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selves squarely on the record ss opposing
the purchase OF these islande.
Among these may be MENTIONED Sena'
tors Hale and Chandler, but whether
they will 90 30 far az to cast their votes
against ratification can not be accurately
determined. Some Of the Senators have
declared that thew would not accept the
islands as q gift, with the responsible
ties that must 90 with them, and others
believe that Spain will have by far the
best of the bargain II she gets $40, 900,
600 of our msney for the territory which
she has never been able to control.
Some idea of the vastness of our new
ly acquired territory may be formed
when it is recalled that there are more
than 1900 islands. The Philippines
cover an area about az great az New
York and the six New England States,
and with the other colpnies wewill have
an aggregate territorythat will equal in
addition to the States named above
those of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Roughly speaking we will annex about
10, 900, 900 people, of whom 80 per cent.
belong to the inferior races and several
millions of whom are barbareus.
Besides annexi,nng savage races we have
annexed new climates where tropical
fevers, tropical plaques, such as small
pox and leprosy thrive and prey upon
the people. One of the Hawaiian 1s-
lands-that of Malachi-ls isolated as q
colony for lepers, where those unfortu-
mates are herded and nursed by humane
people. The management OF this hetero-
geneous mass of humanity will prove a
colossal undertaking.
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1t has been announced that the Presi.
dent did not intend to demand all the
Philippines, and in explanation Of the
growth Of his expansion or imperialistic
policy he is said to have been guided by
public sentiment" as he found it dur
ing his recent Western trip. But it is in
timated that ''public sentiment" may
change as it did when the "tidal wave"
landed Mr.. Cleveland in the White
House in 1892. The die for Mr.. McKin-
ley is, however, cast on the issue OF i'm
perialism no matter what political
changes or "waves" may be developed.
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But there is an optimistic outlook to
this dreaming territorial grandeur and
glory and it cannot be denied that it is
alluring and tempting, alike to the
patriot as to the speculator and money
maker. 1t includes love of country, pride
in the future greatness of our nation, the
hope that the flag all love so we'll may
float over and protect the peoples of dis
tant lands and thereby enhance the
greatness and glory of the Greater Re-
public. All these sentiments appeal
strongly to the patriotism of the people.
May the dream be fully realized is the
cchoing sentiment in the hearts of all
loyal citizens.
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President Mckinley recognizes the is
sues involved and to be met at the COM
ing session of Congress, as in all proba-
bility the present Senate may be called
upon to ratify the Treaty Of Peace, and
he is casting about to see how many
'imperalists' in that body can be
counted upon to support the admins
tration policy. That he is not assured as
to the result it is already given out that
the treaty may not be submitted for rati-
fication until the next Senate meets,
probably in extra session. when the
necessary two thirds vote it is hoped by
Mckinley will be assured.
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1t having been intimated that the
Philippines will be to the United States
what India is to England, Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie is moved to spirited rejoinder,
in which he says in part:
England in India stands today upon
a volcano. She has to keep 10000 Brit
ish troops there to hold the people in
subsection. She does not trust one gun
in the hands OF native troops. They can
have muskets, but the artillery is all
held by the British regiments. England
has been in India for nearly 200 years
this is the condition she is still in today.
OF all the perils of England, that Of India
is the greatest.
"There is scarcely statesman of
Britain who does not wish privately,
Would that we were safely out Of
Indiap More than one of them has said
so to me. What does India do for
England? Ask the fesolate homes that l
have known in Britain. The late war
against the Afridis plunged many thou
sands Of homes of England in mourning.
The greatest weakness that England
possesses today is India. Were it not
for India she would not fear Russia.
''India is the curse of Britain and the
Philippines will be the curse OF the
United States. If you teach suppressed
people at all you make them rebels.
Education is fatal to the government of
a superior race. The Shareholders under
stood this-in order to maintain slavery
the slave could not be taught to read.
The Declaration of Independence will
make every ambitious Filipino dissatis-
fed subject"
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OF such Importance is the entrance OF
the United States into European politics
regarded abroad that the press OF Eng
land and Continental nations have tenn
porariIy laid aside discussing the acute
issues among themselves, waiting anx-
iously to see the outcome of the new
deal.
The feeling of insecurity or danger
that threatens Russia, England, France,
and other nations has not, however,
been removed as all continue their hurry
orders for war ships and war materials,