Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18

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In Venezuela. which was the frat ,,,
ony to revolt. In 1919 orders were iss,,..
from Madrid to block all the iesdl,-
roads In the province. hcm In the ps,.,
pie. their cities and towns. ana prev.,,
any travel " the Insurgents from iovss
TO town. Had this barbarous policy bssn
successfully executed. as It has been H.
Cuba lately. Venezuela would have neon
barren desert ana living ch,rosi
house. Hut there was a bolivar who
In command Of the Insurgents afs,
wonderful military feats. won his conn.
try's Independence. There were. how.
ever. Wholesale massacrcs before tho
end. as at the terrible siege of Quito
when one out Of every i've ~ the ror'
rison was cut down In cold blood by m.
spanlnrds after the surrender.
Civll wars short lived republican rul.
unstable monurohlcs and military Inv
surrcctons represent SPANS history
since; but like the BoufbUnH. she nay,,
learns The bombast. the silly bravo.
do. the Intellectual struggling nr,Ips,
vlfile nations ana her constant defeat,
seem 20 have brought no realization o.,
the ever falling power. Gradually bui
nt times also with majestic force. sb8r,
NJ her Immense colonial possession. ~
has silll acted az n humiliation vote 4
mere trine 10 be romodlrd y. rlmps s0ra.
other day Her own population has ds.
creased ana become weakened AMI sp.
ervatod until she H. really an object r,
pity II not contempt Tho taking '-a,
her u the Philippines. cuba and putft,
Rico leaves hrr 70 hunhi. deDenIs.t
and hor possible fate IKE that ~ ps.
land. II a partition " hcr lborian ranlh.
sulh by other powers. but even ttst
would not lessen hor love of Theatrical
display. her innate fctoclty ana Lsr
| cruelty
II ~ not the purpose 10 deny tho char.
acteflstics ~ past bravery 10 the rrn.
uine donH spain has done much nrbt.
Ing. and good rFhtlnr In her days %,
glory but her martial spirit hos de-.
parted. and what individual parHHHai
hotolsm may remain IL insufficient DO
stem the tide of the worlds rrnra1.h
the superior brain force ~ the Nneia.
Saxon and the unflvniod cxcciien.a q
the American gunner Some time roarl.
bly, there viii be- n great work Issued
companion volume 10 Gibbons im.
mortal history. and Il Will deaf with
'"rhc Rise ana Fan of the Spanish En-.
pirc."
ono ~ the most peculiar efforts ever
made was that NJ phlllp N 10 Isolate
the Intellect" ~ his Kingdom Ito for.
babe any one 10 leave spain Cor the
purpose NJ study or 10 come into u with
the intention NJ intoxicating knowledge.
| That iHalntinr system ~ tho CnaiHan
monarch has icft H. mark on gfain -
this day. II has had much a. do with
the physical and mental dcFcnonry u
the Inhabitants the most iilltofato In
All Europe ana explains much that
cannot otherwise well bee understUuI-
for instance. how the mass Of the gene
orni people there cnn readily be- made
90 believe that Dewey was whipped 70
Manila. that Admiral Sampson was
forced TO withdraw from San Juan and
that all our victories are virtually 70.
pulses.
Time was when 10 name the colonial
possessions N Spain was 10 enumrrais
world. Now H. holdings are little
moro than spots on tho ocoan-ihs O..
nnticH NJ tho Atlantic. the Haioafl'
isles Of the Mediterranean. the sulu 10.
lands. the Caroline islands and mo
Marianne Islands u the Pacific. Fsf.
nando 10 and rome few other ports IN
Africa. n stray shoai here ana thsa
ana suzeruinty over Morocco Hfr
iiuF Will soon cease 10 iioat IN ~ Frsi.
srn hemisphere over an Inch OF uQlA
she can call hor own.
Tho Canarie- and the c pc Verde y.
lands. tho latter belonging o. Portugal,
have lately become noteworthy from
frequent mention 81 them In connection
with the movements ~ Hnundronn. but
they are otherwise little known, and he'
Ing cut on from association with the
continent they have not been OF im.
port to either the politician or the hif'
torinn. No event Of considerable inter
est has ever occurred In either of them
, and they are practically In the same
condition they were BOO years ago,
The Canary group. comprising the H.
lands Of Tenerife. with ~ port Of snn'
"a Cruz and whose famous mountain
peak IL known 10 All the navlgatora ~
the globe! Gran Cnnnrin, Palma, LAMA
rote. Fuefteventurn. Gomern and Fer.
70. with an area Of $500 square mllof'
or four.oleycnths the size ~ Mnsaachu-
sotts, have a population OF nearly sQ9-
900.
Tho Gunnchea, or Canary natives. nfs
outnumborod By the Spanish element %
completely that rebellion would be- hope
less. Then there 10 little 60 enrich
Spanish official, and consequently thefa
are not tho reasons for revolt that nave
existed elsewhere. The cape Verde
archipelago IN absolutely devoid Of M
terest except as depot for coal unln.
wiling and the most foranken looking fe5
of islands ON the oarth
SPANS last naval battle before th'
present wnr-and II demonstrated me
supineneaH OF her naval armament ana
her almost absurd gunnory-wah when
she was defeated by Peru, with Chlles
aid. In 1864. She sent a squadron ei
seven vessels, mounting eli guns
punish tho peruylanH for the. hlleg,l
maltroatment Of spanish subjects. lh'
former had nothing ON tho water 10 W.
pose this force. but Chile came 60 Psfua
support with three ships, the EsmeiAl'
da, the Victoria nnd the Loa. carrying
total OF a. guns, many OF them snooll'
borea. The Esmeralda met the spnnlsh
gunboat Cavandngn Ohrce guns ana
captured her In 20 minutes without ~.
ing man. The Spanish. who fred thi,,
shots had two men killed ana "
wounded. This loss. followed By ibi
capture " an armotod launch. 20 ehl,
grlnod the Spanish admiral, Paroin' lh'
: he committed suicide In his cabin,
Admiral Nunez, who succeeded, gar
lantly haanilcd dofenneless Valparaiso
b where not a single gun was mounted.
The spnnlarda set IRE TO the city Whsn
they could easily have taken II WIN,
! out hiring a shot, They next aasaulisu
Callao, but that was n defended Town,
and In four or nvo hours tho squadron
; ] ,stu. 81. la,4t.s L.. that ufun nlNl