The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-16
UNFORTUNATE SPAIN.
convuision which Threatens Anothe
Change Of Government

Change Of Government
In 1901 Spain was still, as in the
days Of Charles ", a land on which
the sun never set. Among its posses.
sions outside Of the peninsula were
the territory of Louisiana extending
from the Mississippi westward to the
Rocky mountains. and northward
from the Gulf OF Mexico to the British
boundary line. She had also Mexico
including Texas, and all of Central
and South America. save Brazil, with
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and
other islands of the sea. In 1901 her
domain has virtually shrunk to the
territory of the peninsula Alone OF
all the great nations of the earth,
Spain is smaller and feebler at the
opening Of the twentieth century than
1t was at the beginning Of the nine
teenth, says Leslie's Weekly.
With this 100 years Spain has had
more cataclysms at home even than
France has experienced Her govern
ment changed from an absolutism to
limited monarchy back and forth
several times in the century. Bona
parte put his brother Joseph on the
throne for few years and ruled the
country driving out Charles Nv. and
Charles son and successor, Ferdinand
VII. Under Ferdinand's daughter, Isa-
bella H., the country was convulsed
with civil war through the rising OF
the Carlists, and there have been sew
eral Carlist rebellions since. Isabella
was driven from the country in 1868,
and then, in rapid succession, came
military relationships; a monarchy
under. Amadeus of Savoy, brother Of
the king of Italy; a republic; more
military relationships. and then Isa-
bella's son, Alfonso XII, was put on
the throne in 1875. and at his death
In 1885 his queen, Maria Christina, be-
gan her rule as regent, first for her
little daughter, Maria de las Merce-
des. and then for her son. Alfonso
XIII. born after her fathers death.
Once more convulslon for Spain
seems close at hand. and now, as in
the other cataclysms, the ultimate out
come defes prediction. The queen re-
gent, being a foreigner (she is an Aus
trian), encounters some Of the same
sort Of hostility which forced Amadeus
to abdicate in 1873, after two years OF
rule. The Carlists have some hope of
getting the throne, and of avenging
the wrong which they claim was
done them when Ferdinand VII. shut
them out Of making eheir daughter
Isabella eligible for the succession.
Then, too, there are the republicans
to be reckoned with. Many Of the
men prominent in the republican
propaganda Of quarter Of century
ago are still alive, and some of them
are as jealous in the cause as ever.
One of the men, Pi y Margall, who
was at the head OF the republic in
1894, says republic is imminent.
and declares that this time the old
mistakes will he avoided and the re-
public will be permanent All of
Spain's old sessions-Louisiana
Mexico, Texas, Central and South
America, Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines-are republics or compose
parts Of republican states Is there
not chance that the mother SCUM
try may follow the example of her
children? Perhaps SPANS entrance
into the list may be colncident with
Cuba's-the flrst-born of the republics
OF the twentieth century.