The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-12

But there are very few who think we
are bound to sit by forever and let
Spain misgOVern her colony. What we
did, however, was the budest form of
interference with the international uC-
fairs of Il European puwcr--it was do
ing the very thing. and all the thing,
that the unarmed, isolated mindin@-
our-OWn- business policy directed we
should not do, and the nation has fully
accepted our extraordinary interfer-
ence i'm a European nations business
as an unavoidable act Of imperative
and exalted duty. 1t is on all accounts,
therefore inevitable that we can never
again treat ourselves as an isolated
people. \ people with a Monroe doc
trine never intended to be isolated,
anyway; but the war with Spain would
have crossed the RubcOn If there had
been "A Rubicon left TO cross. Hence
forth it is inevitable that we shall be
a real part of the great world, regular
ly taken into account by our fellow ma
tiOns. and regularly taking our fellow
nations into account.
WAR EXPANDS OUR POLICY
The Monroe doctrine shows this is
not ncw-especially the Monroe doe
trine illustrated by France in Mexico
and by NeneZuela.-but it is equally
evident that the Spanish war is an
expansion of our national policy. We
may ultimately give over to their own
populations all our conquered terri
| tories. hut we cannot take back the
I way. This does not mean. as some
wise and good Americans fear, the de-
tcriOratiOn of the national character.
If l spoke my whole mind ! should
say il means now cxaltation Of the
national character 1t does not moan
that we are more i'm favor Of war and
less devoted to peace than We were.
1t docs not mean that we shall not be
always the greatest advocate Of peace.
! 1t does not mean that we do not be-
lievc as firmly as ever in arbitratior.
! 1t does not mean that we shall be-
come imperialistlc-or have an insat-
liable hunger for more territory. 1t does
| not mean that We shall be an ag-
| gresSive. bullying, Quarresome nation.
1t does not mean that we shall be-
| come reckless instead of conservative.
1t does not mean that we shall lose
| our gift of governing or sink into
| public corruption; for extending the
| Nilpb1 1T VI lIlt Itllbll " Ndhf III lllt
world will not make us less aware of
| our shortcomings or less competent
| to correct them. Certainly mono of
! these dreaded things arc inevitable.
! But It is inevitable that henceforth
| foreign territory will not be alien and
| impC ssible to our national policy. That
| far the inevitable has progressed. And
it is also inevitable that our national
| horizon is permanently enlarged. our
| outlook upoE the world is q new out
! look, and t. can never be contracted
to the limitations Of a few short
| months ago.
There are three forces driving ms to
! expanded relations with the world
! and we have arrived at that particu-
| lar period when these forces are be-
| coming especially active and domin-
ant, The century about to open win
| see their greatest energy
NECESSITIES OF OUR TRADE.
/ The first of them is our trade. II is
! inevitable that more and more from
! tnis day forth our nation win set out
| To become the greatest foreign trad
| ing people ever known I'm the world.
! Even If we did not see plainly be-