The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24


@ss the large cities. The libra
zsss lave .5&ea 70 pesteTed ~
ire S~s.o.ssss 81 lie psIs.ss tsai siteT hss%
p.s eets - fAe 'ssaks relating 20 oar
grssssis. the esspf4g." or shelves xaers me
peex.e can ssrk sssysss oai for Themselves.
Ever then az. xsassal tHaFst foT iaets
about Spain dees net sesEa 20 Ire sas-
is.eG. a:ei al s.Gets C. Impossible requests
Are MADE fer lg..S-nafsGa wa.sea Cannot
be faraisaec. IL would zecSsA tosfeforg.
that few pain statements concerning
sae actual coEais.ea OF the land OF the
doris viii rake fsIeiy reading
Tne a1jofn of ssos:a constitutes what
nnssn, he called sae southwestern arm of
Ears.<, where !: reaches down and a.
Uost touches Northern Africa III IS
true yenis.zr!a- washed Ca three sizes
hy the waters OF the Mediterranean the
bay Of Bszeay aud the Atlantic ocean.
ard 5oinetI hy a wide neck Of land to
4rsn1e The great fort OF Gibraltar. cut
from the ssiiG rcek Of its southern sx-
srsnify completely commands the en-
trance 40 the Mediterranean. IL II. Row
eyer. owned and garrlsoDed by GreA-
Britain. Spain 10 monarchy fouHsIso
~ tie union OF tire houses Of AEagon and
Castillo during tha fiftsntn century. She
has been si'isd internationally By the
tooao q Arsxon. Bourbon. Savoy and
fss <ssa.g Tar 40 years except once wssen
JcseIsi Eofaapars. was proclaimed KING
by his brother, the Emperor Napoleon.
ard Gre when the country was a rcpub-
lc, during 1873 aid 1874. The house OF
BcH bon are in pe1er al present. a.
tEoash fits supremacy Is opposed by the
Cr.rbnss, who claim bar sinister inter
fsgas with the purity OF the descent.
Tire presen, king In Alfonso Kill. wno.
however. is bat IL years old. and whose
mother Maria Christina. is The regent of
the country.
How spain IL Governed.
The present constitution of Spain was
proclaimed In 1875. IL prociaams She
government to be = constitutional mon
s.reis. the executive resting la the king.
Sh< power TO make laws I'm the corteS
with the king" The cor,es are COM
posed OF a senate AID congress equal
IN authority. There are three classes
o, seGaio;s-tfst. senators by their own
risns. secondly, senator's nominated by
tie crown. and thirdly. senator's elected
BY The corporations of state. that lie. the
communal and provincial states. the
church, the universities. academies and
by the largest payers or contributions.
Senators Of their own right are the
grandees OF the kingdom whose titles
and possessions entitIe them 10 the priv
itage The congress Is formed by depu-
ties tn the proportion Of one to every
ae.9 population. In isss Cuba MAS GfSen
the right TO send deputies TO the eortes
M tse proportion ot one 10 every se.o9
free Inhabitants pa. ing j-5 pese,as In
taxes weary. Ths constitution further
eiacis that the king is inyiolab!e. hut
his ministers are reEponzible and all his
DEGREES mist be eountersigncd by one
OF TEEN. THE cortes must approve his
marriage before he can contract IL ana
he cannot marry anyone excluded by law
from succession 20 tlie crown II ali
TIC :.acx become extinct the king would
be elected ~ a ''yole OF the uat.or." Az
ter the king the relns % government are
guided b, a president CT the council and
minister's OF foreign affairs. justice.
finance. the interior, war, marine. asri-
culture. commerce. and pubic works and
a minister of the colonies.
Her Area aud Population.
Snalu's area and population. as II Is
ar the presen, time. IL interesting, IN
view of tire fact that once her posses
slons wire greater than those OF any
otter European power. Her present area.
incssldinc the Raleayic and Canary ISL
aads. each % which IL considered a prov
inee. IL l1T,ssa square nii!eS. New YORK,
New JrrseS Pennsylvania and all o. the
New England states combined aave an
therefore, tribe larger than those states.
On the other hand. Texas has an area
OF NJ 30 suu1re miles. so that IL Spain
Is aa6ls square mics larger than the
states ahaye named. Texas II. In turn
rAGs, scuara miles larger than Spain.
The population of Snain Is estimated to
be lSgo23s, about the same as that or
the New England and middle states
named above.
Her Eorctga Posse salons
Hes'tes tue Canary asa Baieafic islands
Span holds the co,onies of Cuba. area,
ti.es5 mites. population before ihe war,
l.ssi6ss Porto Rico, area $40 square
m.ies, population Sos, Total area and
rarulat son la America, 6.s& square mites
ami = gas "a persons respectively. lAer
passass.ons III Asia are: The Philppin"
!sienas, area iis.3ls square nsiies. popn-
lsttnn -.eOse0; tha Suiu islands. area 80
square mtlts. population sa,nas the Carp
lino islands and Palaces. area $40 square
miles. population so,acs the Marianne iss-
s:sas, area az square miles population
laI.s Ta:al area and population in Asia
zig 80 s4Hare miles ana i.i2i,Is2 persons
Her possessions Ia Africa are Rio de Orc
ana Adrar. area -tsso square miles. pop
uiae faoss: fful trrsr Cape Nnul. area
=. square nEles. noesalatann ..sS. Fer
G.sndo Pc Anuabon, ccriscc. fiohsy ana
San Juan. area so square msseS, popu-
!si!en a1oa Total AREA and population
- Asgsea 1857 square mites and lss.t"'
persons The total area Of SPANS toT~
sten possessions - NlASSS Square miles,
The total population - as&.sss persons,
Ga .}nst her foreign possessions have an
stsA mere than twice as large as her own
ana a s9es.gn popu.a..on nearly h&If the
rEe AZ seg exe, o. course Il she loses
,suba atr foreign area al. " reduced
csc n.atA. and her foreign population. II