The record-union., 1899-11-01

renewal OF power were, DIS tiicy nv
are, dominant in the board? Phe Re-
publicans are in the minority, bear IN
mind, and have been right along when
these so-called grounds of complaint
were laid. The people propose to change
that minority to responsible majority
WHAT SHALL THE ANSWER BE!
| The great theater of world activity
in the near future is to be the Pacific
Ocean. Nay, the stage is already oc-
cupied and the drama has begun. Rus
STA, with the Trans Siberian Railway
and her immovable foothold in China;
England, with Australasia on the one
hand and Canada on the other, as sup
porters; Japan, with her newly adopted
Western ideas and progressive spirit,
solicitous to lose none of the advantages
of her conflict with China; Germany,
| planted in the Carolines across the
greater path over the ocean; the United
| States, with new seats in Hawaii and
the Philippines-these are the real ac-
tors in the drama which Is to determine
supremacy in the Pacific. What shah
be our part? Shall be surrender the
advantage we now have, the logical and
inevitable result of u condition justified
by humanity and approved by the
world? Shall we retire within our
shell and give over the Pacific Ocean
to the other Powers of earth? Or shall
we maintain the position we have
taken, and doing Justice to all and in
| jury to none, defend the right that Is
ours and remain the saving grace that
shall keep the peace between the con-
testants, assure America of her right
upon the oceans waters, and hold in
check the covetous ends of the grasp
| ing Powers which would blot, if they
could. the commerce and name of the
United States from the high seas Of the
Wetsern Hemisphere?
The British have suffered severe loss
In front Of Ladysmith. About zoos
men have been surrounded and cap
tured by the Beers. 1t is probable
fallen in the battle also, while the re-
| port Is that the Boer loss is extremely
heavy. some accounts placing 1t as
high as a thousand killed. But
all such advices must be taken
with allowance. We do know, how
ever, positively, that White has lost
| two regiments and battery, and that
his force in Ladysmith is depleted one
fifth Of course the Beers are pur-
suing the right tactics in pushing the
English while they are weak in num-
bers. But the time will come before
the close of the year when the IN
equality in that respect will be cor
rected; when the Beers will surely be
defeated. driven in upon their original
positions. and finally conquered. II
cannot be safely written that they VIII
triumph over the power Of Great Brit
ain. 1t is simply impossible for them
to do so. ,>ssssaz 4s
| A writer in the Forum" says thai
if we should give up the Philippines
| they would become the arena Of Asia
AS the prize of any European Power
the balance will be destroyed and blood
will flow to re-establish it. Yes, in
deed; rivers of blood. and it is by nc
| means certain that We would not DC
drawn into the difficulty. whether OF
not. But If we keep the islands there
will be no European war over them
Let those who pretend to think that II
is our duty to yield the islands to Aguin-
aldo, which would mean that inside OF
sixty days he would be g. refugee with
| a price upon his head and that Euro
pean guns would be frowning over
Manila, think upon. the suggestion OF
the writer. we quote, namely;
Please consider the following facts
The accomplished partition OF Africa
and Asia: the undoubted desire Of Eu-
rope to appropriate South America; the
| ilI-concealed Continental hostility to ths
United States: and our traditional
| America as necessary to our own peace
We are fully warranted in considering
a European advance on South America
as a possibility, and in forestalling II
| in any way we can. Great, national
| struggles may be anticipated and pre-
vented by the early occupation OF ad-
vanced strategical positions, and by the
knitting Of virtual alliances strong
enough to dissuade from the meditated
attack The partition Of South Amer
| lea may best be prevented by haltine
European equivalence in the Orient.
Germany can best be repealed from
| Brazil. by forestalling her hope for
IsOriental supremacy on the basis Of the
Dutch East Indies. by our retaining
the Philippines, from whose base the
battle can be won bloodlessly by us in
advance. Admiral Dewey has already
| taught Germany that 1t may not be
safe for her to override the Monroe
doctrine by and by, as was purposed
America little comprehends the bearing
| of the ownership of the Philippines on
our own and on the International fu-
| ture. The excitement of the Orient and
| the apprehension of Europe should sug-
| gest that there is more involved than
either crossroads politicians, on the
| one hand or mere theorists, on the
other, imagine.
1t has come down to simple ques-
| ton for the people Of the Sixth Ward
to decide. whether incompetence. stub