Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-07

l thing. We buy Ennsl 1HsiI m iue lUIE | ipnlncs. hut sell little there II k pro | posed to make II a market for our | goods. In the future.
 The United States may not lnaptly be likcned to the young lady who has come out' Into society During the period of her teens she has been kept ln | the secluslon of the home and lcaluusly | guarded hg parental care and oversight ! from too close contact with the world | Arriving at the ase of discretion and able to look about and judge for her self. she scomes out In society and goes forward, conqueriug and to con | Quer. The United states has had Il similar experience. Ii has spent it's young days within the home and re- trained from going out into the world. It has been educating Itself and learn ing the ways of the world It has been preparing Itself "a throw off its hermit garh and abandon its habits of isolation and 10 step out into the open as an inc peral nation come of age and ron- sclous of Its strength and resources. IL has come out Into the society of the nations. Admiral Dewey presenting it 10 them on that famous Mayday morn ing far away in the Philippines. not with roses and lilies but with siot md shell. not with waltZCs aal two steps but with the dapason Of cannon firing shots heard round the Woli and an- noGneius to that world tha idyent of Il new member in the society of the na- tions whose voice and influence arc 10 he felt in the councils of those nations. The War with Spain was undertaken In the cause of justice, humanity. free dom an1 national righteousness. No one dreamed 1t would 20 beyond that. but Dewer's glorious victory unveiled I new future for this country. It has ended its hermit life. Ii has dlssipatHd traditions broken down .precraeutS. in- augurated new ideas and new policies, and expanded republican IurIs ilellun. It has brought new issues to ,he front. IL has placed the country in a position where foreign nations must consider 1t as factor in all imperial projects. I'o- litieally, industrially and commercially 1t has become suddenly aggressive. Hitherto in an isolated position. 1t has been a matter of lndiffcrencr what Eu- ropean powers might do. Now it Is a matter of importance that We should know who are our friends among them, and we are rapidly Ninding ouf We have discovered that Ia belle France. to whose enrichment we have been the largest contributor. Is the friend of Spain: that Austria would gladly help Spain openly if 1t dared: that Germany, notwithstanding the presence in this country of thousands upon thousands of good and patriotic German citizens. has not been well disposed to us; that Russia has been collly neutral; and that the one power of all others from whom we had smallest reason to eX- pect friendliness. Great Britain. has proved itself our stanch friend and stands ready to help us physically or financially in case any other European nation shall interfere in favor of Spain. And this country will not forget this
 
 Is one of the compensations of the war that we have discovered our real friends, and that ill coming Into the society of the nations we know whom we can trust There have been already many compensations in this war short as 1t has been. IL has removed the last vestige of internal prejudice and sec. tionalism and has solidified and unified our own country. It has reyolutionized our hermit policy and sent us out into the company of the world. It has dis covered our real friends. If there had been no other outcome these results would have been richly worth all that the war will cost.