New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-20
ex-senator Miller. and expressed himself as op
posed to the Nicaragua Canal project.
CARL SEIZURE OPPOSES EXPANSION


| Mr.. Schurz said in part:
The future policy Of the United States will be
largely determined by the peace soon TO be con-
c!uded with spain. We have TO remember that the
lut!ons adopted by Congress which declared that the
people Of Cuba should be free and independent that
manded the Withdrawal Of the spanish forces from
Sn6a nat the President should use the Army and
these resolutions into efrect"-that is. to llberate
Cuba accomphed ' The Tn@d STATE Su
discianing disposition or intention to annex Cuna.
would leave the government OF the island TO the
Now ask thc advocates Of annexation among US
ncNes any OF the Spanish colonies 1t does really
turn this solemny advertised OF liberation and
them what they viii have to Say when our detract-
ors repeat against us their charge OF hypocrisy and
ar.h hess q questions cannot be sat.sac,Cry an
But in these DAYS OF ours it is perhaps, we'll to go
OF proving that honesty Is really the best policy.
do annex them? Arc those colonies or any OF then.
such that we could with safety make States Of our
nexation TO show me single instance OF tropical
themselves able to carry on democratic government
In manner lifting 1t for statehood in our Union.
population to the United States either as States or
Is Is subject provinces. be abandoned Let Cuba and
eble and discreet commanders. until they are thor
such aid on the part of the United States as may be
necessary. will have formed effective civil govern
Let then; in accordance with the explicit promise
given in the resolution of Congress the control OF
and let this final settlement include agreements with
them securing TO American citizens on the Islands
crIy and carrying on all Kinds OF business and, II
YOU please. OF e;'ahs3ng and maintaining churches
'FGHc ,Sis OF eiv'iza'i3n there may be- ..
without DISREGARD Of the superior duty which We
oT Nit to oS our own rePPublic 49, ,,.u.
doubt much more complicated But rs TO the main
pom point that concerns the United States snail say
the case Of Cuba and Porto Rico-that is we should
able acities for commerce and civizng innenc"s
Mn .nc ea n,hp political respons6es ana entangle
| tories concerned.
states beyond the pTo6ems mmedae hy fdTted
upon us by the Spanish war think the following
laid down in Washngton's farewell address '''
IS 5Gre non mas or set OF pmary Which to
must be unwisc IN us to impca;c ourselves by art-
or The ordinary combna,!ons and Collisions OF her
Friendships and enmities
than to private affairs. that honesty is always The
hest policy. Harmony and liberal Intercourse
with all nations ar, recommended by policy, hu-
| manly and Interest"
JUDGE GROSSCUP'S REMARKS
He was opposed by Judge p. s. Grosscup. Of
| Chicago. who is an earnest expansionist and
| who spoke at great length
am among those. Mr.; President. who believe that
the people OF the United States can without breach
danger to the expectations Of future. hold per
innhent!y an or portion. OF the territory that
OF the war am ready to go a step further and
ASSET va, me oSEailons Of our duty toward
| pie who have been drawn within the sphere OF our
OPERATIONS and toward the future usefulness o; our
| 40 much OF these the captures OF war are
|
|rh'GGh. as a Nation We arc about TO enter. /
| INDUCED by our opponents that In taking this
stand the American people are moved by emotional
| Wars are the thundcr-storms OF civilization. They
| much OF it's sultriness The one through which we
are just passing seems have enveloped the people
Clearly than ever before tho things that in ,b,s
world world can be called our own and the things that
| ourselves. and our relations 10 the other nations
through which we look is clearer our vision longer
| ana the outlines OF the future have taken or
dsiinctness that leaves us no longer in doubt which
Four months ago the eyes Of the Nation were ha-
tries anC c9nmcrce Of this Continent monopolizcd
cial and commercial phasesin,o n thing part from
my Judgment. a Pfovidcntial hand gloved in me
| smoke OF battle. that led from these
| cupy. There is moral elevation in a wide outlook
As people. We. for tho first time. look clearly over
righteousness or Of honor. but as the ministers Of
opportnn,tin. and respon.bitSs Of this Wider ieii
Tho immediate question, the ono that BY It's soiu-
larger National sphere relates to the pcrrnanei.,
| occupation Of our Spanish conquests The true
Philippines ntrinsically worth the Responsible
ties incurred by their occupation: whether their
new dangers that their requirement would intro.
dye into our political sys,sm FOR sec Sehna
looming up from the Pacific IN mountainouS inter,
tho " Phiiippines are bG, handspcck- something
more than islands, nothing else than continent:
that; by its largcness dwarfs every other prospect
favor the acqnison OF Porto KicG Parry ,b 6e
IT should no longer be Polticsl plague sRot In ne
| cause II Is at the gateway 10 the Caribbean
| that, when the commerce Of Asia IS fully dcvel-
both am naval ana commerciai New become tho
most important water on the face Of the globe; !
the acquisition Of the Philippine or 50 much OF
career Of commercial ACTIVITY apon which trust.
po5,s Stations IN every sense our own.
carrying under the soil the, American ttle.
lion Of The Philippines or least part Of them.
that they may stand aa a tangible continuing dem dem,
onsratiOn Of the physical presence OF the Rerubnc
in Asatc waters. The value Of these conGuests is
not in 3sr 5eFT b IN 1S thor S Ha s an erey
they constitute chain precisely adapted to the
eXpanded sphere in which We are to enter care
Nile for the links individually. but everything for
the chain that Will henceiorth' ho' Us 10 our OPP
portun!ties In the Far East
THE PROSPECT IN THE FAR EAST.
After paying notice at great leGgth to objec-
tions urged by opponents of annexation. Judge
Grosscup continued
come now to what is. in my judgment. the
most interesting and important object OF our
future foreign policy. refer, OF course, 10 the
immediate future OF Asia. 1t is In that quarter thht
We will find a situation open to American enter
nri,e a commerce waiting for American venture.
and eventually. a people and institutions READY
for a graft from the tree OF Angio,SaAon clVl M
ertv OUTSIDE OF those countries that are airehnv
European dependencies. the population OF ASA
nIr four hundred million Souls.