Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-23

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Love fa;Iad Tha Raron Harden n-Hickey ia
r,o,no to avoid one of the chief sources of
SaiITsa that 10 trvino to seize n kingdom
+owb;cb sore one else already has a claim
Ta ;s Going to hegin with an unclaimed
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the Ground NM He will imnort his sub
iects after the kingdom ia founded and ey-
ervtbin0 ia in good working order.
One would think that in these davs of
.s,reat nations mad with land greed II UouId
ha imnossihIe to find anv hit of soil outside
Of regiops arctic and antarctic where some
nation had not already mt in a claim
Rnt the Raron Hardpn-Hickey has found
sncb a nlace not merely fit. but Qraciously
favorabIe to human babitation-an island
in the tronics. with excellent natural re-
sources with the means of sustaining a
considerable nonulation and of making
some of them rich. This place is an unin-
babited but often visited island called
Trinidad situated In the south Atlantic
ocean 7oo miles-three davs, sailing with
n favorable wind-from the nearest main
.Iand
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,;hrar;os before vo,, found .nv sort of a.
scrint;on of IL The few who have taken
tba trouble to describe II tell tbat IL ia
shont oa ,,,iIea lono and q miles vida ond
thot;t "a rrobahlv of volcanic or;o;r r.
has been oftan seen INIT seIdon, 'yis;tad
Neorlv every shin that ooesG around ths
H., s;ohts Tr;nidod to corract ;ts ob.-
nonoater Rnt onIv a distressed sbin aver
stors there and not n few Of tbase bave
Stopned there opIv tn break in nieces on its
reafs II ia covered with a In xnriant tro,,.
ical vagatationN bnt has verv few +roes
This has led to the sunnosition that thare
has heen within a century or so a violent
convrlsion of nature volcanic or cvclonic
glanca from the dack of nass;no VOC
seI would convince an experienced eve that
Tr;n;dad Ia one Of those islands which bovs
heen beaved nm suddenly from the bottom
of the sea within few centuries. Its coasts
are steep and rocky and forbiddinp. and
everywhere are lava and other traces of
volcanic action. The winds and the waves
brought life from the mainland. and now
1t is covered with green and filed with the
sounds of tropical birus. Like most OF
these islands, it is a great breeding place
for birds. and therefore rich in guano.
There is no harbor. Safe landing ia possi.
ble only in quiet weather. with the wind
blowing from the northwest.
It was ON one of the da-s It was thus &c.
cessible that the Baron Harden Hickey dis
covered it. He had taken passage from
France in the sailing vessel Astoria. bound
westward around the Horn. She met nasty
weather and was driven near Trinidad As
she had been long delayed and needed fresh
water, they waited for calm day and put
into the difficult harbor. Baron Harden
Hickey made some explorations-enough to
set the present project to work in his mind,
He found on the highland, which forms the
center of the island, traces of two attempts
that had been made to colonize there. Both
were over a century ago, the first being
English and the second a Portuguese penal
settlement.
Since the failure of the second settlemen,
no one has tried to live on the island AND
No nation has included II in the list cf III
possessions. The baron found It almost in
its natural state, with fiocks of wild fowl
and myriads of turtles, both having come
there for breeding purposes.
The Astoria went on her way, and the
baron took up other affairs It has beer
five years since he visited the island, but he
has never lost sight of the idea that came
to him and was confirmed when he found
no nation had any claim to the place. Now
matters are in such a shape that with the