The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-26
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r, e.-.'o'e u , adventure
INV ean'Pa'gh o. hio only revealed t
the eyes OF the world the great change
which for more than n century Inns hee,
,at;ny n,o,. Ia IN. no.,,,o,, =, +, . w. w,
,,"o,,, -. s ~, 90. I,o''''0u .. f'"Hce ieia
.Ne'y othe olherp powers OF Europe. Dur
Ing n great part Of tho last century Fruuct
Ind some claims IN cons;der hawaii N,
u,.,,os, ..,r. '' ~ e'''s,'e' =, ''e'se', w
s'e'.es' nation IN inc world. She bud, FOL
'"ose days,a vast population, IN extensive
territory, md II fertile soil; while she was
surrounded by countries NJ comnoro,;ve
;nu,,,,,,n,n,. CT. w." " ". so"r"'"'',s
"',h ". ,,' ep"'h was IN decay; Italy
"as spit up INTO number Of petty princi
palities; Holland WIS asnlall confederation oil
provinces: prnssio wos ,n,v ;,vt cou,r, ,,,o
existence: Russia WINS bar1, "mc r"nns f .n,o
barbarisn,. and Ams,r;" sas ~" H. S ,, "o,,'
10 ,,,"'. IL, ~ "''." Mus .oo Iai uWhy,
t toe nmM'esa! ~ eohs!itulioh' anu TOO
o e.e'oEIeons ~ popuatioh, 70 be really
nmnrl 'a a,,";,, sSa1, T'l.o sIe i'au also to
All ,aSsn %.'e' .uo nos'll'ty VI tile Turks.
sn"i, "''s, i'pS'Ihu was lheh very
Eranoo Ni; .,y ~ !nis IL now changed.
as, " - p ,,,sleau q pslns among !he great
il" :" oao 1"e Which cohlu Do resis'ed only
~ , 49," nt, ID ~" ~ Iespect 10 popu's'
iUn NY lil'h only OF ohtlstian nationa.
a n' hnMJ nus roPhlAtion Of rom ninety to
huhalea mlli'ons; tho United States at
inv .H,, sen :'1, t'au Popdmton exceed
If ~ , M'! ln.,,'ens' uafhahy' = population
oa. w,si 'of.y.,iVe nl'lions! aaussria,Hun.
s na!y,,,", pop""t''9n OF o''o'Looo' wliIc the
rr" opmmt'oa o. france, accord'ng TO tho
," -, ~, , taGle l'upi'siieu iew weeks ago
~ ~ ny no n''h'S1er ol INC Inferior, Is only
u nv IVY. taslly, Inc population OF
Nv. o oH INV, N'ne'om eXcceas tl'irly-
,h n!''lohs. ~ VIII DC seen that
s"o ppiu,a!'on 0! FRANCE IS largely
s,.,a. ~ u'ht VI hussla' INC United
sa"u, nuu Hef'ilahy, ana very slightly ex.
',;m' oy 'Iat OF austria hungary. The
u .ni Io"e'ef' III inc lattcr case Is so
n.nali .hat ffahce aha Austrla'iiungary
. nay ronen'y DC aid 10 DC equal in popula-
a a,on, H LIZ lhe paMed h!ngaom follows
t ,i! peI''nu ,iiese lWo, WIN apopulation
ulre.s i Two ahu nun millions iess. But
WIN. ~ !huch ilore significant IS that the
pop.:M.'oh OF I'LL inc countries we have
. n'e,''loheH IS growing more rapidly than
. .i'a. ~ trance: we nnd' ior example.
.,at !ne popuia'ioh Oh Tue United States is
x.o"'ns ~ rate exceeding million
!eat; WINE IN the last census pcfiod-that
~ pet%eeh -, ana lsSl-the population
-, liz aue ommeu hlhenom grew ut rate cx-
..vu'us I've pcf cent IN otlier words, there
WIS WINS more than ! per cent. added every
1s"i " t"c PoPu!atioh OF the ohlteu King
u .1 III FRANCE. on me contrary, during
.''e I'VE years is'o-Sl, the whole addition
10 ne population was only 16G,2Do, or but
y ilt!ie over per cent; that IS to say,
ihe french population is not increasing
null as hapluly MS that OF the United
hlhslon. II the same rates OF progress
are maintained Tor the next ten years, the
PoPuM''9a o! me United Kingdom will be
increased by about 100000, while the
population OF France will be increased by
only ABOUT l,o00,00n. Practically, there
,o!e' III 1871 the population OF the United
h'n1gdom will be equal TO that Of France,
ana' Of course, the population Of Germany
VIII nave tar outstrlpped France. France
must always remain great power because
OF It's wealth, OF its admirable soil and
climate, It's central position, and the inge-
nuity OF lis people: But hencciorward it
4oes not stand in the rank OF great Powers.
lt%ill ne overslladowed not merely by
such eollosal nations as the United States
anu kuss'a, but even by the United King
Kom ana Germany. and il We add to the
unlted hinSdom its colonial and other
nllre,marlne pcs:essions,o cour:e there will
oc no comparison possible in the Two cases
II IS suggested By some inquire,s into
tn's subject that The great wars ut the be-
ginning OF the century have lessened
wrench vitality, just rs the Thirty Years
war had similar effect on Germany; and
tnat even yet Il generation or two must
elapse before tn,nce RECEIVERS from the re-
SUITS Of her exhaustion. This is a theory,
however TO support or refute which there
arc no sufficient data. But other causes
l.st To-