Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-25
POLICY
| creatness Discussed
E|s.donal Conference.
[,,plGrA CANAL FAVORED
-, Elooucntly Dwclls on
l.. of Conquest and Ter
4 .,.risi Expansion

Ope3 SSS ssn the foreign policy of the
to nn5 a,ss opened here today, with
that sby Henry Wade Rogers, of
70 sho hairmau OF the committee on
d fri ,m, Rogers said the confer
4 called to consider some
und ~, auctions in the history OF
lity I'SIa Be spoke OF the waI. and
70 Cd ,n,eriul thanks for the peace
'ntn1 fasd. While peace has arrived,
II wsJ here we're many serious prob.
h considered
eric h,,ed to the close friendship
tho americans and British, which
Ame rupsy lead to international
linn and finally to universal
fbe speaker spoke favorahly OF
'. S,,wua canal, which he argued
IN built and controlled by the
Coz states government. The canal
Sor,en the distance by water to
CO. Mpci,co by 1900 miles. The
; ~ n q The Nicaragua canal was
u ue1 10 and Warner Miller took the
'e ,r M Be briefly spoke Of his per.
RI 1 ,]vocacy Of the canal.
'nS su Of the past three months de.
oane u the immediate construction.
pai N hleyed all Americans were now
~ 's .slb in favor Of it, AS was also
!, lurope. He spoke Of the numer,
u zrsys made Of every proposed
M perce the lsthmus, and said
mite By the way of the Nicaragua
w 81 has received great consideration
'H "A ieasible and desirable. Mr..
Ispiensd to severa! canals that
- materially aided in opening up
I Imahy.
at b Nicaragua canal would alone
~ 10000 miles, and would be a
mtlst for those states on the Pa
an .ast The continent is eridironed
on .nnscoDtinental railroads bu,
's, % not alone afford the advsn tages
g tuud be secured by canal. 1t i:
"a ssion Of cheap transportation. and
Nicaragua canal would solve the
fAu. Within 10 years after the
u,Asion Of the canal the population
N Pacific states will have increased
10000, 1000. One Of the best result:
. ss Spanish.Ameyican war is that
:, ;,lI compel the bui ldiny of the Mic.
! 4ps canal.
tsinnexation problem was taken
!, Ut tho afternoon session. Carl
aui Of New Yoss, spoke at length,
ras tho views Of the anti-expansion.
q whose cause be advocated He
q opposed By Judge Grosseup, Of
lago who is an earnest expansnnist.
Ar Gro@cup said in part:
Ian among those who believe thai
trople Of the United States can,
tteut breach Of fnith 70 the promises
dor past or serious danger TO the ex.
xstions Of our future, hold pe-ma.
.nF oil or portion Of the territory
W has been occupied by our troop,
trng the progress Of the war. | am
NJ! to 60 step further and asser,
nathe obligations OF our duty toward
uaEnd. and especially toward the
uusular peoples who have been
< an within the sphere OF our opera.
asi and toward the future Useful.
5 M Of ourselves. demand that we
saald permanently retain so much OF
a@, the captures Of war, ae are need.
nfouEd out the moral purposes for
'ath it was inaugurated, and the
raler destiny on which, as a nation,
mare about 10 enter.
As people, we, for the first time,
@i clearly over the empire OF the
arb. Without the sacrifice Of right
Aesness or honor, but as the ministers
aooth, the invitation comes to take
m hare in the opportunities and re.
qennolities OF this wider field. The
Immediate question, the one that, by
snlution, will either bring in OF bar
a'of this larger national sphere, re-
4M 70 the permanent occupation OF
af spanish conquests. The true
weston is not whether Porto Rico,
hawaii and the Philippine. are intrins'
'al! worth the responsibilities in.
A'ied by their occupation, but wheth-
a'nelr commerce and resources Will
sunteibalance the new dangers that
1slf requirement would introduce into
wy political system. For l see behind
aen, in the horizon toward which we
essheading, looming mp from the Pa
aug, mountainous interests and oppor-
Ialty, against which the outlines OF
sPhilippines are but mere epeck-
euething more than islands, nothing
we than continent.
Within Z sia lies the interest and the
pportunity that, by its largeness.
wars every other prospect. favor
ae acquisition OF Porto Rico, partly
scause the moral purpose OF this war
"nands that it should not longer be a
pl'lcal plague spot in the otherwise
pained Caribbean sea, but chiefly
y it s at the gateway to the
OsiDoean-a sea that when the COM
VERGE Of Asia is fully developed and
no Nicaragua canal opened will. from
"'n naval and commercial view, be-
JUG the most important water on the
acs OF the globe. Favored the acqulsi'
, OF the Philippines, or so much OK
uem as may be needed. solely because
The new career of commercial actiV-
y upon WI lch | trust we are about TO
a'er, we nued clear across the Pacific q
ne OF naval stations and home ports
ATOMS in every sense our OVID, carry
y under the soil the American title