The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-21
LONG WAR OF THE RACES.
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tyranny of the emperor alienated both
Spain and ITALY, the Latin ranks fell
into disorder, and the grand revival
proved a failure. At the close of the
Napoleonic wars the Latins We're pros
trate. Italy divided among a horde of
princelings, was powerless, Spain VAS
in anarchy, and to such an extent had
the best blood of France been wasted
in war that when the government be-
gan the reorganization of the army it
was found necessary to reduce tie
standard of height to five feet in order
to obtain sufficient men to fill the
ranks.
Since the downfall Of the greatest
military genius the Latins ever pro-
duced the decline of the race has been
steady. During the second empire
rance made several efforts to begin
anew a career Of conquest, but the fail
ure in Mexico destroyed all hope of
founding an empire on this side of the
Atlantic, and although the Algerian ex-
pertinent has been continued to the
present, even now there does not seem
reason to believe In its permanence.
The efforts of the French to establish a
foothold in eastern Asia are not to be
regarded as attempts at olonisatiop;
they are simply conquests. The French
are not colonists; they do not establish
home in foreign lands, but regard TIL cir
stay abroad as an exile, and look for
ward to their return to La Belle Paris.
A more decided indication of the Latin
decline is observable in the loss of the
Spanish colonies during the early years
of this century. The secession of the
Spanish colonies in America was di-
rectly due to the prevalence and spread
| of Anglo-Saxon influence and ideas; the
triumph of the insurgents in every
American province was a victory for
the Anglo-Saxon race: the battle of
Chacabuce was as much a triumph of
Teuton over Latin as the surrender of
the Emperor Louis Napoleon at Sedan.
There are not lacking however, 9th
er evidences of decay among the Latin
| races besides their failure in war. The
failure Of France in three distinct at
| tempts to build up system of colonies,
the inability of Spain to retain territory
when acquired, the recent disgrace Of
italy in the effort to conquer Abyssinia,
are all significant. The stationary
population in France is portent Of
mighty significance. Were it not for
the constant immigration of Germans,
Italians, Swiss and Belgians into the
country, statistics would show a
marked decline in population The
people of Italy live in a state of degra-
dation and misery unequalled in other
| piNti1i1n5 vi Cr;,, ie
There are more homicides, in proper
tion to the population, in Italy than in
| any country in the world. Even the
strong arm of central government is
| not sufficient to repress the disorders
which are constantly appearing in va
rious parts of the peninsula. In Spain
there Is an ignorance which to the stu
dent of sociology is appalling. Almost
three-fourths of the entire population
city and country, are unable to read OF
write, while Portugal is in a condition
| quite as deplorable as that of Spain.
| Among the debased populations OF
all three the seeds of anarchy, sedltion
and revolution fall into soil well adapt.
ed to their growth, and that France is
not much better in this respect Is
|
only twenty-seven years ago. The pro
gress of the Teutonic races, and espec-
tally the Anglo-Saxon, the greatest rep
resentative of the family, Is an illustra-
ton of the general law of the surviva
of the fittest a law which governs the
growth Of nations as surely as the de.
velopment of the humblest aninal.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat