The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-03
PURCHASED BY GERMANY
Spanish Government Officially Announces
the CeSSiOn Of
CAROLINE AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS
GERMAN interests Arc Extensive in
the New Possessions and Have
Been steadily Growing,

Madrid. June 1.-The queen regent
opened the cortes today with the usual
ceremonial and the speech from the throns
announced that the Marianne, Caroline and
Palaces islands were coded to Germany by
the late Spanish government During the 4
course of her speech, her majesty said
"At the opening Of The cortes all the
sorrows which have wrenched our hearts /
through the disasters which have filed our
country. are awakened. We must preserve
eaduess III order to derive experience
therefrom but the woes OF our country
aro az such nature that reticence ana
gileuce avail better than complaints.
when peace with the United states was
concluded parliamentary troubles caused
a charge OF cabinet aud the present CAP
Inrt was formed Under the constitution
/ h belonged to mo to ratify the treaty by
( laying H. before the chamber Ihefe rec
NAMED under our control the Galolh.S'
pslaos and most OF he Marianne islanuH'
The former cabinet believed II useless Tor
spaiu io rk,ain such minor appendices 81
ON nucierv empire and signed with the
German emperor a convention Offering tp
cede such territories under the law wnich
would be submitted Immediately to the
chamber.
our foreisn-relat are cordial ana ana
friendly We owe 30 he pope HpeeiHl
recognition of The many times he has given
Us his moral support.
"The most important, most urgent ana
most difficult task before you is 10 balAuVe
the budget and ilquidate the debts result
ing from he war through Ordinary aub
permanent sources Of income. Ihanke 10
the severity economic necessary ploy
mo government viii not ask for iresh sac
rifiees Of the country, except sucn as can
be eouitahly divided among all Grasses
.sWiib inc ordinary budget VIII also ne
, pregented schemes TO iiquidate me ehaFB :
created by he Ices OF possessions ana
colonial campaign
. Tba nuopn then referred to the financial
a measures and expressed confidence tha'
r the nation should show he same recosn' r.
d lion during peace as 10 showed during inc
V war adding. For The times are crluca
and a. is Impossible during the present
4 seseion to DO an that is necessary bul
during the next session there VIII be pro
+ iected acts for the reorganization OF th'
r srmv and navy. based on an ohllBatoll
ervjca. for improving the public service
d deceniralizing he provincial ana nun ~ l'a
d administrations and reforming the penu
o code aud electoral lava
X Washington June 2-The announcemen
s. in Madrid 10 the cortes that SPAN ha
J, ceded the Caroline islands and Palaos an
IN the Mariannes TO Germany WAS receive
with surpise here. The cession marks ID
;e REIMBURSEMENT OF Spanish possessions
10 The far East save the island OF fefnaho9p
/ and depAdeneies on the African coia
~ The dlspateh containing the news va
~ shown 10 the German embassy olhelN9 y
i. night hut Ambassador Won iiolleosn ga
% he had no comment 10 MAKE ne pap -
nsiyad no Information on the subject. K
norts have been current from time 10 TN
that Spain was figuring on pausi' :, =
e. govereignty OF the Carolines ana thaI oe
ts many had made oyertures looking 10 tut
=. ACQUISITION in the extension Of her COZ
Pc MAI nossessious. Sovereignty over q
!. CarolInes was formally adiudged ny I
none In 1885 ID be In Spain ana vas a
~ mitted by Germany and Great brllaii,
- Portugal first acquired the carol lnea' 0
"a. Spain soon wrested the group from %
"a but until the eighties had pau put ~
,er attention to the ISLANDS. Hermau NV
nd este in the Carolines are relatively 49,
rs- sive and have been growing more !ilip'
~ ant each year. TIE Marlahue 'S ~
"a which 20 with the Carolnes ard fal'
- Ga the cessIon OF course. DO not melt
,tb Guam over which the American nag Il
81. flies. Including Guam, the Marianne
,t5 Carolines and Paiaos have local area
almost 1000 English square miles ahu
combined population OF about 4ilOp p
ME. Over ali this, cave the American
~ uuired island OF Guam, the German MAJ
nc 70 ts hoisied.
, Washington. June 2--The strategic va
Of these Islands is evident from the