Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-28
the TREATY SIGNED.


~ o'clock this afternoon the map |
ot the earth hgurauvely underwent
most important change u belng the I'M
mediate precursor OF a real one.
The land or Castillo Aragon ana 9th
er proud prinolpaliti@s has ahrunk Into
the boundaries which are defined By iis
marginal Hines. ana VIII no more BE-
known NJ the ruler ana possesror 81 co.
lonial territory ~ other paris OF the
world. A scattering patch OF lonely Holl
or pile OF rocks here ana there In the
vast cxpanse Of the ocean may siiil
as memory more than any
thing else he looked upon a. Spanish
because not wanted by others. and con-
tanning nothing that Is worth having
but OF populous outpo~,s. commercially
valuable and s,rafesicaily of great con.
sequence. with government machinery
and organized society. Spain has moth
ing left outside Of Spain. Her colonial |
sway has passed into history.
II has taken something over four
centuries 90 complete che Spanish cycle. |
Toward the beginning % this period
the nation was well nlEh the ruler OF
the seas. the terror Of the earth. Her
dominion expanded 10 rapidly and 80
greatly that II mus, have seemed as
,houxhwhat would be icf, TO other pow
sTA after Spanish rapacliy was si;ed
would be exactly what II now ieft 90
her. with no sense OF security regard.
Ing even that. But there came turn
In the tide OF destiny. when what
seemed to he real greatness was put TO
the tss, Of upholdng and defending
Itself. there was failure. The Span
iards could not hold their own on land
or sea. The mystery was a mystery no
longer. Their proweHs vanished like
mis,s before the morning sun when con-
fronting any O,hor people than lgnor.
ant seml-savagoa who knew not OF the
arts Of war and were destitute OF any
means u coping with weapons which
used gunpowdrr. with the assistance OF
the Neneuans. spain achieved vic-
tory over Turkey early Ia the period
named. and that was ,he last one of any
consequence recorded In her favor. III.
lie By little the aborlgincs of south ana
cewral America acquired the usr OF I'm.
proved weapons. and In corresponding
ratio thr dominion " the foreign Cd.
pressof vas shaken on. The process %.
liberation wen, steadily ON. and BY tn,
opening % this century ali the cont,
mental pog- iss.ona " Spain consisted Of
narrow M. Sins along the coar., which
themselves were no, long In brlng al
iorbed BY their surroundings, shc wa
then lott with two comparatively smai
Islands on The northern border ~ th.
Caribbean sea, the na,lyc population %
which, all but a scau,y remnant, ha,
been annlhlla,ed By Spanish oppression
'tueliy aud crime, Now these arc gon'
ana htr once great producer ~ wHalil
ana the most 1ipulous and extensive a
her remaining colonies the Philippine
ny m' act OF today nave completed u
story ~ nations fall by 'becomin
the property " the United stasos, !
s'Al ana wonderful ri1fy, NOR
"h4h ahy'h'hs IN ne realms " Nc
"'h' anu u points moral t' gram
."uu'hs' 'h'' we races VI man
N,n' No" "hp h'I'at'ef VIII never D
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"'s ''Waheh LOT the youngest ,
'"s 'N'ohS 20 s'N' 'hc oldest i.s nnlsi
"s s"'N' ~ an rh''aVer ana despol
OF people hoi l's own 10y geographic
"hheeuoh " iles 81 eonsanEulnlu