Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-25

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now acquaint himself with the true
conditions and it will go far to put a
stop to the many political vagaries
which in themselves are largely respon-
sible for depressing business conditions.
EXPANSION TO ExTINGuIsH saw
AGERY.
Those who are prating against Sim
perlalism" are merely using it as a
catch-word. There is no thought among
serious minded men of adopting i'm
perialism' as a policy in this nation.
Expansion does not mean imperial
the opposition. All the efforts of ouD
| country at expansion have been of
| benefit to the nation as we'll as to the
world at large. There is a larger sense
in which the expansion of nations ex-
erts wholesome influence. Governor
Roosevelt, of New York, in his speech
| at Cincinnati pointed it out. He said:
Remember that expansion is not
only the handmade of greatness, but,
above ALL it is the handmade of peace.
| Great civilized powers are, firmly be-
4 lieve, growing more and more able to
i live in permanent peace with one am
other; but no civilized power is or ever
has been able permanently to keep
4 peace With savage, barbarous, or semi
barbarous peoples, because these latter
ARE not able to so conduct themselves as
i TO render peace possible. The day when
4 universal peace is possible can only
come when the nations of the world
this state of things can come about
merely by growth of civilization in the
state itself; elsewhere 1t has to come
about by the expansion of the great,
orderly, peace-loving powers. We of
1.-the United States are not in the slight
est danger of any trouble with the Ca
nadians on the north, nor with the Mex
!, leans on the south; il is not conceivable
that difficulty should arise with eth
er that could not be settled by peacea-
BILE methods. SO in the PACIFIC. l most
firmly believe that we shall be able to
work hand in hand with England, With
Germany With Japan, with every civ
4 ilized power that has interests in that
greatest of all oceans. With every or
Derby, peace-loving. civilized country,
great or small, we can work with per-
feet harmony But with savagery there
can be no peace until we have first
made evident out strength.
The whole history of our century
shows diminishing tendency to war
between civilized powers. and shows al
so that the existence of u savage OF
7 barbarous state inevitably means Wal
. sooner or later. Every expansion of a
:, civilized power is a conquest for peace
Remember, that even this great country
! OF ours, as well as all European coun-
: tries paid tribute TO the Moorish pir-
e ates as late as 1Sso; and piracy IN IT.
: most abhorrent form was not abolished
in the Mediterranean until the French
expanded into Algiers and the Turk wa
n driven from Greece. Then peace cam
J. to the Mediterranean. What the Frencl
3 have done in Algiers, the English fav
done in Egypt and the Soudan. Will
Egypt Was under Arab Pasha and III
l. Soudan under the Mafdi. the two coun
e tries Mere sinking steadily back int
mere sava gerry: until they We're held b.
a strong and civilized race no advanc
was possible Now peace and prosper
= ity have come to both countries. Turk
1t fistan was a mere chaos Of murder an
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