The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05


battle. The contest between the Tsuton and
the districts almpst depopglnted py the
Thirty YS.Ts' WNF for %r.i Spain 0 th sSrop in
having apparently overwhelmed resistance
on tho continent. undertook, The subIu
yy" e. sn5 o %t EnE KIM Of H PRi hhS H. r.. % %SISG to d BRING Insf the
insular ~klnRdoli not only back TO inc control OF
tho Church, but also OF the secular arm of the
empire. The enormous increase In the wealth
OF Spain by the discovery Of America led Charles
ami his degenerate Son to Imagine that England
could be conquered as easily as they had over
run the duchies. of Germany, but the %dostruc.
ton of tho Armada and the almost total ruin Of
to the growth OF Latin influence in Europe, but
TO tho spread OF the Latin race in America. while
the revolt OF the Netherlands and the successful
Resistance by tho Loylanoors to tho Spanish
arms among the flats OF Holland still further re.
%stricted the Spanish powors. The separation OF
the Germnnic States from Spain and tho war OF
the Spanish succession did their share to reduce
the political influence OF the French and Span
ment OF tho Teuton in international affairs, so
that by the middle Of the last century the leu;
tonic races had not only effeCtuRlly checked
Latin aggression in Europe, but had also linn
tied its growth In America,
The French Revolution was not only an out
burst Of popular fury against q system, but was
also the greatest revival OF the Latin race that
ever occurred in it's history. Tho wars Of Ma
Teuton. the latter being led by England. For a
time France, Spain. Italy and Portugal. were
remained so the contest might have beon much
longer protracted. But the persona al tyranny, OF
the Emperor ALLEVIATE both Spain ,nnd Italy,
the Latin ranks fell into disorder, and tho grand
revival proved a failure. At the close OF the
Nnpoleonio wars the Latins were PROSTATE.
Italy divided among q horde OF princelings, was
poworless, Spain was in anarchy, and to such an
extent had the best blood OF France been wasted
In war that when the Government began the re.
sarY TO reduce. the standard of height TO 3 feet
in order to obtain sufficient men to fill the
ranks.
Since the downfall Of the greatest military
genius the Latins ever produced, the decline OF
empire Franco made several efforts to begin
anew a career Of conquest. but tho failure In
Mexico destroyed all hope of founding an EN-,
the Algerian experiment has been continued TO
the present. even now there does not seem rea:
the French to establish a foothold in Eastern
Asia are not to DO regarded as attempts at col
P FrenSb SFo i nH, yco Ipe tim tSsv G DO Sot Establish nss
homo in foreign lands, but regard their stay
abroad as an exile, and look forward to their
cation OF the Latin decline is observable in the
loss of the, Spanish colonies during the early
Spanish colonies in America was directly duo to
the prevalence and spread Of AnElo-Saxon In.
tlucnce and ideas; the triumph of the insurgents
in every American province was a victory for
the Anglo.SaNon race; the battle OF Chacabuee
was as much a triumph Of Teuton over Latin as
Sedan.
There are not lacking, however. other evi,
denCe1 OF decay among the Latin races besides
their failure in war. The failure of France in
three distinct attempts to build up a system Of
colonies, the inability OF Spain to retain terri
tory when acquired, the recent Disgrace OF
Italy in the effort to conquer Abyssinin, are all
significant. Other evidences point in the same
direction. The stationary population in France
is n portent OF mighty significance. Were it
not for tho constant immigration Of Germans,
Italians, Swiss and BelRians into the country,
statistics would show n marked decline in popu-
lntion. The people of Italy live in a state OF
degradation and misery unequalled in other
civilized countries. Crime is rampant. There
are more homiciies, in proportion to the popu-
lation, in Italy than in any country in the world.
Even the strong arm Of a central government is
not sufficient TO repress the disorders which are
constantly appearing in various parts of tho
peninsula. In Spain there is an ignorance which
TO the student of sociology IL appalling. Almost
three-fourths ofthc entire population, city and
country. are unable to road or write, while
Portugal is in a condition quite as deplorable as
that Of Spain.
Among the debased populations of all three
the seeds of anarchy. sedition. and revolution
fall into soil well adapted TO their growth. and
that FRANCE Is not much better in this respect
is shown by tho horrors OF the Commune only
twenty.seven years ago. The progress of the
Tcutonic races, and especially the AnElo-Sa1on,
the greatest representative of the family, is an
illustration Of the general law of the survival
OF the httest, n law which governs the growth
of nations as surely as the development of the
humblest animal.