New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-01
ppOBLEMs OF THE DAY,
-srn Y THE AMERICAN SOCIAL
srr-SCE ASSOCIATION.

0h''' ASSISTANT SECRETARY VAN
nFRIlr on WAR FINANCE
r. y. Y. Aug 51.-Th.s was the third day
,,.al meeting OF the American Social
o. the oc,,ton. At the morning session. In the
e'-.rent Of finance ana socia' econo'ny d" du-
depar'ns se,lvered by Chairman sanhorn upon
Cooper mas made by The secretary Of the de-
a repo' Tosanh Lee Of Brooklne. Mass. who
prtnnen' by Thomas NJ Osborne. Of Auburn.
Y. IN briei ADDRESS
Gardiner. OF Nev-York read paper
Char ~. proposed Anglo-American Alliance In
upon Inc
It he said -, thu orc,srt world were swept
I' One he by S9T ny Of
rOe dsse those Immense Vessels, bS ~, tb
Uneven IsTS ,5at blow from the mouths OF dark;
,snAe eWLsSIryl and modern States haze lived
rssr yet fGr Two with fsta,y
claimed and state entities are fewer today than
ever before s,ram ard electricity have eliminated
space End .' IN 1870 Private rights are aggrsgaied
ITO The spirit Of the age grow o ~
sIonger 1whn rG weak States grow weaker and die
ienticar, sorhed by the strong world Powers .ho
In co In,n hn'Tin66ie and increasingly doInnnn!
yny ylTl,y5 lis domains are practical concidenl
with ne Safes Is supreme. and in the rest 81 the
NE GcTeat Britain TWO nations whose !eItlso,ioS
world u'. ,be Anglo-Saxon race, These tAree M
embrace ~ Two faces in the ultimNte analysis OF
tons, rocar rule the worc Inouseu'o y. M, Ia
human ,por seats o. government on ne other sse
from thsn obs they have met face . face for the
o., line n history For Two I'd ia h"r
ga sirne .s over Po-t Arthur. Ensland has been IN
n s orieot to- century ana America 10" MINUS
he Philippines ,
ISOLATION OR EXPANSION.
s,uit be America for the Americans sesreea-
50 sror, the rest Of the word. policy OF sola-
WV on5 internal development without external
Tvs" e,oo, Or shall we keep the Philippines ana
I.- I've us,s with England and Russia for the
"a. md empire OF the world l; the latter
..r,.s shau we encourage alliances or shnn tnem;
..,,rsct offensive and defensive treaties or HNoiu
,.sn9 The answers 10 these Quesuohs are ''e'
~ az. not found IN recent events. but IN social
economic and political FORCES ''9' ''~ ~
iy A. work for centuries.
prss,sn aggression 4. consistent and inexoraole
. ,ol,cv once formed is never changed. Eish, nun
s-ss wears ago Russia attacked Con'tanuhoP'e eA1
,,uso. in the Cr!nlean War she WOULD nave ai'"l
$3.50 Turkey had not France and England inter-
rarad. now with part OF Armenia IN her posses
- 80 C,4rnoary and France az her s.de, she
homes soon 10 defy England ana aosOIS tm 49, s6a
me ~ sccliiri2g portions % Persia ard her
nro,ectoratc to-day IS so auiocraue over w "a
anee ma Inc ard cas-; Of PekinF she claims as
her sphere OF influence anc sne Is TOW cenfrs7
W WIEN i is realized that siberia noroers
iSs empire for four thousand miss ma Stnar
angn9arv that China is helpless ana ma , sms
ane. ssses are strong thai Northern. Eastern
and a large par: q Central nina may suoi' pass
uc"eh Is Russia today and as she hopes 20 De ~
.hs 80 ftfl-e-a continuous. compact uNcollqtae,
able domain wiia ao1. fb1ogh wShoss veins viii
e. ne invjnctie v.rilitv OF Cossack ana ara.
