The Van Buren press., 1897-05-29
COLONlZING NATIONS.
go Country So Successful as Great
Britain.


AJapanese paper, the Yorodzu-Ghoho,
lsks: "What, pray have the Angloi
Saxons done when colonizing? Where
ire the Tasmanans? How many black
lellows' and Maoris are alive to-day?
Where are the wretched inhabitants of
he islands along the eastern littoral
If British North America? Where are
he Hurons, Iroquois, Mengwes, Chip
oewas? Gone from the face of the globe.
les, the Anglo-Saxons have been sue
,essful colonizers. Their simple Gus
ON is to sweep away the aboriginal in
1abitants of any desirable site and then
,nsconce themselves in well-earned con-
'cnt on the soil"
Such is the opinion of a journal of
Japan. However this may be, England
to-day the only European govern
nent, except Holland, which has n
anger colony than u home population.
The total population of the British em-
oire, including British proteetorates
n Asia and Africa, was 1852 100000 b.
he last census, while the total popua-
ion of Great Britain by the same cen
ius was only 3S,000,000, or ten per cent,
n other words, the colonial possessions
II Great Britain were nine times larger
han the home country in respect to
population. Russia has extended to the
EAST and south its imperial boundaries.
France, in concert with England, has
acquired new colonies in Asia and At
d. o,lr loIl
lave retained big colonies Abroad
hough the extent of the colonies of
he first have been declining of late years,
while the proportion of colonists to
ZONE inhabitants in Holland has de-
lined during the last two centuries.
But England keeps steadily increasing
md, of late, there has been an addition
& the number of English colonies,
while, on the other hand, the Spanish
colonies, in respect to area and popula-
ion, have been declining.
Curiously enough, Italy, which has an
,verfowing population, and has con-
ributed to the United States, to the
argentine republic and to other Amer
can states thousands of hardy immi-
grants, has, in fact, no colonies of her
1wn, and the effort to establish pro-
ectorate in Abyssinia has ended disas-
rously. Still another European coun-
ry which would seem to have many
facilities for colonizfng is Austria, but
here are no Austrian colonies, and no
erious expansion of the empire in any
direction. There is no accounting for
he existence of "colonizing spirit
lmong nations. One extends its powers
md authority; an adjacent country
Doesn't Sweden, for instance, has for
many years maintained colonies in va
,ious parts of the world. Norway,
which adjoins it, never has, though the
Norwegians are, perhaps, better sailors
.ven THAI the Swedes. Holland has al
ways been a colonizing country, and at
;estation of this is to be found In the
.ity of New York. Belgium was not a
.oonizing country until recently, and
when the two were associated together
5he Belgian provinces of Holland con-
.ributed but few colonizers. There have
been many immigrants from Switzel-
and; there have been no Swiss colonies.
Fhe Mohammedan Turks never have.
There have been Greek settlements, but
no Greek colonies. The Anglo-SaXons,
however. outrank all others in respect
% colonization, the English and Scotch
especially.-Detroit Free Press.