Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-06-04
coLoNIzINo NATIONS.
Ne Country SO Successful ms Grcnt
britain.

AJapancse paper, the Yorodzu-Choho
asks: "What, pray have the Anglo
Saxons done when colonizing? Where
are the Tasmanians? How many black
fellows and Maoris are alive to-day?
Where are the wretched inhabitants OF
the islands along the eastern littoral
Of British North America? Where are
the Hurons, Iroquois, Mengwes, Chip
pewas? Gone from the face of the globe.
Yes, the Anglo-SaXons have been sue
cessful colonizers. Their simple GUS
tom is to sweep away the aboriginal in
habitants of any desirable site and then
ensconce themselves in well-earned con-
tent on the soil"
Such is the opinion of a journal OF
Japan. However this mag be, England
is to-day the only European govern
ment, except Holland, which has
larger colony than q home population.
The total population of the British en-
pire, including British protectorates
in Asia and Africa, was SS2 100000 By
the last census, while the total popula-
ton of Great Britain by the same CEN
sus was only 3S,0O0,000, or ten per cent.
In other words, the colonial possessions
of Great Britain were nine times larger
than 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 AZ
rica. Portugal, Denmark and Holland
have retained big colonies abroad,
though the extent of the colonies of
the first have been declining oflate years,
while the proportion of colonists to
home inhabitants in Holland has de-
clined during the last two centuries.
But England keeps steadily increasing
and, of late, there has been an addition
to the number of English colonies,
while, on the other hand, the Spanish
colonies, in respect to area and popula-
tion, have been declining.
Curiously enough, Italy, which has an
overhowing population, and has con-
tributed to the United States, to the
Argentine republic and to other Amer.
lean states thousands of hardy immi-
grants, has, in fact, no colonies of her
own, and the effort to establish pro.
tectorate in Abyssinia has ended disas.
trously. Still another European coun.
try which would seem to have many
facilities for colonizing is Austria, but
there are no Austrian colonies, and no
serious expansion of the empire in any
direction. There is no accounting for
the existence of "colonizing spirit
among nations. One extends its powers
and authority; an adjacent country
doesn't. Sweden, for instance, has for
many years maintained colonies in va
rious parts of the world. Norway
which adjoins it, never has, though the
Norwegians are, perhaps, better sailors
even than the Swedes. Holland has al
ways been colonizing country, and at
tcstation of this is to be found in the
city of New York. Belgium was not .
cclonizing country until recently, and
when the two were associated together
the Belgian provinces of Holland con
tributed but few colonizers. There hav,
been many immigrants from Switzer
land; there have been no Swiss colonies
The Mohammedan Turks never have
, There have been Greek settlements, bu
no Greek colonies. The Anglo-Saxons
. however, outrank all others in respec
to colonization, the English and Scotch
! cspecially-Detroit Free Press.