Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-15

A dlsra,eh elsewhere in these col
umna dated Madrid. slyf
"rhs comments Of Tho press on m
prst1Uni 1rI g.rii1hie funeral hymn
on tha dIatfururn Ui inN Spanish CO.
i0altl empire. Some DAYS AGO ihn dee
afr Tor peace made the people Close
fha.r fyr4 to the price. but now. upoa
reading me protocol thny rOliIza inst
th cost IA The loss % that empire
which spnin had CONQUERED WIN 49,
much GLORY. and that auiin nov falls
10 the second rank among nations Tht
public mind r. stunned and there is
general m0urninT'
This raises again a question recently
discussed by the News" In which
SPANS rating was the subject ~ com.
mont II was therein hold that with
the close " this war ami tho diapos-
session VI all Of her colonies. she cannot
At present be- rated a. ALL that she en-
tered this century a. Hecond-ciass
power and b. the middle % 70 had
fallen Htiil lower. There o. no need Of
rctfactng or amending that statement,
but some little explanation may b.
proper
There o. certain arrangement
among me European nations known NJ
the concert by means u which The
standing of he powois is measured nni
by the terms u which two or three
nations which are not gtnoraliy ~
recognized ere. or wofC. got down ~ IN
the front rsnk A. n mait'r Of fact
there b. no absolute rule Tor the de-
termination of the question. that or
concert holng mure or less arbitrary
ana looking more 90 convenience ana
mutual bcnont than anything else, II
the matter NJ foreign p0aseaaions were
10 be- adopted a. the rule. n would
make Holland woll-nlEh nral-eiass
power and advance Denmark consider
ably IN the scale; aud this rule seems
10 have obtained Ia the matter ~ Spain,
though even then. by comparison, that
nation has boon shrinking 10 rapidly IL
the last 800 years. and was 20 many
times less In territory even before the
war with me United states began than
previous 90 the nrat-namod period, that
the declenhpn must be- Ignored
altogether 60 give her any
standing. even adjacent 10 that
N the nfri-clasa powers II Il
is territory at home or near by with
great population that are 10 determine
the question. then undoubtedly the
empire " Austria Hungary should be-
nril.claua. but II h not, neither n
fialy (oxcopt perhaps In the estimation
~ the concert. an may also be the case
with Auatria). which has greater pop
uiliinn than spain. considerable for
ciFn possessions and n navy which at
tho commencement Of the late war out
ranked that ~ Spain. n education and
intelligence be taken into the account.
then little Switzerland. which ~ the
wee rma' twinkier Of the galaxy. has
no colonies. no navy and but a cor
porafa guard In the way ~ an army.
should rank away 20 the fore Instead
~ not ranking at ALL 70 with the
/ Scandinavian nations; Il would make
q colossal. awc-lnaplrlnE establishment
Of tho derman empire and send Russia
down considerably where. then. and
how shall The rule of determination be
created aud upheld7
The United States according 10 n
| fair construction u the considerations
previously set out. must now b. the
leading power 90 the globe
II has 1000 90 ~ ~ own people.
no colonies ana those Il will control
bringing tho total mp 1900 900 more. but
these, Tor the purpose Of rating. would
better be icft unmonuoncd. az they
would but have me eject ~ somewhat
] reducing tho general standard ~ liter
} ncy. which Il about " per cent ~ the
/ whole population above the nrr NJ Is
years, and superior 10 that ofany other
nation excepting only Switzerland
which does not rank. II has more
wealth per capita aud moro
wealth AZ nation than any other.
ua army Ia an indctcrm'nate quantity
because aa In Germany every male clil-
zen between certain ages ana not physi-
cslly or mentally disqualified ~ Hli.
dlor. meaning II necessary phalauN
compared with which one like that Of
Philip ~ Macodon would bo q mere cir
Gus parade. ana The world has already
seen that AZ soon as one ~ those takes
the fold with .wrlpnn In hla hand he
immediately becomes a veteran, No the
matter of q navy, We have i15 vessels.
including elEht frut-cihss hattleshlps.
twice az many cruisers. and gu0lly
number ~ the remainder being equal
90 muis aa has been shown.
A. an effective force on the water we
/ rank ahead % an other nations but two.
Great Hrlinin and France, and the lat
| Ur lH by mo- means as anxious 90 Try
/ conclusions with uH ne che h said 20
have been during the first month OF
/ the war. so that 70 appears, taking all
! the qualifications tlgathr, We are 20 Tar
ln inc lead that 90 b. Idle 10 mako COM
plrH1ns. The American Republic be-
| coming thus the standard. how many
| nmt-clafH powers would there be- only
uhone az present recognised by this
| country as such IN the matter 81 the
appointment u nmhassadors-ure
britain m. Germany C2), France C),
and Russia co. This makes Austria
ANA Italy Hecoud-clnss and Spain not
much above the fourth rank, and seems
to be about az the great majority
view H. I, Is certainly aa near to The
proper estimate az can be with a due
regard for an things Involved,