Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
SHALL WE HOLD THE PnILLI-
PINES.

States should do with tie Pin .Gpine
pie and on that they must meet and
settle III tie near future. 1t is al
ready attracting the attention of our
states ntn PUd much is being SAID
and written for and ;ig.lln|t ,he prop
osition Of their permanent retention
by the Unit Il States. In order to
assist the people in coming to ii cor
rect solution OF this rohlem, the
problem of the future, the lNDEPEN-
DENT will publish series of articles
on both siles OF the question from the
pens of some OF nnr ahlest statesmen
and writer. We begin the series
with an interview with Henry Wat.
tiers III, published in the New York
Herald. Mr.. Walters IN states his
views forcibly as follows:
40 surrender territory acquir ID
toy the on lay of so much bloc and
treasure would he a wan-nn and COW
ardly abandonment of obligations and
opportunities literally heaven-sent,
for they wee not originally contem-
plated by anybnly. We :an not re-
mani the PHILIPPINES to SPAN, or
commit them To popula ion inrapa
BILE of Sc Ego rernment, ia become ii
prey of european diplomacy. Nriah
er can we sell them to some purchas-
ing power. We are bound to- keep
Porto Rico, If for nothing else than Il
coalsmg. station, in case we get it.
L0 Ik at the map of the West Indies.
See where Cuba lies riLht nc Gss our
Son herD water rront. Will any sane
man say that we should ever permit
it, once acquired, 10 ass out of our
contro ?
"The traditional stry-at home and
Observation-Disclosures policy laid
down 10y Washington WIS wi so for
weak and struggling nation, and, if it
could be al leTet to-. weul be wise
for every people. But each of the
centuries has its own tale OF pro tress
to tell. each raises up its own prob
lens to he solved. The difference
between "A scattered population, frmg-
ing the East Atlantic seaboard, and
eighty millions of people, occupying
aud travcrSlng the continent from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, is too great
to admit of contrast.
".ts no preceding cycle the inter
vening century has rcvolutionized
the wOrll. Another century may
witness the transfer Of human am
bi'ion5 and activities from Europe
and America to Asia and Africa.
The Pacific, and not the Atlantic,
may become the washbasin OF the
universe. Can the United States
st md apart and aside while these
movements of mankind, like a run
ming stream, pass them by, an isolated
and helpless Ihass Of accumul8 ted
and corruptmg riches? We could
not If we would and VIC should not if
we could.
awe must adapt ourselves to the
changed order. We must make a
new map. That vista, as it opens to
our sight, is not 30 great as would
have been the vista Of Texas and
California, Florida and laslIa to the
eye Of Washington. For all Of his
wisdom, the Father Of His Country
could not foresee electricity, nor esti
mate the geographic contractions it
would bring. Already the old world
is receding. Another world is COM
ing in to view. The craftsmanship OF
the twentieth century must address
itself to this and will be largely con
structive in its character. The cloth
has been already partly cut out. 1t
remains for statesmen to put it to-
gether 80 that the world may wear il,
"The United States from now on is
destined to be a world power. Hence
forth its foreign policy will need t.,
be completely reconstructed. The
A.. Al.