Mesa free press., 1898-08-26
w. d. MORTON. A.P. .SHEWMAN.
MORTON & sIIEWMAN
Publishers
SPANS LOSS OF EMPIRE

throne in 1856, Phillip found himself
ruler of the greatest empire the
world had seen since Rome was al
the zenith of it's power. It's ravies
we're famous for their greatness and
they ruled the ocean; it's armies were
famous for their prowess; she swayed
the destinies of Europe, had possess
sions in all the continents, aLY may
be said to have owned the Americas
North and South. SAMUEL Johnson
writing as recently as F40, when
complaining of the poor peoples
hardships, said:
care there no regions yet unclaimed by Spain ?
Quick, let us rise those happy lands explore,
And:6ear oppressiohs' insolence no more"
The Spanish empire was the result
of marriages, conquest and discoveries;
it's decline and fall may be ascribed to
the utbless character of the Spanish
people. When Columbus discovered
San Domingo, It had population OF
100000; in 1880 this population
had dwindled to 35c, 900. Cortez in
Mexico and Pizzaro in Peru were
ideal Spanish conquerers.
In the latter part of Phillips reign
(he died in 1899 Spain lost all, or
nearly all, of her dependencies in
north Africa, and early i'll the next
reign, Burgundy, Naples, Sicily and
then Milan. In 1909 the Neither
lands were lost. In 1923 Malacca,
.Ueylon, Java and other islands; in
l640 Portugal; in 1913 all claims
were renounced to Holland, Brabant
and parts of Flanders; in l649 were
lost Maestricht, Hertogenbosch, Bre-
da, Bergenop Zoom, and many other
fortresses in the Low CouE tries, in
which year the crown tacitly surren-
dered supremacy on the seas of north
ern Europe; in 1869 Rousillon and
Cardague were ceded to France, maxi
ing the Pyrenees the boundary be-
tween the two countries; In 1868 to
1872, the last of Flanders was given
up; in 1904 Gibralter was lost; in
1871, the Nootka Sound settlements;
in 1894, San Domingo; in 1900
Louisiana; in 1902, Trinidad; in 1919.
Florida; from l8l0-2l were lost
Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecua-
dor, Peru, Bolivia, Chill, Argentina
Banda Oriental, Paragua, Patagonia.
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
San Salvador, Haiti, and numerous
islands pertaining to the American
continents, all the possessions in the
Western Hemisphere, in fact, save
Porto Rico and Cuba, which already
apparently are as good as lost. The
future of Spanish Morocco, and Of the
Philippine, Caroline, Sulu, Ladront
and Canary groups has yet to be set
tied Memphis (Tenn.) Com nercial
| The Los Angeles Times, with it,
usual enterprise, is now running II
it's Sunday Magazine section hn'
translation of the hitherto Inaccessible
dairy Of Father Crespi, the Francis
can friar who, with party of SOL
dicrs, made his irst journey through
California ir 1869. This famous dairy
is the accurate record of that tour O.
exploration, during which sites were
selected for the missions and for tn,
pueblos. which have since become th'
leading cities of California. Its dis
covery and translation supplies
most important part of the early his
tory of California, which was buried
among the archives of the Catholic
| Church, and which might have beer
forever lost to the world but for the
fortunate discovery which led to it,
translation for The Times, Thos,
readers of The Times who care to pre-
serve the series of magazines in whicl
| the dairy is printed, will find tina
they are in possession of most valu
able and interesting historical recor(
of the beginning of modern California