sDS slavic biocd an empire OF warriors Asaue ~
Conquest a nation that mas Pursuance pe
dsncs and maj race ne one OF ,4e %n05 goe
most inirnical 20 every element or ~ T,ers
aI.;l;zation. differing from us In lang lage iltels
,,- -rei,ron and government. and vigorously an
arors: 70 al our S conrT Tsa Power is opposed to
an Anglo-American alliance ana 70 pto a, shlest
Interests has hastenee TO WASHINGTON net o00
ard most subtle diplomat
NEW POWER ~ THE EAST
When the Chinsse-Japan.se War revealed China
~, onlv as a dying nation, but even then as al
most dead England sought 20 induce Russia 70
abandon military occupation OF the empire, anu
failed War was the alternative. but England Dep
rscatsd war because, as Mr.. Chamberlain saiu'
History shows US that unles' we are alieo 70
soma great military Power. as We were IN 'he
C-,rnasn War we cannot seriously oppose Russia
And he admitted: 1T is impossible 10 overrate me
~ ..hat..re II the policy OF isolation
"a N no maintained IN the future then me Idte VI
the Chinese Empire may be. probably VIII pe' mere
after decided without reference 10 ou'
N defiance Of our Interests" ,,., cha
III , us -Sis peril seems be eliminating me
rortsntous Agufe OF the American KePupmc;
alert victorious rises slowly up II nv
SAL America keep the islands? This ques,I.n hs 10,
become Fundamental 10 the considera,on p
asd environment o. the past might control oi az.
cussion: but with them an alnancs worid reIa-
most important problem OF our new "or'o 'e'a
TINS o,,-
+ ha. taken US nearly cen,u7L - Pn e mics He
AZ no pscieo Coast BY conquest. annexation ana
purchase within hundred years We s5o a. square
miles We are now engaged in Pn sms oV Ne own
,ss 1en,ian Islands almost Al tn, gates OF Japan,
n samoa we nave naval and coaling rights An
Island in the Iadrones VII soon De 0N' wy
,uri back from the Philippines
DISTANT POSSESSIONS.
Mis objected tina. the Islands are extra-territola
ard non-oontiguous: but Porto RICO Is l."" n'''e'
fon Florida. Hawaii is 1000 nileG from San fran
cisco. the nearest point Of Alaska Is so and It's
trr,hest poin. 800 miles from Seattle. ana the
Aleu.aa Islands extend not only 200 miles rom
our borders but into the geographical system Oh
another continent.
is objected that military government may haTe
TO be maintained for years. contrary to the spirit
OF our institutions: but military government ex-
L,ed In the Southern States from 1906 TO 1910 ana IN
Alaska from l07 10 1851 l. Is objected that Colo
NAL or territorial government may exist
ly. while Statehood Is contemplated III inc OohS'''
ton but Alaska has been u territory ioI ~
ore years and Arizona and New Mexico Tor ht'y-
two II was nfty-nne years before Wisconsin ana
eghty-tnrec years before Montana became states a1
I is objected That the inhabitants ar ~ 900
iaAtuaied 10 otaer institutions ana forms OF 80
eminent; out Florida when acquired was peoP.eu
BY Indians and Spaniards. Louisiana py SPa itors
french and negroes; alien races ana lHsN ~
existed IN Mexico and Arizona, ana A !
hal Indians on The ukon and Russians III 49,. 49,
Il Is ObJectol tA1t We Will aDTOsdto vac -
Doctnne but tnat doctrine. freed from ~ 40"
eeric cobwe os l. non-.ntervention OF l,a nn
Powers In matters relating 10 the American III
ursnt Its cOiNel sc il EOn-!nte rYe;tlon OF
IN matters relating to the Ehropean to1
Ia; has nothing II 30 with American lltci Nci.,.1
fAsia nor with legitimate expansion OF ouI "a a.
w In the Orien. II We are aDrogatihs e,u
uts Il must be because the orient ID eNcIuSIheIs
'G 0rrnias and not for English anc ituss'ars
srt Germans and French and lloiianoe's WIZ 1,,,t
al there now and fast appropriatlng inc Oi'e-''