The evening times., 1898-12-21
VAST RESULTS OF THE WAR.
Extent of spnin's Loss In POpuIa-
tiOn and Terrofiry.

| tiOn and Terrofiry
! (From the New York SUM-
| In the eyes of foreign observers and OF
( future historians, our recent contest with
| Spain will be memorable not only for it's
I brevity, but also for the exceptional i'm
| pOrtance Of its results To find parallel
/ for both the quantity of territory and the
volume OF population, We should have 10
go back TO the most successful campaigns
! of the great Napoleon and 10 the peace of
| Paris. which ended the seven years war
| Although none OF the insular possessions
! lost by Spain has been thoroughly and
carefully surveyed, 1t is possible 70 COM
( pute the area of all of them with a close
approach to accuracy. IL is estimated.
for example. that Cuba, including the
Isle of Pines and hundreds of OUTLYING
keys or islets which are politically con-
nected with her, comprises nearly l5,9DJ
I square miles. Porto Rico, with it's de-
i tendencies, may be set down as cOmpre-
/ hending at least 1850 square miles Guam
: the member of the Ladrones group which
( has been ceded 10 US, is credited with 40
! square miles The Philippines and Sulu
/ archipelagos are believed TO have, coIlec-
I lively. superficieS of more than I15. .O90
square miles 1t is, therefore, about 16i-
{ 600 square miles that Spain has lost, and
about 1lS.000 that We have gained; the
difference, of course. being represented
by the area of Cuba, whose inhabitants
have not, as yet, determined on their fu-
ture political status.
/ To indicate the significance of these
/ figures by concrete objects of compare
/ son, We may say that Spain has lost pos
! sessions equivalent in area 10 about i've
/ sixths of her own European territory,
/ while we have acquired a superficies ex-
| ceeding that of the Italian peninsula and
/ the island of Sicily combined. Scarcely
| less imposing are our conQueSts from the
! viewpoint Of population. Even admit
| ting that, owing 10 the appalling waste
| OF life caused by the WeyIer regime
| Cuba may have TOO 000 fewer inhab tauts
| at the present hour than she had et the
| date Of the last census. we must still as
! sign 10 her not less than l 20 O0J. Porte
/ Rico. when the last census was taken
had upward of SG0J11. The lowest esti-
mate that has been placed upon the pop
ulation of the Philippines would make it
! not lsss than S.0e0000. and this is prob-
! ably Short of the truth
What Spain has lost then. in the course
/ OF few months. is a population Larger
than that Of the two European king
! dOms of Belgium and the Netherlands.
I which, under their former name of the
/ United Provinces. the Spanish Sover-
( eigns Philip II and Philip III fought so
long and desperately TO retain. We on
our part have added TO our population
about 500. 600 human beings or cCnsid-
erably more than the kingdom of Pruss. a
] contained AT the beginning of the present
century.
AS regards the territory and population
ceded, few of the wars of the great Ma
poleon are comparable with the contest
/ which has now been closed The cam
paigns. indeed. of Marango and Hohen-
linden delivered a large part Of Italy
from the Austrian yoke. and practically
I converted the Rhine into a French river.
By the peace of Tilsit. Prussia iost such
+ extensive and popuiOus tracts in @ r
many and Poland that she. temCorariiy.
ceased 10 be considered as a great power
The first campaign of Spain was follow
. ed by the coronation of Joseph Bona
parte at Madrid. but he was sp ed Is tx-
PEELED from the Spanish capital and in
none of the ensuing years cou d the
French conquest OF the Spanish PENN
sula be viewed as complete. BY the peace
of Paris. on the other hand which was
concluded in 1s63. there was a great
transfer of territory. France ceding to
/ Great Britain not only Canada, but 9TH
er possessions both in the West Indies
| and in the East Indies.
As regards. however, the brevity of the
| contest and the magnitude of the results
| attained. So far as mere territory Is cUn-
I cerned. nearly perfect counterpart will
be found in our own war with Mexico.
| when. in the course % lew months
Gen. Scott at the head of a small force
took Vera Cruz, and. after fighting a ser
les of battles. entered the Mexican clpi-
tai and there dictated terms OF peace
! There is. also a point of resemblance be-
| tween the treaty about tC De signed at
| Paris and that of GuadeIOupe HidaISo
! By the last named treaty we acquired
California and New Mexico. but we
agreed To pay therefor the sum of SI5.-
/ 000.OoO besides assuming debts accounting
! 10 about s3. 900. due from Mexico 10 our
| citizens
In the list of the several additions ma de
to the territory originally belonging to the
thirteen colonies, the Philippines and Por-
| to Rico rank fourth in area, third in val
Tie and first in population.
II must also be borne in mind that the
present trade of the Philippines affords
no measure of the dimensions which II is
! likely to assume under good government
! and through the development of their
| natural resources by American enterprise
and capital From what has happened
| to Java, which has an area about one
| third as large as that of the Philippines.
We should be able To forecast the future
! of the latter islands. AT the close of
| the last century the population of Java
did not exceed 100000 Upon it's capture
| by the English a wise and stimulative
| system of administration was established
by Sir Stamford Raffles. which the HoI-
| landers, on recovering the island had
| the good sense TO continue. and in some
! respects to improve The population Of
Java at present exceeds 10000 000 having
been nearly Occupied in a century The
Philippines have certain advantages of
soil and climate over Java, and il is by
no means improbable that. in American
| hands, they may support 100000 inhabi-
tants at the end of the next 100 years
| When such results are considered in
connection with the shortness of the time
| during which active operations were car
ried on, and with the small percentage of
loss incurred BY our army and navy the
high place among modern wars that be-
| longs to our contest with Spain cannot