Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-08-26
i NATIONAL CONFERENCE
,l,o,sses s. New Foreign Policy
and Coming Greatness.
ne eLoRIEs OF CONQUEST
l.. Grosscup Delivers an Eloquent
'''' ''''..s-Nicaragua Canal Favored
,o,ation Problem Taken Up.

.siaronce on the foreign policy of the
Eyni An,ed States opened here today, with
" n address by Henry Wade Rogers, Of
csicago, q chairman of the committee on
. uoncement. Rogers said the confer
"ca was called to consider some
u ."montous questions in the history of
~ uls' renublic. he spoke OF the war. and
,Dtn,ned prayerful thanks for the peace
S0r at hand. While peace has arrived,
~ ,aid. there were many serious prob
lsms to be considered.
He referred to the close friendship
..,ween Americans and British, which
r;uld promptly lead to international
o,btration and finally to universal
resce. The speaker spoke favorably of
tba Nicaragua canal, which he argued
should be built and controlled by the
United States government. The canal
: rord shorten the distance by water to
San Francisco by 1900 miles. The
. question Of the Nicaragua canal was
AIKEN up, and Warner Miller took the
nlatiorm, He briefly spoke Of his per-
sstent advocacy of the canal.
Events of the past three months de.
manded the immediate construction,
and be believed all Americans were now
universally in favor of it, as was also
all Of Europe. He spoke of the numer-
Cus surveys made of every proposed
route to pierce the isthmus, and said
the route by the way of the Nicaragua
canal has received great consideration
as both feasible and desirable. Mr..
Miller referred to several canals that
have materially aided in opening up
the country.
The Nicaragua canal would alone
gave US 10, 900 miles, and would be a
great outlet for those states on the Pa
cifc coast. The continent is gridironed
with transcoptinental railroads, but
these do not alone afford the advantages
that could be secured by canal. 1t is
a question OF cheap transportation, and
the Nicaragua canal would solve the
problem. Within 10 years after the
completion of the canal the population
Of the Pacific states will have increased
to 10000, 900. One of the best results
Of the Spanish-Amerioan war is that
it will compel the building of the MIC
aTagua canal.
The annexation problem was taken
up at the afternoon session. Carl
SchuIz, of New York, spoke at length,
giving the views of the anti-expansion-
ists, whose cause he advocated. He
was opposed BY Judge Grosscup, of
Chicago who is an earnest expansionist.
Judge Grosscup said in part:
lam among those who believe that
the people of the United States can,
without breach Of faith to the promises
Oh our past or serious danger to the ex-
pectations OF our future, hold perma-
lenly all or portion OF the territory
tnat has been occupied by our troops
during the progress of the war. lam
ready to 60 a step further and ASSERT
'Aat the obligations OF our duty toward
mankind, and especially toward the
particular peoples who have been
afaWn within the sphere of our opera
''Ons, and toward the future useful
aess OF ourselves, demand that we
SHOULD permanently retain SO much of
'Iese' the captures of war, as are need
eu 70 round out the moral purposes for
winch it was inaugurated, and the
greater destiny on which, as a nation,
We are about to enter.
as a people, we, for the first time,
lux OOK clearly over the empire Of the
arm Without the sacrifice of right
BUSINESS " or honor, but as the ministers
VI Doth, the invitation comes to take
wi snare in the opportunities and re-
'Onslbilities OF this wider field. The
Immediate y. question, the one that, by
y. ~ solution, will either bring in or bar
|uu' Oh this larger national sphere, re-
oa @eS 70 the permanent occupation of
wi spanish conquests. The true
question y is not whether Porto Rico,
naWali i.sM and the Philippines are intrins-
.CAny worth the responsibilities in.
J. sa,led u by their occupation, but wheth-
:. ne'r commerce and resources will
a Sun'ei balance the new dangers that
nu uo'l requirement would introduce into
Sn ~ political system. For see behind
-. s.sp IN the horizon toward which we
%s ris. heading, looming up from the Pa
,nu t,uv, mountainous interests and oppor-
W. against which the outlines OF
uo su philippines are but mere speck-
a.. ssIue,hing more than islands, nothing
'''e .,ri tnan a continent.
within Asia lies the interest and the
ssSpoItunity sT that, by it's largeness.
s"'fls Az every other prospect. l favor
A acquisition OF Porto Rico, partly
'use the moral purpose OF this war
IA. lands that it should not longer be a
pUu.lcal pU.,a plague spot in the otherwise
5so.d ned Caribbean sea, but chiefly
rSsuse 1t 10 at the gateway TO the