The times., 1898-07-21
JUSTICE BREWERS VIEWS.
Reactionnry Sentiments in Favor
of pr0yinciaIfsm

oAiNSN, W Af'.f cAAy a1hiNN
David j. Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court, gave out the following
interview tonight:
Il think we may have to take pos
session of Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines as war measure and for
the purpose of getting indemnity. L
should look upon all save Cuba simply
in the same light as if / held a mort
gage on a mans farm. / would fore
close that mortgage. not because
wanted to take the farm, but for The
reason that / wanted tha farm TO sell
in order to raise the money. / co not
see how Spain will ever be able ID pay
US an indemnity and So ! would lake
her real estate
II think it is consistent with our poll
cy and it is certainly necessary Ula.
We should keep Cuba for while and
have an army there 10 maintain good
order. There are mora han a quarter
of a million people on the island and it
will take some time to get a stable
government and until they 10, l think,
as matter of humanity. We should
keep force of troops there to preserve
order. When we have demanded PCS
session of those islands Tor security fer
the payment of Indemnity, and have
those islands and have Kept Cuba FOR
the sake of order, 1 think we snould
then let them go.'
Il do not believe in colonial expansion
at all. I think Hawaii stands in diff
fpraDt circumstances Nv obiantioD,
to colonial expansion is two-fold You
take the Philippines Cuba, and Porto
Rico. There is but one way to man
age them and that is by force. just as
England manages Egypt, South Africa
and India to great extenot. l do not
see how we could initiate that kind OF
colonial government without changing
our theories of government.
again, think it would compel an
unnecessary increase in our army,
do not know but what some increase is
needed. We would be bound to have
a large increase in our navy and l do
not like the idea Of this country con-
sidering itself military power. / think
if we had large army and a large ma
Wy we would be getting into trouble
with other nations. 1t is human nature
for an army officer and a naval officer
to want promotion. and if il does not
come rapidly enough, he wants a war
to bring it about.
In so far as the Philippines are con-
cerned. especially it seems TO me that
it would be a black eye to the Monroe
doctrine. When we said that the Eu-
ropean nations must not take posses
sion of any territory in this continent
IT was sort of implied declaration
that we would not take possession in
their continent. II we would reach
out into Asiatic countries or take the
islands there it would look as though
we could not say anything if European
nations reach over here and take pos
session of territory.
There Is another thing in this con-
neetion that l want to talk about. I
have seen in a good many religious pa
pers and heard in a few sermons that
because we have the best civilization
in the world It was our duty and our
Christian duty to reach out and make
other nations accept our civilization.
1T seems TO me that the best way
we could make our civilization of val
ue TO others is by example and not by
force. We could make it valuable to
the world a great deal better by exam
pie than by appropriating territory.
IF it had been proposed in Congress
the first of January to appropriate the
Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba, I be-
lieye II would have been voted down
four to one. Yet, the war has devel-
oped such conditions that great many
men in Congress as well as out of it
| are beginning to think that colonial
| expansion is before us. There is very
different sentiment in Congress than
there was at that time.
What is your idea about the pro-
| posed Anglo-Saxon alliance, ss men,
toned ty Chamberlain, in his speech
some time ago and talked of IN this
| country?" was asked.
Il do not believe IN formal alliance
1 think George Washington's advice is
| as sound today as it was when it was
given to avoid al alliances. At the
| same time 1 believe in an arbitrating
tribunal to settle all disputes Between
the two nations. And / also be5!eve in
the closest kind of intercourse between
them. l think a formal alliance would
| expose US to the possibilities of contro-
versies with other nations