The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
EXPANSION MAY MEAN WAR
BOUTWELL, MAKES SEVERE ATTACK
 ON NEW POLICY.

bility-sovereignty of Philippines
 Will be Yielded to Force Finally
 This Force May be Exerted by Inhabi-
 tants, by England, Japan or Russia OF
 by Combination.
 Boston, Dec. 27.-The Congregational club observed ladies' night at Lorimer hall tonight with ex-Governor George S. Boutwell,, a former secretary of the treasury, and President Elmer H. Ca- pen of Tufts college as the speakers Their discussion of the expansion ques- ton, being opposite in point of view, was exceedingly interesting. Governor Boutwell, was introduced first and he spoke as follows: Tt is my purpose on this occasion to consider this question: Is the policy on which the country is entering a policy of peace or a policy Of war? The seizure, possession and occupation of the Philippines, whether the occupation is treated as temporary or permanent, proceeds upon the theory that our present peaceful relations With England, Russia and Japan are never to be broken or disturbed seri- ously Three years have not yet gone since England and the United States were on the brink of war and there can be no security for continued peace with Great Britain. The laxity of our pol- icy during the inSurrection in Cuba, If initiated by us in the event of revolu- tionary movements in Canada would open controversy with Great Britain that might end in war. War with England is not an impossipility. I now lay before you two statements as my fixed opinions concerning the future of the country:
 "First-If, by the treaty with Spain, ratified by the American senate, we take jurisdiction of the Philippine Is- lands for any purpose or for any period of time that Jurisdiction will never be surrendered voluntarily by the United States
 "Second-That the sovereignty of the islands will be yielded to force finally, and that that force may be exerted by the inhabitants of the islands or by England, or by Japan, or by Russia,
 
 the cooperation of two or more of those powers. If we hold the Philippines we shall hold them because Russia permits 4 us to do so, and not otherwise. This in itself is humiliation. The fortunes of Russia and China are now identical and henceforth their immense resources are to be yielded as one power.
 Americans may take note of four or +Lot nf importance:
 live are indebted to the protecting naval strength of England for our suc- cesses in the war with Spain.
 "2-We are to deal generously with Canada.
 "3-Whatever trade benefits may arise from the conquest of the Philips pines England is to enjoy with us.
 .4-There must be neutral help in the coming contest with Russia.
 '.The president proposes to take juris- diction of the Philippines and then con- slider how they are to be governed. Thus he announces the essential doctrine of an animated tyranny. We are to pur- sue the policy which we condemned in Spain, and which has ended in unmiti- gated disaster. The victory of 1896 had been partisan victory, but it was full of the promise of benign results in which all could participate. We were at peace with the world and there were no disturbing divisions among our peo- pie. Yet fourteen months only from the day of the inauguration the country was involved in war wi.h Spain. and without the ability on our part to al- lege truthfully of any act of wrong-do- ing on tn epart of Spain that had been injurious to us We have loaded our- selves with possessions which we do not need; we have assumed Jurisdiction over millions of human beings who do not recognize the rightfulness of our authority. We have extended our sys- tenn of taxation and have increased the public debt in sum of hundreds of millions. Our pension rolls have been heightened to the end of the first half of the next century, and we are threat ened with a permanent increase of the army and navy at a cost of s150,0 900 | year.
 | Tt is a matter of minor importance | that the supremacy of the republican party has been put in peril. that some Of us seem to think such an event is no slight catastrophe. What are our COmpenSat1OnS! Ine mlSerleS or CuDa have not bee nrelieved, and the sum of | them has been multiplied many times over within the limits of the United States. While we are not to undervalue i the achievements of the army and navy, they are but slight compensations | for the sacrifices and sufferings inci- l dent to the war It is the boast that ! the war has cemented the union, but the union was compact and firm when the war opened. Finally, all events in | the war eliminated in this: The foun- dations have been laid on which may be set up as Rufus Choate said on tho 'frowning arch of ranged empire.'"
 Mir. Capen began his remarks by 1 saying that after careful considera- tion he felt himself compelled to lift his voice in behalf of the policy of Pres- dient Mckinley. My sense of national- | ity is too intense to permit me to do | otherwise. It hate to be called a little i American. Moreover feel that expan- 1 sion has been the moving principle of i the country from the time of the ear- ! Hest settlement. I believe that the | United States is perfectly justified in wrestling the Philippines from the grasp I of Spain, and in holding them for the
 purposes of good government and pro- | gressive civilization. The constitution