Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
A DYING NATION.


history. IL weaker today than It was
when the century began. England and
Russia are more powerful than they
were then. Austria has lost its shhd-
owy connection with that political fio-
tion called the Roman Empire. which
Yoltaire said was neither an empire
nor Roman, nor holy, and she has
been driven out of the German league
France has lost territory here and
there, and has gained some, but both
Austria and France are In all essential
particulars stronger than they We're a
century ago, leaving out Of view the
transient dominance which Bonnpnrte
gave to the latter country. The empire
OF Germany and the kingdom of Italy
did not come into being until the last
third of the present century.
Totally different has been the rec
ord of Spain. In 1900 Spain comprised
not far from half of North America
and nearly all of Central and South
America She had the whole OF the re-
gion west of the Mississippi, from the
Canadian line south to the Gulf of
Mexico, and practically the whole OF
the continent from this point southwark
TO Cape Horn, and the islands adjacent
belonged to her. In addition She had
Florida and "A strip OF territory north OF
the Gulf of Mexico, extending from the
present state OF Florida west to the
Mississippi, so that she had the terri
tory on both sides of that river at its
southern end. The boast that the sun
never set on the domlnions OF Phillip II
couiu sun nav pseh r.uhiu'ly thuue IN
me uuSs OF tnaries ~ oSntuiy Ssu.
broken away from her since then, ex-
cepi few fragments. OF that world
empire, comprising the greater part OF
the western hemisphere which Spain
had 100 years ago. Cuba, Porto Rico
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ming az Snairs deci,na ard Tau ITha,
mnnarcbis dafacts fnllies ana yicss
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inritv Of snain's crown wearars
Thev racnr With fatal rag,,,aritv ana
constance a,,org tbat cn,,ntrv,. ,nnr-
nrcbs down almost ia today "Ena
who has heen grac,ous in gi,,irg me
many states has NOT civen me an bai,.
cnnahia Of s-o,,arntns, tban, - tn la
Ter mar, o. mis- ohservation which 1.
assembled 10 philin II would he trna az
vary paarIy oil az, that Ling, e,rcsu
sors The incanohia aud cowardIy
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1901 ia renrnduced ooO vears later In
the coyariiv vicious ana incomna,en,
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leos and fl, ,ha rarsnn Of char,as, s,tn
move desnicohia son Erad,nand vi
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runt and unscr,,nliin,,s cnrtisr Code,
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which pbiiin II ava pbiiJn III 1870
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were nractirod Ia Snatn's Ar,ar,na. Az
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anornitias bnd dri,.an rs, ~, Sr.d ~,
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