The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
~COLONIZING NATIONS.
No Country So succesarui rs Great Britain In
Kstabiishing Colonies.

A Japanese paper, the Yorodsu Choho. asks:
"What, pray. have the Anglo-Saxons done when
colonizingi Where are the Tasmaniansi How
many black fellows and Maoris are alive to.
day. Where are the wretchcd inhabitants of
the islands along the eastern littoral OF British
North America Where are the Hurons,
lroquois. Mengwes. Chippewasi Gone from the
face OF the globe. Yes, the Anglo-Saxons have
been successful oolonizers. Their simple custom
is TO sweep away the aboriginal inhabitants
OF any desirable site and then ensconce them.
selves in well-eurned content on the SOIL"
Such Is the opinion of IA journal of Japan.
However this may be, England Is to-day the only
European Government. except Holland, which
has IA larger colonial than a home population.
The total population of the British empire, in.
Guiding British protectorates in Asia and Africa.
was 49,. 900, 900 by the last census. while the
total population of Great Britain by the same
census was only $4,000. 900. or 10 per cent. In
other words. the GO onial possessions of Great
Britain were nine times larger than the homo
country in respect TO population. Russia has
extended TO tho East and South its imperial
boundaries. France, in concert with England,
has acquired new colonies In Asia and Africa.
Portugal. Denmark, and Holland have retained
big colonies abroad. though the extent Of the
years, while the proportion Of Colonists TO home
inhabitants in Holland has declined during the
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creasing and. OF late, there has been an addition
TO the number OF English colonies, while. on the
other hand, the Spanish colonies, in respect of
area and population, have been declining.
Curlously enough, Italy which hns an over
flowing population, and has contributed to the
United States, to the Argentine Republic. and to
other American states thousands OF hardy imini,
grants, has, In fact, no colonies OF her own and
the effort to establish a protcctoratc in Abys-
sinia has ended disastrouSly. still another Eu-
ropean country which would seem TO have many
facilities for colonization is Austria, but there
are no Austrian colonies. and no serious oxpan-
sion OF the empire In any direction. There is no
accounting for the existence of Il "cOlonizing
spirit" among nations. One extends Its powers
and authority; an adjacent country doesn't.
Sweden, for instance, has for many years main
tained colonies In various parts OF tho world.
Norway, which adjOins 1t. never has. though the
Norwegians are, perhaps, better sailors even
than the swodes. Holland has always been a
folonizing country. and attestation Of this Is to
be found In tho city of New York. Belgium
was not a colonizing country until recently, and
when tho two were associated together the Bel
GUM provinces of Holland contributed but few
colonizers. There have been many immigrants
from Switzerland; there have been no Swiss
colonies. The Mohammedan Arabs have OK
tended their rule; the Mohammedan Turks
never have. There have been Crock settlements,
but no Greek colonies. The Anglo-Baxons, how
ever, outrank all others In respect of colonial
Aop. the English and Scotch especially.