The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-23
BREADS THE CONFLICT
President Gilman on the Results
of the War.
A GREAT PACIFIC POWER
Face TO Face With New Problems. New
Responsibilities and New Oppor-
tunities-America Equal
TO the Task.

Princeton, N. J., Oct. 22.-Princeton
university celebrated Its 152d ami
versary to-day with appropriate cere-
monies. An imposing academy process
sion. in which appeared ex-President
Grover Cleveland. Taylor Payne, Will
lam Miligan Sloane and other men of
national reputation. passed from the IL
brary to Alexander hall. where exer-
cises were held. The ceremonies were
the events which afforded the occasion
of reference to the proposed graduates
school. President Patton introduced as
the guest Of honor. President Gilman Of
Johns Hopkins university. who ad-
dressed the assembly on the theme.
Books and Politics."
President Gilman said:
II feel nov as I felt In June. that II IL
safer to walk In the footsteps Of the
fathers than to enter upon The urbla:ed
paths of the forest. which lead we <now
not where. Nevertheless. IL is now appar-
ent that the events of 1875. following in
quick succession like the bombs OF IN, tur-
rets of a battleship. have changed the
outlook. IL public opinion. manifested by
the newspapers. expressed by speeches.
pamphlets and resolutions. and presently
to be formulated by congress. demands
that our acquisitions remain our posses
sions. the Americans have reached the
most serious difficulty In government that
has arisen since the constitution OF the
United States was adopted-reconstruc-
ton. perhaps. excepted. though of this !
am not sure.
Whatever we may think Of the annexa-
ton of Hawaii or Of the value of Porto
Rico. or OF the wisdom of the recent war,
or of its necessity. or OF the terms Of the
protocol. or of the perplexities In which
face to face with new problems, new re-
sponsibilities. new opportunities.
"For this state OF affairs we are wholly
u~nprepared. Reduce the problems to their
lowest terms. Nearby Cuba. freed from the
sovereignty of Spain, In ours by conquest,
and yet II Is not ready for self-govern-
ment. Porto Rico and other Spanish is
lands are ours by the terms of the pro-
tocol. and are equally unprepared for re-
publican suffrage. In the Pacific Hawaii
is ours by annexation. an island in the
Ladrones is guaranteed to us by the pro-
tocol: we are In possession OF the harbor.
bay and city OF Manila. and with Ger
many and England, we are joint protac-
tors of Samoa. where Page Page Is al
ready a naval rendezvous; nor should We
forget that II none of these acquisitions
had been made our influence in the Pa
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influence is sure to be felt in Australia
and Eastern Asia. We once made a call
upon Japan. and behold the result.
From this influence there IL no escape.
The question is how best to use the ad-
~vantages OF our position for the good of
mankind. The Chinese policy Is to re-
main shut up within a wall, repel all as
sault and refrain from interference with
the affairs of other people. Shall the
Americans. among the opportunities that
have been placed In their hands. maintain
a similar seclusion and be contetned with
cosling stations; or shall they establish
themselves as a civilizing force In the Pa
cihc? The free and enlarged exchange of
the products OF one cline or state for
those OF another II among the highest
achievements of civilization.
has been the making of England as truly
as IL was the making of Phoenicia. Inter-
national trade is the business of the
United States by which our own welfare
and the walfare OF all people with whom
We have to deal is promoted.
History warns US that i'm our new ca
reer We may anticipate perplexities. en-
barrassments. blunders. n neglect of the
principles of efficient civil service. the ri
valries OF churches. the watchful. and.
perhaps. the fraudulent expenditure OF
vast sums OF money and attempts to en-
graft the system OF spells on the unso-
phisticated and unwary.
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lieve that the American people. through
their errors. perplexities and sins. will
rise to the situation before them and will
succeed In carrying to distant lands the
benefits of liberty. order and law: I be-
lieve that the young mel OF our univer-
stiles. TO whom the great storehouses OF
human experiences are opened. while they
point out In the history of Alexander and
Caesar and Charlemagne and Napoleon
the hangers OF imperial magnitude. will
also show us how In the twentieth century
these dangers may be avoided by spread
ing through the world the principles of
| Anglo-American liberty"