The Government of Spain is about, it is understood, to
annex San Do- mingo. A number of. Spaniards have, for some time past, been crossing from Cuba, with secretinstructions to raise the Spanish Ilea and declare for a Spanish protectorate. The flag was accordingly hoisted onthe 16th March, and a force immediately quitted Cuba for the island. The Spanish Government it is now declared intend to despatch a strong force to Cuba, and their organ announces that the Government accept the annexation provided no European Government protests. The move- ment is an odd one, Spain having already as much land. in these seas as she can defend. It may be presumed, however, that the Spanish Government calculates upon the weakness of the Americans. Perhaps she may make an effort to recover her other American co- lonies, whose independence she has not yet acknowledged.
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