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ing tables. The Queen of the Antilles and
the gem of the Pacific bound to become
our will, because God SO wills it and points
out this will by the logic of events. All
this is natural and easy enough.
But this is not all. Shall we enlarge our
old ideas of nationality, and penetrate the
venerable kingdoms of Asia? What shall
we dc, with the Philippine islands so unex-
very gates of Cathay? To hold them is
contrary to our traditional poiicy--the
policy, inaugurated by Washington, and es-
poused for the last century'by all American
craftsmanship. But then the divine COM
mand is enter every open door, AT this
very moment France, Russia Germany and
England are partitioning China. Why should
the United States hesitate to hold and to
use for all that there is in it, what it has
come by honestly and by the fortunes of
war? Is it worse for US to hold on to con-
quered territory than for other nations to
steal territory? Look one moment at the
facts. San Francisco and the Pacific coast
are two thousand miles nearer China than
either Great Britain, France or Germany.
The Asiatic trade will do in half a century
Tor our two thousand miles of Pacific coast
what European trade has done for our At
lantic coast Why hesitate to build up our
States use the Philippine islands as basis
for our future Asiatic trade? France and
Germany are already threatening US on ac-
count of their alleged grievances growing
excluding us. as far as possible from China.
Our manifest future is to become a great
yeld the sovereignty or the seas to the
nations of the old world? Why should the
United States not own ships as well as
water? The war of 1872 was fought for the
freedom of the ocean, and we won upon the
sea. Up to 1860 we had the greatest carry
ing trade of any nation in the world. Why
our old nationality unto new nationality.
why not make new beginning upon in
ternatiOnality?
THE present war is teaching us who of
the great nations of Europe are our friends
the enmity of France. rightly handled will
be to our advantage. We have for the last
forty years been buying $40 900 per year
OF jimcracks from Paris. We would be a
great deal better off to manufacture them
peat Johnny Crapaud in manufacturing
elegancies. De gustabus non-we have as
good taste in New York city and Boston
as IN Paris. l am amazed at the hostility
OF Germany. l had supposed that the only
German who was really hostile to us was
its feather-headed Emperor who has no
more sense than to talk to the twentieth
century about the divine right of kings
ana VINO encourages army officers to insult
and mann laporing men. 1t seems that our
tariH don't suit German manufacturers
Did we build it for the benefit of Germany
or the United States? For these reasons
and to show France and Germany that we
are not afraid of them and can beat them
at their own game, If necessary. believe it
our duty to establish military Notifications
ana American government and d powerful
naval station at Manila. America need not
be afraid to enter the Eastern hemisphere
III is time for us to begin to extend our
markets after the fashion of our great
commercial rivals. and not to confine our
selves to our own territory and people,
America for Americans is we'll enough but
America for the whole world is far better
Let us hang on to the Philippines. Let us
show the dusky people of the Orient that
the United States Constitution. free nsti-
buttons and American ideas are not exclu-
sively western product but that they will
thrive and prove a blessing to Asia and even
Africa. With malice towards none and
charity for all, with faith in the right as
God gives us to see the right, remember the
Maine and hang on to the Philippines.'