The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-20
CLEvELAND's FOREIGN roLICY.
The President-Elect Said to be Ambitious of
Increasing Our Territory.

Increasing Our Territory.
New York special.
l heard to night from prominent gentleman
scheme of conquest and glory that is said to
have selzed hold on the mind of the President
elect, so gorgeous and dizzy that at first I hest
tated about writing it out. There are, however,
| corroborating circumstances which have induced
me to think the matter at least within the range
of possibility. ''Mr. Cleveland" said my in
formant, lis bigger Drained man than he has
been counted. He is big man all over. In my
day l have looked into the eyes and SAT- face to
face with the ruling potentates of half of Europe
have known every President since Franklin
Pierce. Cleveland will rank with any of them
He has mind and will of his own. He has
travelled very little for man of his age but
man may go over the whole world in his library
in these days and learn it all. Cleveland has
knowledge of the general tendencies of the age
at home and abroad. Europe is being divided
up among the four great powers and they have
farreaching plans, after that division is accomp-
lished, which take in the entire American henis-
phere, Asia and Africa as well. England has AL
ready her grip on the world, but she Is not con-
tented. Her manufactures are piling up at home
under overproducton. Fully three years ac-
cumulation burdens her. She wants the Soudan
as an outlet 1t is half as large as the United
States She has been running lines of railroad
in India and Australia so as to bring their wheat
fields nearer to her ports of shipment. that thus
she may become independent of America.
1T is the scheme of all the great powers to be-
come independent Germany is in like con-
dtion of overproduction. By way OF relief she
has just taken new departure in the South Pa
cifc. / talked with Bismarck once on this very
topic. What do you want over there2 he said
speaking of the United States. We want re-
piled, the Sandwich Islands, Cuba, St Thomas
a number of other islands, so as to have a free
water route between the oceans and another
slice of Mexico as far down as Guayamas
''You not modest he growled in his deep
bass voice. Hardly less than Germany since
she wants Holland | said. He started as if
shot had hit him hard. Germany wants
Holland, because it is Protestant country.
The Empire of Germany was created on a Pro
testant basis, one fifth only of it's people being
Catholics.
SIN the matter of overproduction of manu-
featured articles France is like England and
Germany That is what is back of Tonqun
Madagascar and African movements 1t is the
theory of all these monarchies that commerce
follows conquest That is lesson England
taught the world through India nearly five nun
dred years ago. 1t was the dream of Caesar
when he sent his le gions to the British Isles. 1t
has been the history of histories.
"When the four great European powers have
divided Europe they will unitedly seek to divide
America. There is only one way to prevent it.
Let the nation grow. The country that ceases
to move forward soon begins to retrograde
There is no such thing as standing STILL We
must take time by the forelock, and intrench
ourselves on the American hemisphere against
the future attempt to dsmember u.s. The
greatest man of his day, in his comprehension of
this subject, was Mr. Clevelands opponent in
the late canvass. think Mr. Cleveland has
scarcely less appreciation of its gravity. know
that he looks on the Northwestern annexation
in Pierce's times as giving President Pierce a
great place In history. Mr.. Stewards action as
Secretary of State in securing Alaska has his
highest admiration By the way, Seward told
me that he was within three weeks of securing
the Sandwich Islands when he went out of office
and that he tried to hasten the diplomats to final
action by every possible means In his power, but
without avail tell you that the possibility of
writing his name among the Presidents who
have extended the territory and the greatness of
CleYeland's mind, and unless am mistaken in