The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-09-08

August @. lss when ths taad D.
utIc dag went down Forever Re "a.
waH and GA Uiau aoak ih pisce vii.
an Important dae msgk 10 Amsd.
San history Dc wiB have q place beadi
December i uben CItI1sn Ian.
sat the French republics commLEi0l.
T. gave rssesoa q New lzissns ID
Gen WilFias1H and W e Caibome
thc Americas representatives. ana The
grest pvuDos ai louisiana crompra.
ing nearly all tie regiaa hutwem he
Mississippi riser aad ths Rgcky Aouh.
tairE beume United states territory.
A slmilsr da5e mark was that q July
30. 1871. when Re ehaogs u har ~
Gov C0PpinEar % the part o. Spain
snd Col Robert Bnler - TIE part e
she United States &c ssn Auguatina
zare Florida % this country Daem.
Der s2. 1916 when ali the formalliies
ou both sides having hetn observed
Polk aguatare 70 the aanesAtion act
made Texas a part Of the American re-
public. was q date d like import Aug
usi 90. lsgs made California and New
Mexico and October 1867 made Alas
m American Terns5ry
Hawaiis proceedings win be repeated
ia several other parts 81 The world In
the next few months spain soon viii
formally ralinquish the authority In
Porto Rico n Of the Ladrone Islands
and In the Philippines which is p~uastic
ally ended already The dates for the
transfer Of the sovereignty will D.
fixed approximately by the paaoe som
mission. whose work viii probably b.
done before congress meets and be
passed on by tine senate very early IN
the session. Tho time at which Cuba,
by the free voice Of It's people, will for
mally become part o. the American re-
public can not be so closely iuretold,
but the date win not be postponed long.
An the indications point to early an-
uexatiou Politically speaking. Cuha's
population at the time the recent war
began three months ago, were divided
into three elements loyalists. autono-
mists and s~eparaiists The loyalists
wanted the Spanish connection to con.
time and under the old conditions, the
autonomists desired the home rule on
the Canadian plan, and the ~sepantists
wanted an independent republic. Both
the cid loyalists the strictly spanish
ingredient Of the population-and the
autonomists want annexation now, and
,hese are reinforced by the Am8ri
can. English German and all the 9th
cr foreign residents, which makes an.
nexauon IN event Of the very near Tot
ure
Roll mp that map cried Pitt, point
ing to the wall Of ais Office in the par.
lament building when Che news Of
Bonapartes victory at Austerlitz came
to him. Every map Of Europe drawn
within the next ten years win be obso.
lete before the ink ia dry upon It.
All the maps made IN the part d 1906
Just ended purporting 70 show The eE.
tent of The United States domain will
10 almost antiqnated twelve month";
hence as wero the old French maps o.
North America AZ the close Of the sever
years war In 1853, on rs the British
maps Of George Ills early days becam.
after tlewar Of al independence
American territory Is expauding In twt
directions n h moving soatAWma a
It did Onee bgfore, when the NUridl
recession by Spain ia 1891 gave ~ wha
isnow the state OF Florida and a stril
along the ~southcrlY ends 81 the state
Alabama and Mississippi It ismoyin.
westward as it has done from the b.
ginning Of the nations history, AM
will soon take in territory which !
nearer than the Alaskan islands 70 ID
setting sun. what the next few year
may have IL store for Us In ihe direC
ton Of territorial acquisition no on
can fofetell. The polidy Of isolation
however IS ended, and hereafter Amer
lean political interests and aCtivitit
are destined 10 extend far beyond II
boundaries Of the western hemispher,
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