Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-05
AL IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
A cENTuRYs GROWTH OF THE
BRITISH EMPIRE.
QUEEN VICTORIA RULES OVER
oNE-sIXTH OF THE WHOLE
EARTH-IT's GROWTH SINCE
AMERICA THREW OFF ENG
LANDS YOKE.

States from the little seaboard fringe
OF settlements to the nation con-
tlnent wide is something to brag Of.
the greater Britain may say a few
words. too.
In the start off 1t is to be remem-
bered that whenever any American cit
lien emigrated from his old homo. In
very few cases did he go out from
under his flag.
But about 70 per cent OF British en-
igrants come to the United states.
and still see what great possessions
England has acquired in the last one
hundred years.
Her colonies and dependencies COM
prise about one-siNth of the eorths
land surface, and about the same frac-
tlon OF the worlds population have
Queen Victoria for a ruler.
Yet no longer than 100 years ago II
seemed as IL Great Britain's colonial
Importance had been hopelessly shat
tered by the independence of the
American colonies, which had been re-
cugnized only ten years previously.
II is true that she had then her
present West Indian possessions. but
ern sense, or in the sense that the
provinces OF America had been.
There were also some settlements on
the west coast of Africa, but these
were trading stations.
She had long been In possession OF
the fortress of Gibraltar, but Malta
she did not secure TIL eighty years ago.
and Cyprus not till fifteen years ago.
Canada, Nova Scotia and Newfound-
land were in their infancy and their
aggregate population was not equal
to that Of a second rate English town
today.
Mark the contrast. See the wonder
full transformation which a century
has wrought. Canada today has a
population at least equal to that OF
Scotland and Wales combined Her
mercantile marine is one OF the most
important In the whole world.
Her transcontinental line. the Cam
adlan Pacific railroad, traverses some
thing like 5000 miles of territory from
east to west, and the Dominion aims
at being n great highway Of traffic
between Europe and Asa
Turn to Australia. one hundred years
ago sydney was n penal settlement
with a few convicts. Now 1t has a
population OF 100000. Melbourne has
at least as many. Less than sixty
years ago there was one lone hut where
the city now stands.
There are populous colonial capitals
like Adelaide and Brisbane, not to
mention Ballarat, Bathurst and Ben
digo.
West Australia, which only recently
received Its charter as self govern
ing colony, Is just now progressing
by leaps and bounds IN consequence
of the gold discoveries that have been
made there, and II expectations be full
filled It may soon rival the colonies
formerly deemed to be more favored
Less than fifty years ago there were
only about 1000 English residents IN
New Zealand, mainly missionaries.
their dependents and traders.
Actual colonization only began In
1913.
what do we see now?" says Mr..
II. r. FoXbourne beautiful cities.
containing from $4,000 to 10000 people
in each well paved streets, lighted
with gas, crowded with vehicles OF
all kinds. which compare favorably
with those in the best English towns,
"There are many similar towns with
population ranging from 1000 10
1000 There are fifteen towns with
from 1000 to 1000 inhabitants In each.
and besides these. there are forty more
with from 100 TO 500.
I'm some OF the larger towns steam
trans are used. Museums, libraries,
mechanics Institutes, etc. are found
in all of them. Public parks, gar
dens and show grounds are also pro-
vided."
The Dutch settlers OF Cape Colony
did not yield TO British arms till 1906.
Since then, England's acquisition OF
the cape has been followed by the es-
adjustment of the colony OF Natal,
by the acquisition OF zululand and
Bechuanaland.
She lost the Transvaal by success
full revolt after fourteen years rule.
but has since gained Mashonaland and
A little more than year ago there
were scarcely dozen white men in
The territory OF which Lobengula was
king; already on the site OF his kraal
there Is the nucleus OF what may ere
the astonlshlngly
rapid growth of colonial communities
be populous city.
As n preliminary, Buluwnyo can
boast of possessing bishop and
A little over one hundred years ago
here was not white man In New /
Guinea and the FIJI Islands. Great
did not own yard OF terri /
.ory In South Africa, and In the whole I
" Canada there were scarcely more 1
han 100000 Inhabitants OF European
OF whom at least half were /
French.
She had then a firm footing already I
N India. but her practical acquisition /
" the whole peninsula was not COM /
)leted till after the mutlny OF 1857.
There Is a population OF i.oS6.00O In !
British territory.
II is exactly century since Ceylon /
became a British colony; the straits |
settlements were not ACQUIRED TIL 20 |
,r 20 years after; Hong Kong has only /
oeen British possession for little 7
,ver fifty years; the Marltlus since 1910,
md the annexation of Burmah was
,nly completed ten years ago.
When America revolted liz years !
,go. she had 600 Inhabitants. Now
The has 65.00O,001. Surprising England |
lad been as wise in her treatment OF /
he colonies as She has since learned /
o he, what an empire bf English
ipeaking people there might have