The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-01
MORE SPACE WANTED
New World Is EIbowing the
Old World Aside.
FRANCE TAKES THE HINT
Soon There'II Be Nothing Too
Good for Jonathan.

THE New World has invaded the Ok
| Continental, is the headquarters of tn
army Of invasion. 1t is a pacific inva
sion, no doubt but the invaders are bent
if not on conquest and annexation. a
least upon appropriations and an exten
sio of their borders.
The struggle now going on between tbs
French authorities and the exposition
commissioners brings forcibly home t,
tht European mind the great question Of
the future. 1t is a miniature reproduction
OF conflict of the forces which looms
even more gigantic before the eyes o.
mankind
" Room, therefore, the New World
cries. Commissioner-Genera Peck, the
American, must have room TO spread
himself and his wares at the Worlds FAN
where. with Paris, he will salute the new
century, and the ALLEGATION of space in
the Exposition is far to small.
The amiable French ministers expostu-
late with a polite shoulder shrug. II
is impossible! What would our friends
and Great Britain are also imperiousIy
clamoring for more space. We have al
ready allotted to the United States all we
can spare. 1t IS impossible! Quite i'm
possibler'
" Impossibler thunders the Commits
sioner-General. Don't use to me that
idiot word. Your space is small 1 admit
Only 1886 acres against $500 in Chicago.
But our needs are great Room. make
room for the growing, great western
world
What can be done? Three hundred and
ttlirty-six acres cannot be stretched like
elastic. All the space is appropriated.
II Uncle Sam is to have more, he can only
have it at some oneelses expense. But
CommisiOner~General Peck and his staff
are to attain the object on which they
have set their hearts. omebody viii have
TO get The Americans are quite re-
morseless. ruthless, relentless in their de-
mands. Chicago, in the person of Peck.
and New York, in the person of Wood
ward, backed by Mckinley and the whole
United States, are determined that whose
ever gets left in the scramble for space.
it shall not be Uncle Sam.
They are hustling around at a great
rate. negotiating. blarneying, bullying.
buying and pushing, and the Old World
feels 1t is being crowded in its own ground
perhaps even crowdede out Of its own
ground-by the Western conquerer.
what is going on in the Exposition
grounds is going on on land and sea all
around this planet. The shrinkage Of thr
world has suddenly brought every one
face to face with each other. In the mark
ct. in the colonies and on the high seas
the Old World tsbegining to realizt that
perhaps there may be no longer enough
to go around, that somebody is going to
get left, and that somebody is not going
to be the New World.
This conviction is coming home SLOWLY
to the French. but they are learning It all
the same. The result is 10 Immediately in
crease the Difference paid to the United
States by the French Nothing succeeds
like success. The difference in the atti-
tude of the French TO the Americans
since Manila and Santiago is more mar
Vicious than edifying. Frenchmen of all
classes who year ago sneered at the
dollar hunting Yankee as their forefathers
scoffed at the nation of si1opkeepers
other in the race as TO which can first
fall upon Uncle Sans neck and embrace
him. If by any possibility any space
can be discovered in the exhibition. OF
course it will de made over the sister
republic rather than to Germany or Great
Britain. Is not the American Commits
sioner-General ready to erect a statute
to Lafayette in bronze If he can only get
space to set it up? The Minister of Com
merce and the Minister of Foreign At
fairs Guido each other in paying excep-
tional compliments TO the American com
missioners; nay. 1t is even limited that
next year American goods will be ad-
mitted to France on the payment OF a
minimum tariff, reciprocal concession
being, Of course, anticipated on the other
side
The war between Spain and the United
States vas a revelation 10 the avera 90
Frenchman. When Dewey destroyed the
Spanish fleet at Manila the scales began
to fall from his eyes. and when Cervera's
feet met with the same fate ne rea hzed
that new naval power had been born
into the world, inheriting. as one Of them
put it. the good fortune that always at
tends the English Of thes cas-
Early in the war. the reports that the
American fleets had been destroyed and
that Sampson had been killed threw the
Partisan populace into 4 paroxysm OF de-
light. In those DAYS no one here dis
guisei MS sympa,hies with Spain But
nowadays all agree 70 forget that and
they are already convinced that there
we're never such friends Of the Ameri-
cans as the French.
All this is very pleasant 70 the Ameri-
cans in Paris. and It Will contribute 70 the
facility OF the work Of the Peace Com
There Is no trace Of any dis
position IN official quarters 10 make any
difficulties in setting the terms of peace.
The only demUr made % the imperial ex-
pansion Of the United States comes from
experienced observers. ike the editor u
tls Temps. VINO regrets ths new DEPART
IRE. not because IL affects France. bu. BE-
causs il endangers the American Rev1b-
hc. The French are Al present exhibiting
10 the world some depiorabie results of
dominant militarisn and they sign wien
they see the nsw word gliding down the
inclined plane which leads % Czesarssn.
They declare tast ne annexation q she
Antilles and the Philippine Islands wI
-ecesstate re creation - a large stand
.rg army. TIE enrolment q q co-ps q
tuaczlo1aries-a departure from al ira
5itioas q the Repuoiic-snd total trans
formation o. the letter AID sp5r5c o. the
Constitution
II see thsre appears % De SKI some
question as 20 whether the European Pow
srs ever actually proposed GO intervene In
behalf q Spain Tie story vas taas -hey
decided 20 Do 50. and were ouIy stopped BY
a1e blunt InEiIatt1n frC.2 Lord SALISBURY
-aat Z they eTtr attempted Such q tang
ne Br.czsa feet would oe piacsS under
ne orders . President McKzuEey. have