The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-30

....,.a ronu,ation. concentrated fin Chatham island. Is now less than 800
 h.d an much trouble at home that they appf- rently have not cared to acdume Possnso trouble abroad ,,s At bssn sn confined to the main iond where most of them are still claiming more land than their neighoors conceus '" oe,pns rasntina W to be sure still asserts that the Falkland Islands belong tg her sy fhssht ,s,s grs and is in full possession of the islands. The misunderstanding is still unsettled ana seems to have been pigeon-hoied wilnou. a1y x,.S se rer ment. It Is years sihee AiesA' last protest. .o,,.s.- v~,..oe,,cs fin inc world at Punta Arenas. There are set dement's further south where mails have IT. regular distribution. but Punta Arenas is ln- clpded in the postal sys,st ss this S sstsemsnt on inc Straits of Magellan is as much part ot ChiIi proper as Valparaiso: The i1 tune r,,xss wss have acquired some of the Pacific groups. Tor they were open to the first conner: ana Snsns Suence among them. Even today the chiiian silver dollar is current two-tnirds oi tns T.S across the ocean between Sni ., an1 Tors sra,,,, and barely misses the Fiji Islands, But Snnt lost her chance. She has been sosoreea oy horne boundary disputes to the exclusion or at the early opportunities to acquire rac'na islands. ,,, T .,,,, .,,,r- ,-i thet may be called a colonial Power of tay1e imnortance The Canary Islands are ,odav the most valuable remnant remaintuS in Snain of her former vast colonial Empire. portiIeaps African possessions are large, Dut she is depending upon foreign capital and en- terprise for most of their development. which is as yet very small in proportion to the grsaI population and extent. Italys territory on tns sast coast of Africa has been an expensiNs iuvI,rv and has involved her in the humlita- tion 0f heinz the first white Power Tn Afric4 to he aecisively defeated by native foe.
 The European Powers that have no colonies are the King of Sweden and Norway, which has long seacoasts, but small populattoni Aus tro- Hungary, which has very short seaccasts but large population; Switzeriand ana servis, which have no seacoasts, and all the other Balkan States except Turkey. some or me outlying parts of whose Empire enaoied it 70 take rank among the colonial Powers All the Asiatic possessions of Russia bear the reia- tion of colonies tc the Central Governinent- Belgium to all intents and purposes, IS re- snonsihle for the Congo State and may de- clare it A colony when she chooses 10 do so.
 Japan entered the colonial arena with the ac- ouisition of Fornlosa. and China would nave stenned out of 1t by the loss of the same island If it had not been for possessions m Central Asia which she still holds. The Chinese are great colonizers along the coasts of Asia and in the Malay Archipelago. but when they leave their native shores they nave to go 10 foreign countries. Siam, Persia. AL ehanistan and Corea, which are counted among inc Independent countries of Asia, have no colonies n, -,. =. .ot. nies are far greater Tn extent than au the States that have no colonies: and some of tho colonies such as Canada, Australia ana inai@ arc of far more importance than most ef tho independent States that do not hold torelsn noSseSSonS