The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

Philip II to restore the papal authori- ties in England in 15SS, met with igno- minious defeat. Spain had to accept the independence of the low countries in 1909. Portugal then declared it's free dom of Spain and rowned it's own king.
 Then came the war of the Spanish succession in 1702. Charles II died without legitimate issue and four Eu- ropean powers began to scrap for his debased throne, France, Germany, Ba- varia and Savoy claiming it. For 13 dreadful years war waged. Bavaria and Savoy wore out early in the scram- ble and retired, leaving England and France to fight it out. England joined issue with Germany, but the willy old Louis XIV of France came out ahead and Philip V got it. He became king of Spain, but lost Sicily, which went to the duke of Savoy, his Italian posses sions, which went to the emperor of Germany and Gibraltar, which went to the English. Thus Spain was re- duced from the foremost power of the world to second place. This Philip was the first of the house of Bourbon, to which the present boy king is ac- credited, by virtue of descent from the infamous Isabella, whose amours and intrigues have scandalized the present century. For 21 years he wore the crown, years of war, petty intrtgues which brought to Spain only loss of prestige and power, of lives and money.
 Then came the "Prince of Peace" that sweet-scented darling of the court of Charles, and his dissolute queen. a,.tn sSA IA ierrnT cy1f md literate, licentious and an intrigante. but he was beloved by the infamous queen, and was made prime minister. The wars and broils that he didn't get Spain into were not,worth mentioning. The French thrashed the boots off the interfering Spanish and swarmed into Madrid. Then this prince of peace went after the British at Cape Vincent and lost tremendously. Then he ran up against Lord Nelson at Trafalgar, and was nearly wiped off the face of the earth. Then he designed sending the weak remnant of his Spanish forces out to fight Napoleon! That general didn't do a thing to the prince of peace but order him to send 16,000 Spanish troops to garrison a Prussian fort which the French had just taken! The troops were sent. Then a little later Napoleon made the king of Spain get off the throne, which caused more war and placed upon it his own brother Joseph Napoleon, who sat on dyna- mite bomb for five years, then lost his nerve and laid the crown down when the people finally turned themselves loose in an insurrection and riot that beggars description. It lasted for a year or two, and ended Napoleon's at tempt to conquer Spain. It was the first time in the history of Spain, too, that her people acted with the spirit that would animate a tomtit.
 Ferdinand came back to the throne from which he had been deposed by Napoleon's brother, and his imbecility caused a shocking state of affairs in Spain. Nobody's life was safe and the streets of Madrid ran red with blood. Three times married, Ferdinand had no children to take his tottering throne, so he married fourth time. "The Ma ples Woman" was what her daughter became after her, a creature too low to mention to ears polite. From that day to this Spanish revolutions and wars have been of daily occurrence. Rows in the royal family, intrigues, scandalous stories of dissolute women they are common history.
 From her once high place under Charles I, Spain is now degraded and poverty stricken. Her American colon ies have one by one left her and set up a government of their own. The Tn vincible Armada" has shrunk to few battle ships, her treasury is bankrupt, 20 times over, her credit is gone.
 Once Queen of Islands of the Sea-" she now looks to lose all. In the Philip pines determined revolt against taxa ton and tribute has been going on for years. Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles, has been fighting for freedom for 30 years. Spain has exhausted her re- sources in an attempt to hold these is- lands to their fealty. As one looks back over the centuries of butchery and bloodshed, of bigotry and benighted ig- norance, one cannot help wondering if Spain's brutal reign is to be much longer perpetuated. She is now living on the military glory of four centuries ago. She has been whipped by the Dutch, the English and the French. She ceased to be power among nations in 1648, and has been a football for other powers ever since. Yet she fond Iy imagines she can subdue the United States, when it has taken her 30 years to learn that she can't even whip baby Cuba.-F'rom the Washing