The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-16
COLONIAL EXPANSION.


curious fact that of the oooooooo people go
up Colonial population of the world only 100000 occupy
temperate while 100000 nab the tropics. The
Colonial population in the form the Segovng colo
mes of British North America Australia South Africa The rop-
cal colonies be roughly divided into East Indian West Indian and
African and with the exception OF few British islands self
governing.
Oriental consists of the British colonies of India Ceyon the
Malay Peninsula Fiji and Boreo the Dutch colonies OF Java Suna
small islands, French colony Indo China
located comparatively the Philippines having population eli
and conditions somewhat similar The second group the
British Dutch French and Danish West Indies similar
Porto Rico and the recently freed Cuba The third groups includes
many colonies dependencies and in Africa with cond-
tons and population entirely different from either Of the other
groups.
except Brazil all Central America
and the valuable the West Indies Islands, hardly be
said to have COLONY The whole Spanish colonial empire has COM
py cumbled in century, leaving nothing but historical
Portugal 1900 controlled large South America Africa and
the Orient In 1900 her colonies had dwnded down few spots
the and Africa France the close of Napoeonc
practically colonies though before that time she had
large America Mississippi valley
Orient During the last century France has however reached
coonng power In 1884 she began getting ootod in North
Africa 1861 portions Indo China which greatly
creased in 1884 and 1893.
The Dutch also show dwndlng colonial empire At time
they possessed territory America South Africa India Ceylon and
the East Indies At the close the nineteenth century they only
represented by Java Sma and few contiguous islands, wealthy
islands it true and bringing direct income to the mother country
but not 1.-THE OF their former colonial empire.
On the other hand Great Britain the commencement of last
t had only colonies in North America the extreme south OF Africa
small in India oothod in Australia and certain of the
West Indies Islands In 1900 she possessed all Australia controlled
the whole OF INDIA has acquired large snare OF East AFRICA consider
able the and increased number of islands in the
Atlantic the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean So
great expansion the colonial population Great Brit
eight times great and the colonial territory ninety times
great that Of the mother country 7-@
During the last of last century Germany has entered the
colonial field with considerable Africa certain control in
China Pacific islands, while Italy has made
North Africa and Belgium controls the Kongo Free State
There much food for thought when these facts grouped to-
The control of the tropics practically held by the of the
temperate That will increase time goes The
les have produced capable segovemen The only
selgovnmen carried with of with
III has been where the guiding has from the
Another thing that that colonial empire be
easily lost The position of Spain colonial power immense in
1900 had completely vanished Whether the colonies OF
will fall away problem for the present century