The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-11
Nations Policy Is
Discussed
AT UNION CHURCH.
Mems Union Leads the Way
For Evenings Profit.

i The Mems Association of Union
/ Church held the first of a proposed Sc
ries of debates in the chapel Of the
church last evening The subject OF
the evening was Territorial expan-
sion. and the debate was participated
IN by David b. Rowland of the Ga
zette and Charles f. Sibley, who ia
Vored expansion, ana by Prof Arthur
G. Webster of Clark University and
Charles F. Aldrich, who opposed IL.
The debate was to have been thrown
open to the meeting at the conclusion
Of the speakers remarks, but owing to
the late hour at which they concluded,
this was not done.
Refreshments and a social hour fol-
lowed the debate, and the occasion was
rendered more enjoyable by musical Sc
lectlons which We're rendered in a par
ucularly artistic manner by the Weber
quartet, The qnartets rendering of a
new setting of Annie Laurie" was a
!. very noteworthy occurrence in the mu-
Sical neld, 4 piano solo was given by
Frank II. Hamblin with fine effect
The debate was a very excellently
presented one and the remarks OF the
speakers were listened to with great
attention. and greeted with hearty an
plause. The debate was hot in some
respects, and the participants got af-
ter each other with considerable EN-
phasis at times.
The opening of the question was
made by Mr.. Rowland of the Gazette
who proceeded along the usual lines Of
/ argument for annexation on the
GROUNDS of economic necessity and hui
mdnitarian obligation The debaters
confined iDpD1IalNrag al
~ TO the aspect Of the general subject
presented by the Philippine Islands
MI. Rowland argued that we should
take the Philippines and make them a
part OF our territory stating that under
no consideration had we a moral right
TO return them to Spain nor to leave
them to the dangers of self government
Ia me present unsettled state of af-
Lalfs there. While admitting the present
unfitness of the Fllipinos for self gov
eminent, Mr., Rowland took an optlrllis-
tic view Of the prospects of their future
deVelQpment. He thought that many of
the OBJECT tons raised to the scheme OF
annexation were the bugbears Of the
unprogressive portion of the people,
ana prophesled a vast increment to the
general well being of the world to result
from uhe adoption of the expansion
policy.
What was easily the star speech OF
ster. VINO spoke in the negative. fol-
lowing Mr. Rowland. Prof. Webster
used cleverly sarcastic style and a
~ ahu PuHbeHl way OF presenting his
81 III, e uiilehts that carried his audience
WIN MN ana gained hlm the heartiest
applause OF the evening when ne CON
cluded.
Prof. Webster said that he had seen
and studied at first hand the govern
nents or the European powers and he
Ns'S Pal ClcuiaIly ANXIOUS that our gov
% hTIiSH1 shoulq avoid the milita1ism
" huIope Whatever other faults it
shouiu KAN INTO.
re declared that while in Europe he
lisn Deeorae convinced that the system
81 ~, H ~ despotlsm is the most hurt
Iul OF any that exists and said that in
ms opinion the governments Of Europe.
ospeciFily tnat OF germany, We're taxed
70 oeath ana would ultimately fall from
uhs fact That their military incubus had
e%I1usteu thelr entire strength
re saiu that ne had absolutely no be-
net IN the need for a larger standing
army uhah we have at present, at Leash
Wltnin reasonable limits. He did not be-
ileFe IN the idea of military glory for
IV7eH atone, ana was willing to let that
sort OF thlng remain the property OF
france, winch cries loudest about
Li0Lre et patrlotisme." and Is motor
lousIy the worst governed civilized
~ earth
ne SAID that he could not help remem
perlng the early days of the republic,
! Wheh the people were nearly all Of the
good ola Puritan stock. and he did nor
mink that indiscriminate immigration
| Iido heIped the status of the country
since then He thought that the pres
eht iofelgn races that we have in our
I midst are bad enough. without taking
INTO the fold eight million more of ali
Sorts or nauonalities, colors religions
ana haplts, that we never heard Of be-
4 lore lie said that the Filipinos are OF
do2en religions. and some Of them
are even cannibals. he said they had
never heard OF us before the war broke
out, ana we had never heard OF them,
ana he hoped that we never might
again
fhe Climate Of the Philippine islands
ls unit for white people TO live in. and
thefe IS not month in The year during
winch the temperature does not rise to
VI degrees as an average The keeping
or standing army there would be a
crime against humanity. The speaker
| referred to the dangers OF the social
eYll In case an army was to be kept
IN such Il climate and daglaraa tbat