The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-28
PRESIDENT DEPRESSED


The Washington coz Eof the
Baltimore Sun" says: sought
to produce a contrary imp 9loh, but it is
absolutely correct that the President is
very much depressed by the situation in
the Philippines. Not only this, but the
contemplation of the other complications
which will, it is now seen, eventually grow
out of our expansion policy is more than
sufficient to produce disquiet and appre-
hension in the mind of the man who is re-
sponsible for the conditions which exist
and responsible for the satisfactory de-
termination of the same.
1T needs 70 prophet to forecast that
sooner or later the President will have ne
alternative but to call for the volunteers
provided for in the act of Congress. 1t
has been several times semi officially an
nouncel there would be no necessity for
this. There will be, if we are to hold on
to the Philippines, and constantly the an
swer to all arguments by the opposition
is that we cannot afford to let go. A very
high government official said: we must
hold on, even should it take half million
of men, The cost in money he did not
consider worth while to discuss.
The President is bitterly disappointed
at the protracted and stubborn resistance
which the army is meeting in the Philip
pines. He truly had not the least idea of
such a thing when he concluded to id list
upon the cession of the islands. Now,
such vista OF immensely opens up before
him that it may well trouble his waking
aud his sleeping hours. The treasure to
be dropped from the Golfers of the country
in this far-off land is consideration quite
serious enough of itself, when compared
with the probable equivalent. Far more
than this, infinitely more are the valuable
lives offered up as a daily sacrifice with
the most insignificant results. Where is
it to end?
The cablegrams show that after all that
has been done our forces are scarcely out
of sight of the spires of Manila Admiral
Dewey with his ships had Manila at his
mercy, and our army has not been able to
hold foot of ground that the navy could
not have controlled without its assistance.
If this is all twenty or thirty thousand
men can do, it may be found before we
are through with this business that the
estimate of the official above alluded to is
not excessive.
Military, naval, diplomatic and polti-
cal authorities all discern i'll this new de-
parture of the United States from its tradi-
hot FIT hn
as Il great military power; either this or
the instant abandonment of the expansion
projects. The English statesmen and the
English press are quite right in styling our
new policy an imperial policy. 1t can be
nothing else but that. 1t is no marvel the
President is sick in mind, when his eyes
are opened to the consequences of the
career upon which he has embarked the
republic-a permanent standing army of
large proportions, a constant drain upon
the revenues of the country, the never
ending slaughter of our brave soldiers to
maintain IA semblance of authority in the
immediate vicinity of the coast Of few
islands
Unless the Filipinos are pacifed we
ight employ every ship in the navy and
be entirely unable to maintain more than
paper blockade. Whether they have
money or not, they will never have any
trouble in securing all the supplies, war
like or otherwise, which they may wish.
The continental nations of Europe, so
anxious to block our game, will see to
that. There is much talk Just now over
what are alleged to be the indiscrete utter
ances of Captain Coghlan. They may be
indiscrete, but they are literally true, eX-
cept that they go very little toward telling
the whole story. This country would be
set aflame did it know all that is hidden
in the official breast in Washington, and
which, if whispers under the breath may
be taken into account will be divug ed in
due time.
In several parts of the country there
have been peace jubilees, and one is now
being arranged in Washington to come off
in short time. In the midst of such
celebrations the cloud of future conflict
may over shadow the sunshine of reiOic-
ing One whose opportunities give him
exceptional advantages for the possession
of inside intelligence predicted most con-
fidentially clash of arms growing out of
the Philippine situation between the
United States and a nation much more
powerful than Spain, the name of which
it Is unnecessary to MENTION