Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-08-31
Does Not Believe In Turning Loose Any of the Islands Seized From
 the Spanish Government.
THE FUTURE OF
 THE UNITED STATES.
He Says the Navy Must Be Increased and Be Made as Good as Any In inc World The Pacific Must
 Be P0liced.

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 to a World reporter before leaving the city for his home to prepare for his journey to Paris as one of the five commissioners to arrange the final terms of peace be. tween the victorious United States and defeated Spain.
 Events have made IS one of the great powers of the earth, '" he eontin. ued. Whatever we may have desired ourselves heretofore, destiny has forced upon Us responsibilities that we must recognize and accept We have become potent factor in the worlds progress. A great and actual naval and mili. tary power we are already. We are not strong enough yet, but not an hour must be lost in equipping ourselves to cope with any emergency that may confront Us. Our volunteer army is IS good, if not better than any force of the kind ill the world but we cannot rest secure i'll that thought, We must have a large regular army at call in the future. We must have as good a navy as any nation on earth. We have an excellent beginning. s'-.r '-:-~- need fear noIoiy. But we must build ships with true American energy. Moth ing must defer us. We know that we have men to put behind the guns. Love of gunnery is an American charac- teristic. When we were boys all of us knew how to handle firearms A gun is the earliest thought of the American youth. Men are only grownup boys. That explains our success at Manila and Santiago'' .
 eHow are we likely to be monaced in the future?" was asked.
 Actually, we are not a whit more ex- posed to attack as a colonial power than we have been every hour since the ac- tive advent of steam power. The glori- ous victories of our navy have brought us new responsibilities, but the Philip. pines or the Sandwich islands are not more isolated than are parts of our Pa cific coast Hereafter our power must be felt ill the Pacific ocean. The mere addition of a few hundred square miles of territory by capture or treaty does not increase our danger.
 "China is the coveted part of the earth's surface today; but who could have predicted six months ago that Russia, Germany or Japan would not coyot q foothold or the North American continent? Now we see the trend of events in the east Providence has stepped in to point out the future course for l.s.
 We must police the Pacific ocean Its coast has been our vulnerable point.
 "You understand, am on record as fayoring the retention of territory that has been acquired by the splendid vic tories of our arms. l am an American CiA4ASIi3 SLCdhl LIE tSS Eubtlf anu III AE- marks have notnirg 10 do with official duties that 1 shall undertake on Oct. 1, as commissioner to the congress at paris,
 What that body will or vii not do, I would nor predict if l conld. am talking of the situation as 1t exists to- day, and as every Amer.can citizen can see 1t. The inter- rtss Of the United States must be jei Ions guarded from this hour onward. 3Ye have been re- miss and indiferent iu the past Think of the Virginius massacre That was the hour in which we should have taught Spain her le son. Long years of suffering and b!oodshed would have been averted. It is idle to say that the Virginius was not an American ship. Many of the men aboard her were American citizens, and the ship was caught on the high seas. The men were