New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-22
THE COLONIAL POWERS or THE WORLD.
ONLY GREAT BRITAIN. FRANCE GERMAN Hoi,-
LAND AND SPAIN HAVE COLONIES.
From The Chicago TImes-Hcrald.

From The Chicago Times Herald.
Should tho United states add the philippines ara
Porto RICO TO he Hayah1n Islands. "hrn nave
already been ANNEXED. this country would rank
ntla 20 importance among ihe colonial Fo"rf- oi
fho world only Groai Britain, France Htrnlahy
ana Holland nave colonial posseas'CnS INA, ~
mare p0pulou5 aud moro valuaoie SPAN; winch
is now hfh IS co.onigI POKER. would have to
Wiih tho anrxation ~ the Hawaiian Islands. the
Iniicd States decreased lis area obH square Hrss
Philippines would add ~ SO square miles TO TIE
area under Uncle Sam dominion. and about
Little Porto Elc5 has area OF $50 square miles
- fn,d States colonia. possessions. but there Is
every reason 10 believe that other Islands ana 'a.-
rabl" ores. TOO. o.. foon to De adc.d ..,,,., ~.
Great Britain. % course leads all The 1e,i9ns o.,
'.e world .n colonial pos sessions Ihdrf". VIC
. s'o "r ,,. r.v,biroT l.r'iiy .no1sn nay il
BE- said hat the sun never acts on Che soil 81
here afc isiaad. biz ana iirle. whose people owe
nenl,n,Iss end protcctoratcg throughout INC world
o. lada and an ,he province OF BRUSH India INFO
islands and territorial divisions 10 De- foung IN nc
usf 81 Brifalns colonial rosse'siors some or
aad hr.lng a respon.ibio government such as The
Dominion ~ canada and most ~ the Australian
@ S. as eis snG esrv Controlled by the
Governor. such as British Guiana ana beImuda'
poinioes ~ tho imperial Government, such az
India. 20 which country young Cuizon IS soon 70
subordinate 10 the go, eminent ~ others and fe"
arc pro'ectoraies. internally independent olt SUD
ject 20 Brush control 10y treaty or other"'se.
THE BRITISH EMPIRES EXTENT
From n, ,hI rri ae' E Fa,S eI ens' over
square miles of which only lelll5 are m the smaH
dom ~ Great Britain and ireland. Queen Victoria
- ruler over Hoe,l0" people. ana only ,p.otsy ~
Kingdom In 1871 the revenues OF Great Britain
ard her colonies wcre about Sl3'"NrH "hie ne
3D. flylU n.tl
india Australia and Canada are % course. the
rirh~9. Of Englauds possessions. I'm tho provinces
o, India the Queens realm extends over more IMAM
1890 sgusr r,,Gs 2, 30 peope The Canadan
possessions cover 3Aoor1 square miles ana mo
I'm Ausireli, he Queen has 10000 loyal subjects,
II Is tho largest island IN tho world.aboui 50hop
square mes-cquallne In size the United state.
Including Alaska and being twentysN times as
The rest OF Great Br.fans colonial possessions
are not territor.allv 20 important In the English
ana Irish channels are the Isle or Man Jersey anI
Maltese ana Cypru, islands. in the Gun ~ Alden
j. a group OF dep.ndeucles ~ tnr lhul"h a., yr r
India and the straits settemcntS: N The Asiauc
I.nbuan Island: in the Pacific the British flag floats
over Ncw-Ico.And and the fpis' on The american
NEWFOUNDLAND Guiana and Honduras IN The North
aud South Atlantic are dozen S4cn ls'ahd' "a
added 10 an these are the millions OF miles OF
English territory and the millions Of - " Il, SUP
fore lore possession pos but the ,ime ono Of
the most important IS Giorailar Mh''n ing", ,ho
nc me OF 5000 people
FRANCE COMES SECOND.
Next 10 England France holds the most i'm
pot,ant colonial possessi9n5s so M, ne 'o''I &
the population is practically rturl'vl u. nQs'
important Of the French dependenciss are Aiserui.
TENS which is protcctorate. French indo-C china.
comprising AMMAN. aso a protcctorate, 'hinpolia
fst 'DFn q
batter are Y coo0o people ana in French CONGO
more than half that number. Algeria has popu-
laiion OF io,oeo and Madagascar SonHe IN.
African aud Asatic possessions OF France are nc
warrant the horne Government In keeping large
standing army II the German frontier were ihou,
possessions- England nDw rules canada; where
France was once supreme oayenne 'wn"ge ,ns
pepper comes froml o'u1dal9upc Martinique ana
81 Pierre and Mqucon Islands.
rn'iand IRE som@chat inslenncani They cover
about 10000 square miles. most OF the territory
being IN Africa ana h not ges re zoo So 90 peo
Die rul.d By the youag war lord. and IN German
m,ny holds the Bismarck and Marshall Arch-
peiaGo. Kaiser Wiihems Land ard the solomon
spain has more colonies now than she VII have
IN Few weeks TN mn ~. y rea and S Sed Gs srpes
arr the rhPPines C1oa ana rorio s Rico c,hs
viii be- free if it behaves itself and the philippines
may go with Porto Rico. They ars islands OF
Tg ,e pprse Rico has only 1850 square miles and
loss than people. but they al. want 70 come
and will come under the protection or Uncle sam
;pain's other colonial possessions are the throhne
p,;nns sulu md Marianne islands In the ASatc.
and Uni Fernando 20. Elobey. Anahon. Carisco
and canary Islands and the sahara coast
HOLLANDS POSSESSIONS.
Hollands best colonial possession Is Java. mat
land OF ,rrthquakes ara cpuee. whet. I'VE $780,
st,ch -ir,pc people % were seen on the MldWHN
during Worlds Fair besides Java me puteh
Nou.,ps Suml.ra and Other islands IN the Asiauc /
Arrhir. ago ami - Mar ia tnrncoa ana hhl' i |
dozca DINERS IN tns West i,iian group. Little /
Denmark claims Greenland. where the ley noun |
,ain. grow. Iceland and 81. John and ~. Thomas !
islands In the West Indian Ocean Portuga. holds !
The cape Verde Islands. of West Africa. where |
S'erv.ra's fleet io.rc1 few weeks before sailing
over the Atlantic TO destruction. and a few minor |
islands In African and Asiatlc waters. Itaiys |
colonial possessions Insignificant. and so are /
Ru-sias siberia being province In the Russian /
STATED The Bey Of Tripoli renders homage TO the !
Sultan OF Turkey who also exercises his power IN |
Egypt though Egypt is nominally an independent |
NJ L. occunled Rrltlah