New-York tribune., 1898-10-30
DESIGNS on SOUTH AMERICA.
STRIKING ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT JONES
OF HOBART COLLEGE.


Buffalo Oct. 2.-President Jones. of Hobart Col
lege, spoke tonight before the University CIub OH
THE Indirect Application Of Washingtons rare
well Address, After considering the relation OF
the farewell address and the limited direct bear
ing of the address the present SITUATION anu
the Monroe Doctrine President Jones continued
Under Washington's guidance In l'.6, ana uiinsI
his inspiration I'm 1872. shook ourselves Tree from
foreign influence. Later we protected our Spanisn-
The long result of loyalty to Washirgton,s pIincl-
pies has been that at last the balance OF tne Eulo %
pean Powers, whose individual and colectye w Wis .
he so much dreaded. seems TO most OF us
shadowy and unreal thing. But shadowy Or Or t- um-
real or futile the balance of power is not III n,s
rope ii has ceased to operate III pidys M oil
dual against triple alliance it burdens me haipa rea
Assassin the Sultan. lest in the division Oh luhey
Power should get the hons snare Hr,s f,,,
every war II intorvencs to prevent tne ,i MI.
upsetting the equivalence OF power artineian!
aied the partition Of Africa has been lS preotrud
are ready to fly at each others throats TO-DAY
about Fashod" and the control OF the Gp2er f n I'M
The partition OF the Orient Is now III Iu s"iniS' n
one part of china after the other IS seized ny Eu-
rope without as much as by your % Iesve 10 ms
kes. the exploitation of Chinese resources ana the te
manenanco Of equva,ent power In me Orient ea,
all Europe TO arms. The partition OF AFRICA was was
the work of the last ten years The partition OF Asia
Will occupy the present decade, and the partition OF
arrests the spread Of the system of equivalence
European nations look with longing eyes on south
territory The European press reiterates that over
crowded Europe cannot rightly be kept out OF H. IT,
that Europeans have right to go INTO IL. ana 70
carry with them their own laws institutions ana
political allegiances Germany announces the uiti,
mate annexation of Brazil as part of her settled
plan. This ld-incuding German plan Is I'M
order to be at hand to grab as large % part as pos pos
sble of Turkey when at last It fails to pieces UnG NJ
for selling Greece to the Su.tan); the absorption Of
Holland in order to Prussianize the Dutch East
Indies Java. Sumatra and Borneo) which COM
mand the China Sea. the Indian Ocean and Aus
tralasa. and also TO appropriate the Dutch west
Indies which would influence the worlds commerce
one day to pour through the lrbbean Sea and
the isthman canal and lastly the annexation OF
rivals will claim their share. and south America
becomes another area Of balanced hostilitles.
These designs mere fancios they have
been freely announced and Germany's recent in
tcrferencc In Mania seems not so stupid when II Is
Power in the Philippines would be fatal to her
Oriental maritime snpremna;G,y Of which she hopes
Nov. why should not the Powers Of Europe
occupy and appropriate south Amerca ana osVeIUp W
must give some better answer than that the Mon
oe Doctrine prohibits it, We must ansTe n2 psy M ha e
with the exception of England. 40 grea: European
DEVELOPMENT OF new and backward countries. Sue
cessful colonial administration il as little under
seems to be- French and German colonies alike
fail to be disappointing they are not the atqns
alive All alike are burdened by civil and military
officials. numerous out OF proportion 70 tns cor, col
and Germany imagine it is true. that trade fol,
lows the flag" They set up the machinery OF
paternalism IN new countries. hoping that new
settlors Will he attracted, which they seldom are
The pioneer does not like minute official control
The English trader and colonist pushes ahead
and alone into the wilderness and when ne mas
created interests worth protecting ne nag comSs ne,
w. and all goes 10 the tune OF God save me
queen" forever after. The Continental European
canno, do things OFF his own bat" as Englishrnen
and Yankees equally can. Paternaiism does nor
train men to meet new and strange cohditloIs.
The commercial methods OF the European Powers
England excepted are not intelligent they are
monopolistc. and they consider colonies as free
holds TO he exploited to furnish revenue raw ma
tcrials and exclusive markets to the owner coun-
try. Continental Europe Is not competent 10
develop south America in any large and liberal
and Intelligent way Africa and Asia should
suffice them. ,
There i. another valid reason why South America
should remain as II Is. II Is not proved that us
peoples are hopelessy incapable OF selr-devclop-
ncrt Venezuela backward az II -. Is still in ad-
vance Of British Guiana. The European assertion
OF tho right to take control of South America rests
upon the a sumption that its States are moriourd
nd inca ma tIp of prOgreSs.