The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
SPAIN and THE SPANISH.
INTERESTING FACTS a8oT 4 ONCE
POWERFUL NATION.
The Eusgass Are fh~ Only Original
Rae~ Among tise Population
The People Have stood sfiii
While Europe Has Advanced


psogie. without ssHfklHs ~ tire matter,
would say 81 a Ssasas that SPANS pGps.-
Iaiiua vas gs.6s1.ssF oF ~ e9aG E8s ig r.
in reality. not IS a1a saa. SEaga ass ar ares
81 1859 sa3a9e rniI@s- The 4F%a Il
France IN 0Eiy feS sSsSszssn6 ks12Fs
yni.s8 create ard get FFancs has = pop
uIatsoa Of very realty &9aass ss8. Tsxss has
as AREA Of ~ 80 square Tnlsea. rPala
could be laid cSe on Texas. and Texas
would have 7ssaa lala8rs mics isis o+gr.
The states Of gFaaSy svaG4t8, Nss York,
JiiiDo-g and Alabama aAEs more popaia-
iioG together than has 9pa!n. and
are immensely Gaoge wealthy. These
etases could borFca enough MONEY. with
their whole field Of commodities. fnen and
capital behind the loss, g pay or al Ole
coup the whole national debt OF Spain.
TheY could raise. pay and maintain Big
ger army than Spsts couif. Their natural
resources could onslast Spsin's ten 10 cne.
Their steam powAr n inaHilsly gTester.
ard man power can alwa9s be- Eaaged
~ steam power. Foa can in4aess}s the
difference. These f9gr sfafes cetsIt exits.
n they sequesirased froua ali the rest II
she world. Spain csaiid hardly iise day.
spain was Gree iIze greatest nation On
the face ~ the globs. Say, rather. siss
was ta5ice -. EiFsi ae center cf learn
Ing and science uHt!er the aaEaceaie rule.
when the city OF CiorGov4 had "a mile II
gas-lit streets and fountains Of aaicksii-
Vor played tn the iaaiace y.fG az ths ca
ifph. Second. when she vas the greatest
military power In Europe II you look
at ilis names Of Gou'4tries eiiie@ and places
IN this western hemisphere yeg viii realize
what grand empire Spala onca was and
what power she welded ever mea. BUt
Spain gould rot sfafl3 the Enarca ~ mod
srn Invention. shr has sseadly shrunk
and sisryeled aHd lost beg possessions.
Of - csIha. THE Philippines are insight
fcant possessions.
WHY has Spain I0ss ais her powsfs THO
theorlst who holds that education IL the
e&use or progress VIII point yau tIse An-
swer In the statistics concerning Spain 4
il.iteFacy, oh3y one na:ion In Europe Il
inwer i8 enlightenment than Spain. That
IN Italy. or ali ttae population 1T Epaju
only q per cent ran read and WRITE 4 q =
oent ean read Only. sud - per cent can
neither read n1r write, when YOU come
10 think Of IT, this faeg staFgers she mind.
Here is n nation la ia hear Of e!Yilisa~
fsCn. and @ PR cent II is peopia have
10 conception whatever af tie as8rVeiR af
the printing pfe4a or or the letters that
csdmsis brought 10 Europe. but lst us
SO little deeper luio tbi~ matter of iint-
eFary. / 30 rot desire "a talk about
canses. the soctaloglxts can do that Eut
ware ore In tie mind Ia 10 : a sorlaiaai-
cal study OF Spain wouti b. worth the
wiring. sraiD. as have said. has
population OF less than ISesAn 'sn. and Is
per cent Of hsr peegla cannot read nor
write. The Uutsd States has a population
Of let us say 7aea2s, or the native
white population Of this country only i
per cent cannaf read write. or tho for
elgn whites only 10 per cent cannot read
or write. and of the calored population
81 per cent cannot read OF write Tut SC
cou1sing for The foreigners and the ne
Eroes In the computation. there ~ but II
per cent az the population IN this coun-
try that cannot read or write. Think Of
~ Out Of nearly aoas.ao native white
Americans only & per cent that cannot
read or write. and spain's percentage Is
e.,
LIT IT'S see how Spain compares IN mt
er8cy with her neighturR II is not pre-
eisely iuas IN Spain - compare her With
r,leh wonderfully fortunately people rs
VIZ are In England ttsoud9nl : per cant
Of the mca and per cent 81 the women
make their marks an The marriage regis
ter. English illiserscy teaches lil;e
HIGHER percentage Isl sGsTl.s ~ the cauu-
ties. s~efsa has hardly any tiitessCy at
all Only oil peF cent Of the recruits can
rot read az write az The French ,,.ln~
segtpts ouly ss gcr rent cannot read or
~rlto or me recruits In the German army
read or write, iu Austria NJ PEI cent If
the children of scaeol age ere At s>hoot
In She HuaslRe army rrev3lting II wss
found that only - par TnlIt 90 rs, men
were iHHoFsat % lf}tets Russians az
large NAV be a. uiiFeFste as ase SpaasaFlS
hus the statistics available 10 hot Ko -
ehow that such - th4 ease The statistics
ta tee Ssateman's Year Rook slew ffAiv
to ha considerably mora H.teTaae tsaa
Spain. huf outside If italy Spe!a's lzpnr-
sBua ss fnsHNtFaes in Europe. Spaiu
banking rover iike her steam power IS
practically uil She has ja al uot qNsfs
-ssl miles ~ railroad /; - faahlaBnhie -
laugh ~ Chins wch is-r y mites Il
Rteaus railroads ard her h8aAwaTslnrSs 81
pnlut 81 civilization Fot tt ,uust L. a.
United however much we dislike - 10
-, that, makimg allaWaefss far her en-
v!Toamspt aui her advantage. Spain Is
worse than china.
wha sge fle sg.aalaT4s@ WHAT ts ttrir
blood their ethnographv. tAsir Tac4f Ms
have no end - bisterv Bis7ut Soatn Pal
oioEX tells 10 they aye latin Their lar
staEs was ence vulgar latin. SUCH as the
Romans Snake, i'3sf tf 49, roFgap$ttl SV
invaders from ths norta aHd arsw ~ ~
what II now ia TAafe are traces 81 ths
language ng ara .esf Uia1HefT " hteh go
Spanish Eot frem tHe creeks tisa ca
thsgpa:ane au53 tH@ lsfrf Ts4s'is9s To-
Cloths t0ok SIZE vulgar l-t}n whtsh re
Romans had lrff ana made rae ~
gtlass, 81 lspaU2 II Ttns1fe aaft5sa
there. were certain CN}ts 20 u2txeSf eisA
shs iherans fogtsiu8f haetfssAt% # >pAl3i,
Then canae tAs Fhoeuiyiaas auf the car
thaseHtsaN aui later fh< Rao'E@s. IA
last the Cloths an3 fhe Na%iFnths Al
sh~re xnas have tNe story 90 Spsasen h3tesssf
ana rare The Vaaaate con4ucrsi pare of
Spain snd thrtr ~retion - Il was csl.sf