New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-29
POLICY IN THE FAR EAST.
SENATOR DAVIS SPEAKS ON NEW IN
TERNATI0NAL RELATIONS
WE MIST CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO ALrERNA
-ryrs EVOLUTION BEFORE PRECEDENT

WE MIST CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO M+rERNA-
-D,rs- EVOLUTION BEFORE PRECEDENT
:, Paul July 2s-At the laying Of the cornerstone
-, the rev gate Capitol building IN this city yes
terday the chief speaker was United States sena-
tor Cushman x Davis. chairman OF the commit
Tee on Foreign Relations In the course OF MS al
dress Senator Davis said:
Twas not III recently that Great Britain ana me
r-,t,"f safes looked each other IN the face with
any sign Of recognition OF tne1r poll'lcd' F''a''o'
Il f, well for them. FOR civilization for N9ti ,5aI
Independence and FOR persona! isrtdo 81 Eneisni
from the other States Of Europe Is man'lest iyr
stcd and principally a. the result OF petty direr-
/ encos as to boundaries. fisheries; Sterile It"'cs
/ and sua! conflicting policies in other respects.
Tbe Tinted States has hcon isolated by specla!
policy and ~ rs geo2apnira POSITION LIE -
/ aicscerce Of nat.onaiies has been acc9millslta
states by which the continent OF Africa mas DeeH
tHis movement IN Africa is toward the orient. X
is not necessary to elaborate upon me in,ersss or
the United states In the present an" pIuspgu -
situation. The maritime. commercial, ana poauca,
genius Of mo Amerc'm n,onr WI , np' w
NO., suf.r the United Siates 20 be the China OF tho
West The greet question r@ diir s fn
What action by the United states do ~ peace
mos most ady9naEeour rcsu,s ot thess new inferno,
tonal relations and adjustments? the situatlon IN
the Chinese orient Is pregnant WIN wars ana "a'S
MUST DEFEND PACIFIC COAST.
Next To China the Pacinc rossesa'ohs OF 'hs
United States are the most inviting objects OF at
,ock Under existing conditions their defence
would be dlfrcult. Had Spain triumphei at Ma
Mia as dccisyey did the United States. her navy
could have seized Honolulu and operated from there
upon the entire coast OF the states from the coast
| OF Mexico TO the Yukon An empowering Euro
pean force In the Asato waters coud DO ue
same thing: could Japan.
The situation is plainly one OF alternatives. The
United States must become an ethcient element In
the Asiatic situation or must abstain from any par
iclpation in II. return In is own shores and cover
the smallest possible share OF It's commercial ad-
, vantages and prepare for It's own defence against
the same aggressions which have reduced China 10
her present condition. u may he objected that all
this IL without precedent. so II IL. but all great
human evoutons must precede preccdens In order
| The present war has restored confidence 10 those
who feared that the spirit Of our people and their
patriotism had been enervnted by n long and pros
porous peace.
Il is now manifest that the United States will be
at the conclusion Of this war n great and actual
naval ana military Power The astounding Veto
ries OF Admiral Dewey and Commodore schley have
convinced people Of tho vital importance OF the
sea power. The organization and operation Of a
great Army and Navy WI teach them their own
isfacton that certain opponents Of European opin
on wn1 @ Of of T In hs
present contest. have ahated their hauteur OF ex-
preston.
MONROE DOCTRINE CONFIRMED.
The Monroe Doctrine, In the sense OF nten-
ton OF this Government to intervene to prevent en-
croachments by European nations upon republics
Of the Western Hemisphere, has been confirmed
and has received O steadyng In force The press
OF Continental Europe has adopted during the last
few years n fashion Of rescnting any theoretical
assertion of this great principle OF American
bismarck. a doctrine of uncommon insoience"
Ii is now probable that any European Power will
deliberate before acting upon that assumption.
The unpleasant relations which have existed be-
tween the United States and England for 30 many
years were caused by n traditional aversion which
aggravated by certain events Of our CIVil War
and by many minor irritating controversies the
worst feature OF which IL the fact that few OF
them have been settled But through all this
II has been felt By the people OF both countries
that tie binds them together, however much they
may irrtate each other by straning IL
II Is very plain that change OF sentiment or ex-
tween the two nations has taken place The con-
viction heretofore only imperfecty felt and only
partially, infroqucnty and ntfuily acknowledged
Is now clearly operative and is openly and spon-
tancously expressed that the one hundred and
twenty five million who speak the English lam
guage, who have established representative gov
eminent and entniled personal liberty In all parts
OF the world whose conceptions OF faith literature
morals. education, popular government and individ-
ual government are cognate nj all times and every
where, whose civiliza ton, though developed Is not
decadent. but Is still progressive. who have hereto
fore taken no step backward In an expansion OF in
amicably approaching each other under tSe
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