Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-30
Does Not Believe In Turning Loose
ANY Of the Islands Seizsd From
the Spanish Government.
THE FUTURE or
THE UNITED STATES
he Says the Navy Must De Increased
and BE- Made n Good ~ Any In
the World The Pacific Nust
Be POllced.

New York. Aug 20 THE American
people are aglow with patriotic fever and
the utmost calmness Is necessary con.
sidering our future course. said United
States Senator Cushman K Davis 70 n
World reporter before leaving the city
for bis home 10 pepirc for his journey
20 Paris a. one n the five commissioners
10 armngc the FINAL terms " peace BE-
tween the victorious United States and
defeated Spain
Events have made a. one q the
great powers u the earth" Be contin.
ued Whatever we may have desired
ourselves hsretofor, destiny has forced
upon Us responsibilities that we must
recognize and accept We have become
a potent factor iu the worlds progress
A great aud actual naval ami mill.
tary power we are already We are
not strong enough YET, but not an hour
must be- Loot ~ oquipping ourselves
10 copo with any emergency that may
confront a.. Oar volunteer army is a.
good. II not better than any force 81
the kind IN the world, but we cannot
rest secure In that thought We must
have large regular army az call IN the
future We must have a. good navy
a. any nation on earth. We have an
excellent beginning. Ship for shin. we
need fear nobody. But We must build
ships with true American energy. Moth.
ing must defer rs. We know that we
have men 10 put behind the guns
Love Of gunnrry Is an American charac-
teristic. Whom we were boys all Of us
knew how 10 handle firearms. a gun
l. the earliest thought Of the American
youth Men are only grownup boys
That explains our success ~ Manila and
Santiago
Glow arr we likely TO BE- menacod in
the iuiures" was asked.
Actually. we arr not a whit moro ~.
posed o. attack a. a colonial power than
we have been every hour since the &C.
tive advent of steam power The glori.
Gus victories of our navy have brought
us new responsibilities. bat the Philip.
pines or the sandwich Islands are no,
more isolated than are parts Of our Pa
cihr coast Hereafter our power must
b. felt In the Pacific ocean. The mere
addition of a few hundred square miles
OF territory by capture or treaty does not
Increase our danger
China l. the coveted part OF the
earih's surface today; bu, who could
have predicted liz months ago that
Russia, Germany or Japan would not
coyet fooiho.d ON the North American
contnenti Now we see the trend OF
events In the east Providence ha,
stepped in TO point out the future cour.,
/ Tor rs.
I'VE must police the Pacific ocean
It, coast has becn our vulnerable point
"You understand am on record a,
fayoring the retention Of territory that
has been acquired by the splendid vic,
toric. Of our arms. am an American
citizen, speaking as such. and my r.
marks have nothing 20 DO with onicia
duties that | shall undertake on Oct. {
asa commissioner to the congress Al
paris
"What that body will or will nor do
] would noI predict If could. I an
talking Of the situation as IL exists 20
day. and as every American citizen cal
see IT, The interests Of the Unitet
States must be jealousy guarded from
this hour onward. We have been re-
miss and Indifferent in the past. Think
Of the Virginius massacre That wa
the hour IN which we should hav,
taught Spain her lesson. Long years o.
suffering and bloodshed would hav,
been aycrted IL Is idle 90 say that thi
Virginius was not AN American ship
Many Of the men aboard her wcr
American citizens, and the ship wa
caught on the high seas The men wer
shot IN cold biood-and we stood H. W,
endured such an outrage with Genera
Grant, a brave and true man. at th
head Of affairs IL was not cowardic
on the uart OF the American people, bu
IL was lethargy and indifference tina
was quite a. debasing in the sight Of tn
world. That was what justified all sub
sequent Spanish bluff and bravado.
u different today. ar will be hereafter