New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03

der the law. which will be submitted immedi-
ately to the Chamber
"Our foreign relations are cordial and friend
w. We specially owe to the Pope recognition of
the many times he has given us his moral sup
port
The most Important most urgent and most
dificult task before you is to balance the Budget
and liquidate the debts resulting from the war
through ordinary and permanent sources or IN
come. Thanks TO the severely economic pohcy
projected. the Government will not ask fresh
sacrifices Of the country except such as can De
equitably divided among all classes.
with the ordinary Budget will also he pre-
sented schemes to liquidate the charges created
nv the loss of possessions and colonial cam
pagns."
The Queen Regent then referred TO the flnan-
cial measures, and expressed confidence that the
Nation would show the same resignation during
peace as 1t showed during the war adding;
For the times are critical and II is impossible
during the present session to do all that is nee
essary But during the next session there VIII
be projects for the reorganization or the army
and navy, based on obligatory service; for i'm
proving the public services, deceptralizing the
provincial and municipal administrations. and
reforming the Penal Code and electoral laws"
The Marianne or Mariana Islands also known as
the Ladrones, a group Of fifteen ISLANDS, OF
which only four Inhabited In the Pacific, mostly
between latitude 13 and 2l north and longitude IA
and 146 east. They Of volcanic origin densely
wooded comprise in all about All square miles
and are very fertile. They discovered by
Magellan in 1921 and were called Las 1sas de los
Ladrones Cthe Islands of the Theves') from the
thieyish disposition Of the natives They were also
named the Mariana or Marianne Islands, In honor
OF Maria Anne the Queen of Philip ~ Of Spain
Until last year the capital town had been san
Ignacio de Agana. situated on Guahan. or Guam
Island, the southernmost and largest of the group
which at the close of the war between the United
States and Spain was ceded TO the United States.
The Spanish established permanent settlement
on Guam in 1861 and the islands were I'm possession
OF Spain thereafter until last year. AT the time Of
the Spanish settlement the population OF the group
probably fifty thousand, but by the usual
methods It reduced. and is now no: more then
ten thousand, and Of these many have been brought
in from Luzon and elsewhere.
The Caroline Islands, otherwise known the
New philippines. form great archipelago OF the
Pacific Ocean, claimed by Spain but practically
independent. They regarded as including the
Pelew Islands. on the west and the Mulgrave
Archipelago, in the extreme east but the Carolines
proper lie between these extremes and contain
hundreds Of small islands, arranged in forty
recognized groups In its widest sense the name
Caroline Islands is nearly synonymous with Micro
nesia, collective name applied to certain groups Of
small islands in the Pacific The people Of these
islands do not speak the true Polynesian language
but employ several dialects kindred to one another.
and more remotely tc the Malay
The Palaos Islands small group adjacent 70
the Caroline Islands and are Sometimes looked
upon forming part OF them.