The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-01
He IS An EyPAAS|0MST
United States Must Retain the
Philippine Islands.
Mr.. GARDENERS ADDRESS
To Release Conquered Territory Would
Be Detrimental to Commerce-Social
Science Association Halls With
Joy the Cars Manifesto.

Saratoga. N. Y, Aug. 51.-The Ameri-
can Social Science association, in ses-
sion here. telegraphed to St. Petersburg
to-day the following dispatch:
ITO the Gar. st. Petersburg: The
American Social Science association
unanimously halls the lofty purpose
of your effort for n better understand
ing among nations and for better
economic conditions for their peoples
and confde in its eventual success. ST.
mon e. Baldwin. President"
AT the meeting of the American So
ciai Science association this morning.
Charles A. Gardiner. A. NJ, Phi. D.,
oounse for the elevate railroads %
New York city. was the principal
speaker and too for his topic THE
Proposed Anglo-American Alliance"
Mr.. Gardiner spoke of the tendency
10 national concentration in the pres
ent age. declaring that already three
nations, Russia. Great Britain and
America. comprising two races of peo-
pie. the Slavic and A~nglo-Saxon, prac-
tically dominate the world. He spoke
of the continual aggression that has
for more than eight centuries marked
the policy of Russia and has spread
her sovereignty over areas in Europe
and Asia too vast almost for human
conception. Against this aggression.
he said, Great Britain has admitted
that she can, unaided by some other
great power, make no successful oppo-
sition. Attention at the present no
ment. he said. is directed to the Russo
British contest for supremacy in China.
At this critical moment, he says, the
L. IA
ca through consideration of her inter
ests in the Philippines is seemingly
Great Britain's only hope Of triumph.
said he:
Shall America keep the islands?
This question has become fundamental
TO the consideration Of an alliance.
Without the Philippines the preju-
dices and environment of the past
might control discussion. but with
them an alliance becomes the most
important problem Of our new world
relations.
1T has taken us nearly a century 70
push our domain across the continent
and along 1000 miles 81 the Pacific
coast by conquest. annexation and pur-
chase: within a hundred years we have
expanded our territory westward over
$3.50, 900 square miles. We are now en-
gagged in pushing our coast line 1000
miles further out. TO Hawaii. We own
the Aleutian Islands, almost at the
gates of Japan. In Samoa, we have
naval and coaling rights. An island
in the Ladrones will soon be ours
Why turn back from the Philippines?
IT IL objected that the islands are eX-
ira Heterogeneous AND non-contiguous,
but Porto Rico Is 1000 miles from
Florida; Hawaii is 1000 miles from san
Francisco, and the nearest point of
Alaska is 500 miles and its farthest
point 1900 miles from Seattle. and the
Aleutian islands extend not only 2,400
miles, from our borders, but into the
geographical system Of another CONT
nent.
"It IS objected that military govern
ment may have TO be maintained for
years. contrary TO the spirit Of our in
situations. but military government eN-
listed in the Southern states from 1865
10 1870. and in Alaska from 1868 TO 1854.
II is objected that colonial or territorial
government may exist indefinitely,
while statehood Is contemplated I'm tho
annexation, but Alaska has been n ter
ritory for 81 years and Arizona and
New Mexico for 80 years. II was 80
years before Wisconsin and SO years
before Montana became states. II II
objected that the Inhabitants are alien
races. h~abituated 10 other institutions
and forms OF government, But Florida.
when acquired, was peopled by Indians
and S%paniards: Louisiana by Span
fards, French and negroes; alien races
and institutions existed in New Mexico
n Arizona, and Alaska had Indians
in the Yukon and Russians in Sitka.
1T Is objected that we will ahrogate
The Monroe doctrine, but that doctrine.
freed from its academic cobwebs. is the
n0n-intervention OF European powers
;n matters relating 20 the American
continent. Its oryCrse is non-inter-
vention Of America in matters relating
10 the European continent. That has