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Show I WHEN CUBA WAS FOR SALE. Offered to France for $0,000,000 In time of Louis Philippe. It Is not Generally known thnt Cuba very nearly becamo a French Colony In tho reign of Louis Philippe, for Spain, being without meant) of raisins money, Queen Christina offered of-fered Bomo of tho principal Spanish colonies for sale. Secret negotiations wero carried on I at tho Tullerlos between Senor Cam jmzano, the Spanish nuibassador; ! Senor Agundo, (ho banker; Prlnco do ! Talleyrand, and Kins Louis Philippe, and the llret article of the trenty, by I which Spain wan to sell Cuba to j Franco for 30,010.000 francs, or $0, 5 000,000, was quickly agreed to. J Hut tho second article, relating to Porto Rico and tho Philippines, broke oft tho nogotlntlons. for Spain asked $2,000,000, whereas Franco would of- for only $1,400,000, King Louis Phil-Ippo Phil-Ippo asserting that the aciitilsitlon of tho Philippines might very eaBlly In-i In-i volvc him In a war with Kngland. I It Is significant that In those days nclgthcr party paid tho slightest attention at-tention to what the I'nlted States might think; but tho Spaniards must now regret that they did not accept i , for It would havo Hi' veil them many millions In tho ensuing CO years. l ILondon Sketch. |