New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-23

EELIEF THAT TEE WORLDS FUTURE DE,
PENDS GREATLY UPON CIARAC-
TER OF AMERICANS

1ordon lilly 1.-THE weekes devote .hem.
selves to a discussion OF what TIE Speaker
terms compulsory imperialism ard comp.
meut the behavior OF the Americans at San,.
ago. The Spectator says
.The moralist would think the Americans had
contracted weishty and even terrible oblga.
lions to the colonists Of Spain which they were
hound TO discharge without thinking too much
of the cons eluerces TO themselves. Most Of our
Iuropean contemporaries crying 10 Wash.
lngtoa TO be generous Generosity would mean
that Spain should recover authority over the
eight million dark persons whom she has mis-.
governed for three centuries at the momsn,
wcen every virtue and every vice Of the Span.
lard would incline him 10 severity in punish
ment ard to betray the tribe of the Tagss
into the hands Of the Spaniards would be moth.
ing less than baseness.
1T IS doubtful whether Washington can gov
ern CUBA through protectorate The Ameri-
cans have enfranchlsed a people. ard must see
that enfranchisement is not curse. IL sener-
os,tv Il TO be exercised it should be in Porto
Rico where the conquest is only claim
Discussing the influence Of dependencies upon
the United States and its policy The specte
tor" says
The worlds future grea.ly depends upon 'hs
rolitlcal character Of the Americans Wien IN
1870 they are two hundred millions they can
crush any people except the Says To 1T them
for that destiny the Americans snoun nave
difficulties dependencies and complicated FeIs'
lions with the remainder II mankind AZ pres
ent everything is too easy 10 them. lnsy Nv
TOO much 70 themselves. They must iearndo
govern as well as TO be governed. and must aca
70 their splendid patriotism the English gift OF
cold and lofty tolerance. They must Keep sle
ordinate governments as tTee from corruption
as their Supreme Court
The Speaker says: The Presidents pIoeta'
nation opens a prospect 80 rluch peter 'H|
could be offered BY Cuban republic as
make il clear that annexation IL manifest u's
tinv. Tie ACQUISITION Of Cuba implies ina"
Porto RICO as a provision against Menace "
the American coast and the Nicaragua esnaA
Directly the Spanish ports are atiaekea 'n'
Monroe Doctrine will 10 abandoned. lh0usa
bombardment would he a grieyous mistake !"
probably the most natural method 81 ornSH'
Spain to her knees
rho Saturday Review" predicts war O'
determination between Americans ana DuO',.
SIX months after tAe conquest o. the is'ana'
II adds
cuba VIII corrupt its American governor"
and mo reign Of the American boss is ho' "A''
20 he exemplary The cost Of the VIZ" ~
ceedirg will be more than S2je%1'c' anu Wv
game Is not worth the candle. ill
The Stalist" says: The ne" p'"0s ""'
necessitate a great change in the American s''
ornamental system. the President ana rouse "
REPRESENTATIVES acquiring powers ana t'e ''I
=, losing them The United states VIII sp'".
with , more potent voice In all intefha''1"-
affairs than any Continental country
None Of the latter could InhicI serious l'''
unon the United states In the event d vs.
while the American Navy before long "ou'' ~
able to sweep from the seas any continents
navy. The time is not far distant WIZ" ~
United states will speak with unequHOca' 81
determined voice In the Far East. W ME I0sA
M first "a NEEDLE in purely European a"'"'
such events as the Armenian r'assacIes ""
certainly lead the churches Of the United s''''
to raise the cry that such atrocities H'as'
ended" IN. Lean O.
The Saturday Review" says: "The less'H ,s !.
ell our conflicts with America was ula ,
American soldiers and sailors shot maiAs az
better than our own ana won astonisnihs "a
tories II looks as ii the old lesson NOUS e'''
to-day"