The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-22
BREWER ON ANNEXATION.
The Justice is Opposed TO Territorial
Expansion or Alliance.

The Justice is Opposed 10 Territorial
Expansion or Alliance.
MILWAUKEE,. WIS. July H.-Justice
| David ]. Brewer. OF the United states
| supreme Court. has given out the follow
ing interview declaring against the an
neXation Of the Philippines. Porto RICO
| ana Cuba, and against territorial eXpan-
sion or an Anglo-American alliance;
L think we may have to take possession
OF Cuba. Porto Rico and the philippines
| as war measure and for the purpose
OF getting indemnity. should look
upon all save Cuba simply in the same
light as If / held a mortgage upon a
mans farm. would foreclose that
mortgage not because ] wanted TO take
the farm but for the reason / wanted
the farm TO sell I'm order TO raise tho
money I do not sec how spain VIII
ever be able to pay us an indemnity ana
so 7 would take her real estate
think II IS consistent with our policy and
II Is certainly necessary that we should
r. acp cuba for awhile and have an army
there to maintain order There are
more than a quarter Of a million people
ON the island, and 10 viii take some
time 10 get stable government, ana
until they do 7 think. as matter OF
humanity that we should keep a force Oh
troops there 90 preserve order. Nheh
we have demanded possession OF those
islands as security for the payment OF
indemnity. and have kept Cuba for the
sake Of order. Z think we should then let
them go. .,..
az an think Hawaii stands In different
circumstances. My objection 10 colonial
expansion As two-fOd. You take the
PHILIPPINES with from 100000 10 l0.0oO00
Of people. cuba with more than 20wo
and Porto Rico. / do not remember the
number. but there is but one way 70
manage those people. and that Is ny
force Just as England manages Egypt,
South Africa and India to a great extent
Their government over these colonies IS
arbltrard. despotlc. you may call II, but
they appreciate tho necessity Of good
government and govern wisely, but TOT
am that 10 IS not a government OF the
people. I do not see how we could int
fiate that kind Of colonial government
without changing our theories Of govern
ment OF course. we could govern them;
that would not be n physical impossioiii-
w. but in orders 20 do 50 we must change
our theories OF government.
"In the territory we have hitherto
taken into our Government we nave
introduced a territorial system OF gov
eminent a territorial legislature, or
government OF the people no lAph 'A+t-+N
that that can be done with those people,
and 1 think 1t viii be introducing new
system Of government into this country.
Azain. I think ~ would compel an I'M
necessary increase I'm our army. I do not
know but that some increase IS needed.
we would be bound 10 have n large
Increase IN our navy, and I do not like
the idea OF this country considering IT.
self a military power. I think II we had
a large army and large navy we would
be- getting into trouble with other nations.
n H. human nature for an army oihccr
and navy officer 20 want promotion,
and II It does not come rapidly enough
De wants @ war 20 bring IL about.
.In so fare as the Philippines are con-
ccrned especially IL seems 20 me that II
would Doe a black eye 20 the Monroe doc
tr.ne. when we said that the European
nations must not take possession OF any
territory in this continent II was sort
of implied declaration that we would not
take any possessions I'm their continent
II we would reach out into Asiatic coun-
tries and take the islands there il would
look ms though we could not say anything
81 European nations reach over here ana
take possession Of territory
There is another thing I'm this con-
nocti0n I want TO talk about. / have
seen I'm q good many religious papers.
and heard I'm a few sermons that because
we have the best civilization I'm the
world IL was our destiny and our Chris
tiau duty to reach out and make other
nations accept our civilization. IL seems
10 me that the best way we could mako
our civilization OF value 10 others is by
example and not by force. We could
make 70 valuable TO the world a great
deal better by example than by appro-
priating territory.
"If 10 had been proposed IN Congress
tho 1st Of January 10 asDropriate the
Philippine Islands. Porto Rico and Cuba,
I believe a. would have been voted down
four 90 one. Yet the war has developed
such conditions that a great many men
in Congress as we'll as out Of n are be-
ginning 20 think that colonial expansion
is before US. There is n very different
sentiment in Congress than there was az
that time"
what IS your idea about the proposed
Angl0-SaxOn alliance as mentioned by
Chamberlain I'm his speech some time ago
and talked Of in THIS country was ask
ed.
or do not believe I'm n formal alliance.
I think George Washingtons advice is
as sound to-day as 10 was when IL was
given. 20 avoid all alliances. At tho
same time / believe IN an arbltrating
tribunal 10 settle all disputes between
the two nations. and also believe IN the
closest kind of intercourse between them
] think a formal alliance would expose ms
To- tho possibilities OF controversies with
other nations"