The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-23
HISTORY MAKING DAYS,

HISAOhY MILKING DAYS,
 These be times of great interest in
 the history of our republic and prolific
 in history making events, Only few
 months ago war was declared with Spain. An army had to be provided
 for this important event, the regular
 army consisting of about 10000 men be- ing but handful compared with the forces which Spain had already in the
 field. Our regular army was quite suf- ficient to do the country's police work with the unruly portion of the red men,
 but wholly insufficient, brave as 1t was, to tackle an army of nearly ten
 times it's number. A new additional army had to be provided and how quickly it was done. With the same patriotic ardor as when the loyal north responded to Father Abrahams call for troops, the country responded to Fa- ther McKinley's call. Then additional ships were wanted for our navy and 1 they were forthcoming. Patriotic spir- it prevailed everywhere in our land
 The shock of war came and Deweys
 superb victory electrified the nation and 1 astonished the world. Other victories came in quick succession, and finally in the short space of three months came that other splendid victory of our navy won by Sampson and Schley, Bob Evans, Clark, Wainwright and others-heroes all-that added addition 1 al undying lustre to our navy and another brilliant chapter to our coun- try's history. Then came the brilliant i work of our brave soldiers, which ef- fected the fall of Santiago and brought about the cessation of hostilities and l practically the ending of the war. And q by the way, the brave General Shafter ] of Santiago and civil war renown will i be with us in New Haven this week and
 our citizens will be glad of the oppor- I tunity provided to do him honor.
 l Now also the peace conference chap ] terof our Spanish war is being conclud- 1 ed. These negotiations will probably ] soon wind up this important matter ! If Spain drops the conference it re-
 mains for Uncle Samuel to put on his
 war paint again and proceed to subdue l 41,a .oIa, c Philippines and restore there peace and order, a state of affairs evidently great ly needed and long needed in those multitudinous isles. England stands
 as our ally pleased with and a gainer 1 the other European nations will hard l ly dare meddle with the Stars and ] Stripes; and hostility from them will l be disarmed by our nations offer of "open doors" in the islands to the I worlds commerce
 It looks then as if we have as good
 as got the Philippines for keeps, in 1 which case there is a big field of labor l for Uncle Sam in the Philippines. The I worlds old geographies are all out of 1 date and new deal is on in mapmak- ing. The expansion question now be- 1 fore the nation is one of grave im- portance-as regards the acquisition of i the Philippines. All sorts of statistical l and other information regarding these I islands is being unearthed and Is in 1 great demand, The advocates of ex- l pansion claim that an immense trade I advantage will inure to this country by
 our becoming the owners of the Philip
 pines. The opponents of this urge that the 10000, ,0Oo islanders, more or less,
 wear no clothes to speak of, and don't need our products to any extent. The I pros and cons in the case are being l urged with vehemence on both sides 1 all over the country. Many other as- i nects of the case enter into the discus I sion. moral, ethnological, humanitarian, l political, etc. The question is one of vast importance and needed plenty of 4 debating. All the same it looks as if Uncle Sam is surely drifting into the possession of these far off isles, with all the problems and responsibilities that this implies and that our isolation from
 the affairs of other nations is day
 gone by in our country's history.
 THE TERMS OF PEACE.
 I Concerning the terms Of peace of-