The times., 1898-12-05
IN FAV0RE0F THE TREATY.
Senator. Gallinger Expects 1t
TO BE Ratified.
HIS STAND ON EXPANSION
The Philippines Offer Great Conn
mercial Advnntages-Frcc Trade IA
Necessity-AII Fruits of the War
Should he Held - The Nicaragua
Canal and the New Army.

Senator J. Fl GaIlinger, of New Hamp-
shire, Chairman of the Committee on
Pensions, holds optimistic views. SO far
at least. as territorial acquisitions are
concerned and is firmly of the opinion
that the treaty with Spain will be rati-
fled by the Senate. In an interview which
he gave to a Times reporter yesterday
he described himself as IAN expansion.st
of the rankest kind, who believed in
holding all we may have secured as a
result of the war
And | do not think there is any doubt
that we WILL he added. Il think the
treaty prepared by the Paris Commis-
sioners, although / am not familiar with
the exact terms of 1t. will be promptly
ratified by the Senate. So far as | know.
the majority of the senators are in favor
of 1t. There may be a few Western
and Southern senators who will vote
against it, because of conflicting CONNER
cial interests and Influences and perhaps
from conviction, but the opposition will
not be strong enough to seriously inter-
fere with the ratification of the treaty.
Oh touTSt, Is MY opiiiOh ic".
Perhaps. when the time comes, an awak
ening may await us which will result in
our grievous disappointment"
In asserting his belief that this coun-
try would hold the Philippines, Senator
Gallinger said that annexation was hardly
the proper term, although il might be
difficult, perhaps. to substitute another
So &, 40 fpLy hu no
ent there is any idea of holding the ISL
| ands with the object of dividing them up
into States. They should be held as colo
MES: made dependencies just England
! holds her colonies.
"The advantages commercially which
will be afforded this country BY the reten-
| ion of the Philippines, he continued,
! ARE manifest. China is now being open
| ed up to the commerce of the world.
England, FRANCE and Germany are on
| hand. waiting to fall into their shares.
| and our proximity to the empire is very
| important, as it will enable US to get
some of the trade with that one-fourth
/ of the people Of the habltable globe.
I Altogether | see nothing to prevent US
! from holding the Philippines and paying
Spain a reasonable sum for them. The
/ $50. go involved is a mere bagatelle for
/ this country to pay, and since the Peace
! Commissioners have agreed to pay it,
/ there is no reason why we should not. /
| will not say that there was any necessity
/ for paying anything to Spain, but the
4 Peace Commissioners thought differently.
LAS to free trade with our new posses
| sions, think We ought to haye it, for
| awhile at least / do not think that the
| so-called open door policy means free
trade in its broadest sense. But certainly
we cannot; hold the islands and exclude
their products Sesfar as the Philippines
! are concerned, think the change in
! commercial relations under free trade will
be in our favor. We will continue to i'm
port from there the same amount of pro-
/ ducts, while our exports to the islands
will in view of our different relations
be, as matter of course, larger.
Some of our Industries will doubtless
be affected; the beet sugar industry will
perhaps, be permanently harmed. But
that is merely an incident not of sutfi-
-ciently grave Importance to intefere with
the expansion policy, and the other bene-
fits the country will derive will more thar
compensate for this loss.
$50 far as a government for the islands
is concerned. this country can readily
provide one. We have five forms of gov
ernment on this continent now, and Eng.
land has more. When it became neces
sary for the United States to provide q
form of government for Alaska we die
it, and when it was necessary to provide
form of government for the District OF
Columbia. We did 1t. Certainly the con
stitutional questions involved need no
interfere any more than they did wher
the Government deprived the people o.
this District of the right of suffrage
do you anticipate any trouble Will
the Filipinos?" Senator Gallinger wa!
asked
No serious trouble" he replied Il hav
, no doubt that they will submit to the au
thority of the United States. once we hay
secured 1t. We may have little troubl
with them at first. perhaps a fight. but al
that will soon be peaceably arranged"
Senator Gallinger expressed himself Il
, favor of an increase in the army. although
he does not think the extensive increas
contemplated is necessary. He is of tn
, opinion that from 5000 to 75, 900 men vii
1 be sufficient.
THE necessity for an increase in th
army was apparent, even before the wa
with Spain,' he said. Before the wa
; the army was very small and | think
was the opinion of a great many men L
the national legislature that il ought to b
increased OF course. the necessity 70
such an increase now is greater than eve
before. and l think that both branches q
the service, the navy as well as the army
D should be enlarged
D DO you think the Nicaragua Canal bi
l will pass this session.
Il am very much in favor of the bill,
t replied the senator. but l am afraid tha
i 1t will not pass. Such a canal must b
p built, and certainly no country is bette
D equipped to build it than the Unite
/ States. The need for 1t was demonstrate
t fconcIusively during the war. and its CON
o mercial Importance to US will be create
j now than ever.
f $50 far as the Panama project Is cor
cerned, / do not think that it will ever b
seriously revived. The sentiment in thi
country is against it, and the majority c