Spanish Tongue Circles the Globe Law*, Customs and Culture of Spain Given to Va?t Region of Earth. ^ The Spanish monarchy bJl? but the ??SpnniRh-Kpeaklni: empire lives on. Fays a bulletin from the Wn tiington (P. C.) Headquar ters of the National Geographic soci ety. Spain his given its language, laws, rus'mns. and culture to a vast recion of the earth, the bulletin points out. an i continues: ??This Si unish culture empire, that five million square miles and numbers close to a hundred million people. was once a political empire ? one of the greatest the world has known. It sprang Into existence quickly In the stirring days of the elnsp of the Fifteenth century and the beginnings of the Sixteenth, when Europe was being electrified every few months by some new discovery or ferine hit of exploration. Spain Looked to the Wert. "Tt grew to the west rather than to the prist, for two reasons. Portu gal. by previous voyages, had marked out the East by way of the south for her sphere. Therefore Colum bus?also intent on reaching the Enst ? sailed westward. From that moment he returned from his first Toynsre reporting hitherto unknown land, the interests, imagination, nnd activities of the Spaniards all faced west. In the second place tli?s west ward trend to Spanish exploration was confirmed Immediately by a bull of Pope Alexander VI marking out In general the Western hemisphere for Spanish activity and the Eastern hemisphere for that of Portugal. The dividing line In the Atlantic was freed, after a period of dispute, aing a meridian .?70 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. R rani I had not then been discovered, but the line fell well inland from the Brazilian coast nnd so legitimatized Portugal's later claim to that portion of the New world, leaving to Spain all the re mainder. "The adventurers and gold-seekers who rushed westward In the footsteps of Columbus had soon carved out for Spain all the West Indies, most of South America and largo areas in Central and North America. The is kind of Ilispanlola, now called both Santo Domingo and Haiti, was the focus from which Spanish influence radiated. Jamaica and Cuba soon came under Spain's wing, then the Isthmus of Panama, Florida, and the coast ..f Argentina were reached in lfd.1. T he same year Balboa crossed the Isthmus, waded Into The Pacific, and claimed it and all its bounding lands f.?r Spain. Six years later the Spnm.irds sent Magellan across this newly round ocean. He found little land in crossing, but did set up a Spanish daim to the Philippines, which Spain later made a colony. In the meantime Spanish control was spreading in the New world. The conquest of Mexico be^an In 1510. anama I'ity was founded the same ?ear and became a starting point for ttpeditions north nnd south along the Shores- ?f fhe pacific Pert waa In. vaderi In 1 ">.TJ and Chile *ame at least Partly tnder control won after. The California coast was explored in 1542 and land expeditions wont about the same time into regions thnt are now New Mexico. Texas. Arizona and even Colorado. Settlements had previously been ostablished in Venezuela and Colombia on the Caribbean coast of South America. European Gains Soon Lost. "At the same time Spain was the great power of Europe, controlling the Low Countries, much of Italy, and later Portugal, with r.ll her pastern empire, Rut over all these European and eastern portions of her empire Spain had only tenuous control, and when the empire broke up they passed on to new or old sovereignties, little colored by Spanish culture. Spain made her deepest Impression on her New world territories and on the Philippines. These regions foil heir to the Spanish language, religion, law, customs and architecture; and in the former at least these factors remain today as Spanish as in the mother country. "In exploring the Spanish speaking world, the logical starting mare Is Spain, fountainhead of the forces that have influenced one-eleventh of the earth's land area. And of course the explorer takes his course westward as did Spain's empire. On the west coast of Africa four patches of terri tory are encountered where the Span ish flag as well as Spanish influences rest. Offshore are the Canary islands. There the Spanish flag is loft behind; to such small proportions has the political realm of Spain shrunk. "The next bit of the Spanish worM encountered lies in the New world. It Is Uruguay, smallest republic of South America, where the children of Spain nro carrying on the culture of the mother country. Beyond, eight other countries? all those of South America save Portuguese Rrazll nnd British, French, and Dutcii Guiana ? fall, too, under the banner of Span ish culture Defections in West Indies. "In the V.Vst Indies there have been defections. Trinidad and the Leeward and Windward islands, although once all claimed by Spain, have lost or nev er felt Spanish culture. Over Porto Rico the flag of the United States flies; but It is still a part of the Spanish world. Spain is dominant in blood, traditions, and language. In old llispanlola, where the Spanish seed was lirst planted in the New world, the eastern half of the island still shows strongly the Spanish Im press. This is the Dominican Repub lic, where language and law are still Spanish. Hut in the western half of the Island, covered by the Republic of Haiti. Spanish culture succumbed to that of France and Africa. "Jamaica, once a stronghold of Spain, has long been dominated by Rritish culture; and the Rabatnas. claimed by Spain, have known only Rritish influences. Cuba has been In dependent of Spanish political power since 1S08, but Is still culturally a part of Spain? the most Spanish of the West Indian islands. "Through the Isthmus of Panama. Central America, and Mexico, Span ish cultural influences sweep unbrok en as they have for the past three centuries and more. Florida shows lit tle effect of her former Spanish own has many proposals Mile. Friwlel IlatTiin of (ieriniiny. ! who. during a single wi-t'k, received 1,120 proposals of marriage through the mail, following the publication of her portrait In a popular (Jermun newspaper which described her as "the prettiest girl in the world." ership save in a few architectural touches and u few geographic names. Texas, too, was lost to Spain, but the effects there are greater; and In many a community uear the Rio tJrande the Spanish language Is nl most as necessary ns the Knglish. In Arizona and California, once under Spanish influences, the situation Is much like that In Texas. Spanish Influences in United States. -Hut one American state stands on a different footing. New Mexico has barely passed the point at which its Knglish-spenking influences weigh more heavily than its Sj nish factors. Only a few years ago it could have been listed as a part of the Spanish world. Then its legislature was con ducted in Spanish or In the two tongues; and Spanish was the cur rent language on street and range ami farm. As it is the beam has tipped only a little: the interpreter is si ill an important person in the courts, and it is easy enough to find communities in the state in which If one speaks no Spanish he can make himself understood only through some school child. These youngsters are being taught Kmjish now in the pub lic schools and in a few generations will no doubt turn the scale over whelmingly to Knglish speech. "Continuing westward one finds no further traces of Spain's world-wide empire until he reaches the Philip pines. There, in spite of the mixture of blood, Spanish culture took firm hold, at least in the non Mohammedan country. Spanish customs, law* and architecture will 110 doubt color life in the Philippines for many years to come. In speech, however, tiie pass ing of Spanish influence may not be so long delayed if the I' lilted States continues to govern the islands. Al ready Knglish is in about s general use as Spanish, and if pres? educa tional methods continue the Philip pines may yet join Jamaica and Cnll ! fornia as regions definitely lost to | the Spanish world." Chicken Bone Kills Woman Portland, Ore.' ? 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