Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-22
DAILY POS. IMTtLuGENcER
RAG SPANISH sssraxcs.

Tne SPANISH DgFsAscG.
II anytEfna ssrs needed 70 o0ppiste
the buaiiiAsiou Of tie position vh;eh
England has occnpisd for the past zeal
before the other Ruropssa posers. II 4
furnished By the contrast between
spain's sction 10 regard - the ssizars
Of she Caroline IslaElds By Germany
and Eaeiand's acsIGl1 assdsr precisely
similar circumstances . few rsoush'
ago. Esriy in the pssssns year the Ges.
man dag was raised on The Northern
coast Of New Guinea. al ialaDd which
had long been regarded - British p0s-
session. The pEsssaes Of German
oolony on this island vss sTtreo,sly IT.
ritsiing 10 Greet Britain. ~ IL thrust .
wedge Of foreign posIeT into the very
heart Of her formerly compact AnssraI.
ian possessions. TAtl ACT on ths pars
Of Germany vas followed BY tue ssizcre
Of several islands upoI, witch England
had claims more OF h,ss shadowy, and
finally BY She seizure CT q portion Of the
domlnions Of the Sultan Of Zanzibar.
the iniszrity Of whose possessions Eae-
land had solemnly engaged 70 defend.
Still With toe sxoepthvn Of . few mild
protests and some anieabis correspond
enos, no objection vas inssrposed by the
British Government, and Germany was
allowed 10 90 peacefulIy on wish the de-
velopment Of her ssIoniaI system.
Emboldansd By her sue5sss in ssizins
English possessions, Germany next IA
fuFIsd her fag over the Caroline or New
Philippine islands. witch have for more
than three eenturis been regarded ~
belonging 10 spain BY Fisht Of disoov'
cry. OnIy few days aeo the news Of
this seizars reached Enrope. II is prob
abls that the GeFaan statesmen who
had seen the uster indifference wish
when EneIand. the nation which Of all
on earth had least reason to stand Ia
fear of Germany. vitassssd the exteu.
sion of their power in the South Pa
ci6c. anticipated no exposition from
spain. II such was the case they wers
quickly andecsiyed. No sooner vers
the facts known than Spain--poor. I'm
povsrishsd, bankrnpt spain, stricken
by disease, with skeietoIa army and q
totisring governnent--demanded bel
rights With just ~ inuoh hrmasss and
Just ~ @neh pride AZ she would have
displayed had ths name OF her sovereign
been Philip II instead Of Allooso XII
Already Spanish vessels and Spanish
troops have been dispatched 10 the dis
pused territory, and strange a. 10 may
seem, 10 IL NOT unlikely that Germany
will have to yield a. gracefully rs pss
sibie b. fore thu irnpssu0as outbarst d
Spanish wrath.
were Spain contiguous to Germany
Il 10 likely that Bismarck would liz
nothing better than D. march his armies
20 Madrid. A shsrt, sharp war, such ~
o war with Spain muss be. withou
danger OF defeat, would be very vel
come 10 Germany. II would arouse III,
German sailitary spirit anev, veald b
good practice for ,hs German soldiers
and would serve TO make the spirit OIL
German unity even stronger than 81
present, while Spain, when thoroughly
defeated, voald have 70 pay all the bills
But ~ IL happens, Spain is not con
tiaaoas 10 Germany, and German troopI
could not reach spanish territory with
out sea vayage. spain az naya
power, ID fally a. strong a. Germany
and war between thein would be I
very troublesome thing for the ersa
empire. n the fiehtine should be den'
on the islands In disIpatss Spain eouls
have her troops on The IsFoand sooneI
than Germany, and esuId carry on wal
In that blatant portien Of the world with
fair chances Of success. Such being shs
casa. Germany will be vsry likely ID
sonelude THAI the Caroline islands ars
not wssth lighting aboat, and will gel
out Of shs serspe a. we'll AZ she can.
The Caroline Islands are scarcely
worth var under any circumstances.
ana 10 II not the ahoughs Of their loss
which arousea TIM people Of Spain 10
such degree; II 10 rather the insult,
which their naughty oastilian na.ursa
canpot bear. The cssolii,ss lie directly
sasi Of the Philippines and north Of
New Guinea. Their total area IL about
ons thousand SQUARE miles aud their
population rather is,s than ap.0oo. Of
whom nearly all are natives. They are
divided into namefeus groups. and are
hat and without secure harbora. Thsy
vera discovered Ia 1913 BY Lopez De
Viliaiches. The nlasi importan. Of the
group Il called yap. Spain has claimed
the ialands ever sines ,ksir discovery,
bus there are no Spanish settlements
upon them. Thsy have been included
within The Jurisdiction OF the govern.
Esent Of the Philippines. II 10 scarcely
likely that Bismarck wants the Carr
linss badly snoaRh B, take sheu, now
thai be has met vita inch vigorous op.
poaition.
Tbs cenaas Of s. E'anl and Minneap.
olis which was eomplsss,d . few days
aeo, shows that the growth Of the twin
cities q semsthine unparalleled even In
aha Tfnfs.a sat-. -. .a.a..