The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
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By HENRY JAMES.

 1 widow is bogus, her tears artificial, and
 she would run at sight of a policeman. | A recent instance seems to be of diff
 ferent variety. The extra widow is
 genuine enough, but for forty seven
 years she has not seen the capitalist 1 of her choice. All this time he had | been living here and she had stayed at her home in the old country, content to receive monthly remittance. Mean
 while the capitalist had acquired new wife, and for decades ad seemed to be
 a model husband to her. When he
 was called to his last account her grief was genuine and her expectation of ln- heritance perfectly natural Comes for ward the first wife and opines in legal phraseology of great impressiveness
 that the dough he left is for the mak- ing of her cakes. I am glad the ad- judication of questions of such deli cacy does not rest with me. If it did the old wife would not get enough to make rnouthful of pastry A woman
 who, for nearly half a century, would live apart from her husband does not seem to me to be the true and loving helpmeet for which he had contracted.
 There ought to be a time limit to the marriage relation when neither of the parties to the contract lives up to the terms of the agreement.
 The war will lead naturally to the en- | larging of the navy Already it has
 shown that in one type of boat the
 navy is wholly lacking. It has no transports. Our brave boys are out somewhere on the Pacific and some of them are packed in the City of Peking,
 no more regard having been paid to
 their comfort than the packer of sar-
 dimes pays to the fish he jams into
 tin box. Of course the Government had no reason to anticipate the neces- sity for transports, and is not to blame for having been caught mapping. Now there are in the navy several converted cruisers, and by having the process of conversion carried a little further they
 would make ideal transports. Here
 after there will in all probability be frequent occasion for taking troops to sea. and it becomes this great nation to provide that they go in style.
 David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, is a great man. never heard of his being approached on any topic concerning which he did not have information. It once befell that I had to interview him as to sea serpents, and found that what he did not know of the subject was simply not worth knowing. He is posted on seals and political economy. He is the worlds great authority on fishes. When a scientist reaches the stage at which TNxv h i- fiI1I name he is not to be disputed with inn punity. David Starr Jordan has reached this stage Fancy the temerity of mentioning him and leaving out the Starr or contracting it to an initial!
 The things impossible. Therefore 1t is with misgiving I undertake to op- pose recently expressed views of the savant of PaIo Alto. The president of Stanford does not think this country should keep the Philippines. I think it should, and am sorry to think so, be- cause not to agro with him is in itself a presumption and pain. There are not many courses open. We must either keep the islands, give them back to Spain, make them independent or di- vide them among the powers of Flu rope To give them back to Spain would be a crime so gross that the mere question of policy is not to be considered. That the people there are capable of self-govtrnment is a pre- posterous notion, and not to be enter tained There is no reason for giving the islands to the powers, for such a disposition Of them would win the fa- vor of one power, possibly, but the dis favor of all the rest. If a matter of morality is involved, certainly it is no worse to take by force and keep the | spoil than to scatter it to the equal loss | of the original owner. By keeping the | islands the United States could assure | to them a good government, a bless | ing they have never experienced. Aside | from the value of the Philippines as a | strategic possession, they would be of | utility as affording a field for the youth | of America The English lad goes to | Asia or Africa. He finds new outlet | for his vigor. The American lad stays | at home, cultivates the old farm, or learns a trade at which he accom- plishes nothing beyond the grinding of | his own nose. I am in favor of en- | larging his horizon. While it is true | that this country is far from developed, | it is also true that monopoly has such | a grasp upon its resources that a man with no capital but his hands and his ambition often finds nothing open to him but life of unrequited toll and an ultimate grave I believe in giving the | young man chance. The savages of the Philippines are worth no more con- sideration than the beasts of the jun gle The Spaniards there do not even | merit so much. The time has come for | this great people to reach beyond it's | own bounds and accept that which fate | has thrust upon it. I hope to see the | United States with so many colonies | that the sun shall never set on it's flag. | This condition would hurt none and it | would benefit many. Among these col onies the Philippines will be first and | Cuba will follow. The sooner these facts shall be recognized the better, for they are to be the inevitable develop | ments of the near future.
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