is strange that
countries so situated have remained
commercially Hnunited SO long. 1t is
only to be accounted for by the recent
introduction OF that great civilizer and
amalgamat0r OF all sections Of country
land classes Of people, the railroad.
General Grant is doing a good work.
To bring about such results may be a
worthy object of any mans ambition.
And although his motives are miscon-
strued and attacked at home, it is
pleasant to note that he is appreciated
by the people whose good ne is seek
ing.
1t has been said that the sun never
sets on Great Britain. 1t may not be
uninteresting to our readers to glance
over the possessions of this great
power IN an parts of the world. The
term Great Britain " is properly APP
piled to the island Of which England
forms but part, Scotland and Wales be-
ing tho remaining portions. This was
the original Specification ut least,
though it has come 10 mean the gov
eminent. rather than any portion of
territory. England, with all her pos
sessions far aud near, are commonly
designated the British Empire. 1t is
of this we would speak.
There is no continent upon which
Great Britain has not obtained q foot
hold Taking these in order, in both
hemispheres, we have, first and fore
most, the kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland itself with the adjacent
islands, Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides,
Man, Anglesia, Wight, Scilly. and others
of less importance-a land more favor
ably situated for being the worlds
market place, for the development of
great maritime and commercial power,
manufacturing facilities, and all those
prerequisites that go to make nation
great, than any other on earth. The
other possessions Of Great Britain in
Europe are: the Fortress of Gibraltar;
Channel Islands, on the coast of France;
Heligoland, little barren, rocky is
land in the North Sea. near the Ger
man coast; Malta and EEba. in the
Mediterranean: and by the hate treaty,
Cyprus. Great Britain seems to regard
with peculiar fascination little rocky
headlandS and islands adjacent to the
coast of important countries. They
serve thedouble purpose of supply de-
pots for her ships, and sites of fcrmid-
able Notifications. It would be inter
esting to know Just how many of such
gaFrisoned forts she has throughout
the world, and the number of soldiers
that are thus employed II is il the
maintenance of these posts, and gar
risoning them with English soldiers,
that England finds way to dispose of
the revenues she grinds so relentle ssly
from her laboring classes.
In Africa the possessions Of Great
Britain do not assume the Importance
that they do i'll some other countries
on account Of the yet undeyeloped state
of that continent. Her possessions are
usually in the form of colonies. Ar ,ast
settlements, which have been estab-
lished for the purpose Of facilitating
trade with the natives. Her principal
possessions here are the dependencies
of Cape Colony. Sierra Leone, Gambia
Natal, and Gold Coast, with TransvaaI
eventually, and the islands ST. Helena
and Ascension in the Atlantic, and
Mauritlus in the Indian Ocean. Two
of these island possessions. Elba. in the
Mediterranean, and st. Helena, In the
Atlantic, are the spots to which Ma
poleon was banished, and the latter
where he died.
In Asia the. possessions nf Great
Britain are vast and important The
one of first Importance. British India
or Hindostan, as it was formally called
is country half as largeas the United
States, and possessing four times oul
population. British Burmah. "a strip
along the east shore of the Bay of Ben
| gal, is not an unimportaut possession
| The other possessions in Asia consist
| principally of islands in important
straits or near the coast and cities sim
| ilarly situated. The important island!
are Hong Kong, near the coast o.
China; Ceylon, south of India; Perrin
a little dot of an island in the straits
iof Bah Ell Mandeb: and Penang iSlanC
settlements on the coast of the Malay
| Peninsula. The cities are. Singapore
on an island OF the same name il The
! straits of Malacca: Maltcei, a city or
| the coast of the peninsula; AMI Allen,
a seaport on the Arabian coast. on the
small sea that lies bet ween Arabia ant
| Africa She has rs protect,,rAte Cash
mere. When Great Britain assume.
| the protection of state it means tina
the first step toward reducing thai
state to entire Subsection has been
! taken.
/ Great Britain has assumed en:ir,
control of Australia. This is one Of
the greatest OF her possessions. She
owns also various islands grouped
about this great island continent
among which are Tasm mia, New Yea
J land and Labuan She has also become
the protector of Sar4w *. til, western
portion of Borneo.
In North America, also, the posses
| sions of Great Britain are formidable
The Dominion of Canada includes