The record-union., 1898-07-25
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

first make mad never had better eXem-
plification than in the case of Spain.
Any one but a Spaniard can readily see
that the case of that country is abso-
lutely hopeless SO far as retaining any
of her colonial possessions is concerned.
With practically no fleet left, she can
not hold any of her faraway depen-
dencies. What few vessels she has are
needed for coast defense at home and
there is no prospect that she viii be
able to obtain any more battleships
for many years. To prolong the war
with this country means to incur loss
of life and property without cause.
Spain has absolutely not a chance. She
is beaten everywhere.
ASEPTIC SURGERY.
Los Angeles Times: One of the
gratifying facts of the war is the dem
onstrated success of modern surgery
in treating the wounded. Reports
from the surgeons in the field show
that in the many cases of wounded
men which have been treated, the treat
ment has been such as to prevent sup
puration, thus keeping down the tenn
perature of the patient and insuring
speedy healing of the wound
Another beneficent result Of this i'm
proved mode of treatment is in the
smaller number of amputations that
are necessary. BY the new methods,
amputation is resorted to only in ex-
treme cases, and many of our brave
men will return bringing with them
legs and arms which, under the old
method, would have been left in the
vicinity of the battlefield
NO JEALOUSY.
Tulare Register: There are a good
many meddlesome busybodies in TIE
journalistic world and about as mean
thing as they have attempted to do in
recent times is to make trouble and i'll
feeling between Sampson and Schley
AS Schley himself remarked, the vic
tory belongs to every man in the feet.
There was not much in maneuvering or
commanding and if Sampson and
Schley had both been away the result
would not have been different There
We're the Spanish ships and over against
them were the American. All the
American ships had to do was to go
right after the Spanish, shoot straight
and often and if every officer above an
Ensign in the American navy had been
chloroformed and put to bed the result
of that battle would not have been diff
ferent. Sampson and Schley are too
proud of their men to be jealous of each
other and these busybodies should be
whipped for malicious mischief
SAFE FROM INVASION
Santa Rosa Republican: The en-
tangling alliances against which Wash
ington warned his countrymen are in
deed painful limitations of action for
many European Powers, made neces-
sary in their belief by constant ex-
posture Of their territory and the
homes and workshops of their people
to invasion by powerful armies having
only an imaginary boundary to cross
No such supposed necessity has led
the United States ever to restrict it's
freedom Of action, nor does there ex-
fst any Power which could hope for
success in an invasion Of this country.
The ability Of the Republic to place
and maintain 100000 soldiers in line
for defense or for retributory attack
makes this nation more independent on
land than any other. This is not an
empty phrase. Even Great Britain is
aware that war which the two Eng
| disappearing nations are far from de-
| string might alter the map of this
continent. France and Germany have
possessions on this side of the ocean
and in distant seas Even Russia, so
long called impregnable, could be shut
out from future access to Pacific waters
| by controversy with the United
States. Her power is great, but that
| fraction of it which could be moved
thousands of miles by one line of road
across Siberia is not great. Threaten
ing none of these Powers, anxious to
preserve ancient friendship with them
all, the Republic has a peculiar inde-
| pendence because it cannot be success
| fully assailed, except so far as assault
| by sea can inflict injury to its ports.
/ But behind its coast lines the vast area
| never touched by hostile foot, crowded
with thriving industries and peaceful
! homes, all secure against attack and
| capable Of commanding the wealth of
the world, still remain after any in
vasion.
| THE USES OF COLONIES.
| Fresno Republican: While we are not
likely ever to be a great colonizing ma
| ton, we are evidently destined to con-
/ troll at least two foreign colonies We
already have Hawaii and are in pro-
cess Of taking possession of the Philip
| pines. However desirous some Of US
might be to let go, we will probably
| find it impossible after we have once
| taken hold. 1t is therefore worth
while to consider some of the ad-
vantages of the policy, though we could
probably not avoid it If it We're a dis
advantage In the first place, it will
give US a frontier Our own country is
already settled, not thickly in all parts,
but enough so that there is no frontier
from which adventurous spirits can
plunge into the unknown beyond. We
are already experiencing in mild de-
gree the industrial difficulties of older
settled nations. Besides the surplus Ia
borers, there are two sorts of pioneers
who find their opportunity in new
country. There are the natural ex-
| ploiters, whose talents, frequently
wasted at home in too adventurous
speculation of disastrous blooming" :"
sometimes gain brilliant successes in
developing untried resources under
the more flexible conditions in
new countries. Many man who would
| have been a successful pioneer one or
| two generations ago is now on the bor-
derland of vagabondage. The restora-
| tion of the frontier will revive his op-
| portunity.
To these considerations may be added
the more usual commercial and political
| arguments. Commerce follows the
| flag to a considerable extent especially
where the change of flag involves, as
! it did in California and will in the
Philippines, the change from a nation
which negiects to nation which de-
yelops resources The most important