The times., 1898-06-19
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fend with our ships We do not want to
be constantly in trouble with France
Germany and possibly England. This IS
a seif-cOntained nation. II has Hmitless
resources in itself. 1t wants no entan-
clements with foreign nations. Il wants
TO keep them off its shores and il wants
10 keep of theirs. Our trade treaties
with every civilized nation on the globe
are sufficient.
II do not believe in an offensive and de-
fensive alliance with England. People
throughout the country generally may
have talked Of IL, but only because their
fears are aroused by the thought OF
European intervention. There is no
chance of the interference Of any foreign
power. Diplomacy may step IN: but war
ships and armies. never Great Britain
is always in trouble with some other
power. With the United States at her
back these troubles would become more
serious and more frequent. and the
United States would soon become en-
broiled. We need fear no nation in the
world. Our country is safe from an in
vading army, our seacoast cities are pro-
tected from a hostile feet
How about the troops going to the
Philippines
That Of course is a military necessity
We must conquer the islands for pur-
effective for purposes Of peace We may
cede them 10 Spain. We may use them
to purchase the freedom of Cuba We
may sell them TO England and thus pay
the expenses of the war. We may do
half a dozen things with them. but we
must not annex them. Their population
would never be in accord with ours The
islands are inhabited by the worst people
in the world-a hybrid race. part Span
fch -
with Cuba the situation is different.
Freed from Spanish domination. the na-
tive Cubans can govern themselves well.
but still we do not want to make the
island part Of the United States"
What was your opinion of the dipIo-
macy of the Spaniards while you were
Secretary of State?'
You can't judge Spaniards by the
standard of any other nation They have
never been able to govern, as they have
lost all the vast possessions they once
held They will do things and call them
honorable which would be revolving to
an American, Englishman or Frenchman.
They are cruel brutal and vindietive-
Taking these characteristics into cOnsid-
Grafton, it is hard to judge of their ability.
History however, shows that they have
not been successful in anything for CEN
turtles. They have never been able 10
maintain a stable form of government
The war had nothing to do with my
resignation from President McKinley's
Cabinet. In fact, up to the time I left
there had been no talk of war in the
Cabinet The question of getting the
Spaniards out of Cuba came up, but there
was no war talk.
LAS to my relations with President Nc
Kinley. I care to say nothing. If I had
any cause to make complaints this would
not be the proper time 10 make them My
friends in Ohio think that 1 was badly
treated They wanted me TO run for
Congress as a sort of justification, but
this was an honor l refused. Since 7
have been out of Office / have heard all
kinds of reports about myself-that / was
a mental wreck and that l had one foot
in the grave. I want 10 say right here
that l was never in better mental and
physical condition in a year than l am
now