The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-01
THE VICTIM
OF A PLOT
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mont may have TO be- maintained for
years. contrary TO the spirit Of our in
riituiion. bot military government existed
In the southern states from iSss to $50.
and In AianIl from iso to 1884
1T IL objected that colonial or ,erri,or-
al government may exist indefinitely
while statehood II contemplated In the
constitution. but alaska has been a terri
tory for u years. ana Arizona and New
McHlco for st. II was 20 years before
Wisconsin. and ~ years before Montana
became states, IL IL objected that the IN
habltants arc alien races. habiIua,ed 10
other institutions and forms OF govern
mcni. but Florida whom acquired was peo-
Piled By Indians and spaniards. Louisiana
Dy spaniards. French and negroes. alien
races and institutions existed In New
Mexico and Arizona. and Alaska had In.
dlans on the Yukon and Russians Ia Sit.
ka.
1T IL objected that we will abrogate the
Monroe doctrine; bun that doctrine. freed
from It's academic cobwebs. Is the nom
Intervention Of European powers In mat
iors relating TO the American continent
ftH converse Is non-interyention OF Amerl-
ca 10 matters relating TO the European
contincnt. mat has nothing 10 do with
.Nmcrioan Intervention In Asia nor with
legitimate expansion Of our territory N
the Orient II We are abrogating the doe
irino Il must be because the Orient Is
exclusively for orrn,als. and not for En-
glish and Russians. and Germans and
French and Hollanders. who are all ther,
now and fast appropriating the Orient tC
themselves.
FINALLY Il is objected that We will b'
involved In entangllng alliances and de
part from the prccepts Of the farewell ad
dress; but Spain provoked continuous
trouble at our very doors Tor hundre,
years; Mcxico and central and soutr
America have had revolutions without
number Great Britain bounds our terri
tory Tor thousands OF miles; and yet toj
century We have avoided entangling al
lIances, although both propinQuity an,
provocaton exists.
The nations OF Europe are today con
ccntratlng their energies on tho shores o
the Pacific. England pushed through IN
Canadian railway to foster her Pach
trade Russia is buuding a trans-Siber,al
road for the same purpose; Germany AM
France want ports and trading areas, o
all the nations struggling Tor the trade o
the Paoihc ours Is the only one natural
entitled to t. London and Paris ana Bet
lin and ST, Petersburg are on the othe
side OF the globe but we nave Paelh
coast line OF 1000 miles, The Philippine
means our ultimate supremacy In the Pa
cihc, They are the easternmost boundar
OF the markets OF the east, on one side
China, on the other they look across
our own shores, Stretching lOOO mil,
from north TO south ana w from east
west, they form natural barrier betwee
me east and the Pacific Scattered ov,
60OOOO square miles OF the oceans surfaC
the whole vast AREA would serve us a
outpost from which to protect and d
Velop the interests of America.
Facing the Pacific and Indian oceal
Is more than half the population OF tn
globe, Excluding North America, the 70
eign commerce of these peoples alreaC
amounts to 81 ,OOO, 900 u year,
History shows that whatever matte
controls this commerce, controls the tra
Of he world. lhe stake at Issue is st
pendous, Nothing less than an entire al
undivided control of the Phllippin
would give us base adequate to o
. needs Manila bay, or even Luzon, I
u naval and coaling station, would be 4
perilous and costly a possession with I
the other islands partltloned and gar
soned by European powers. Let len
lands experience with India and China
warning, India conquered and so
erned, has been mine of wealth, Chin
exploited through the trading posts, Is
burden and constant peril.
I'VE want the Philippines, not Mani
just as England today needs cent
China, and not simply Hong Kong.
own the Philippines by right Of conque
. no other nauon does. We are in poss'