The San Francisco call., 1899-03-15

civilization. How any one can doubt that
the retention of the Philippines ana the
placing of them under American rule VIII
tend to increase the measure OF human
happiness it is difficult to conceive.
"1here is no Imperialism about IT. GIVE
them a stable government, foster thelr
commercial and civil progress and IN turn
they will become an embryo repuplC. Is
England to be left alone to clv1l1ze emma;
or is she to have this great repupnc OF
the West to assist in that great task anu
to share the beneficial results? ProVl-
dence wills it that we shall DO our duty.
When Kipling wrote of the Whlte man s
burden he winged shaft that heW dl-
rect to every American heart. Our energy
cannot be confined, it must expand. we
solve the problem of the unemployed. IL
is a new experience, but never yet has the
crisis arisen that the man was not on
hand to cope with it. This is a time when
every true citizen should assume the God
imposed duty and help bear his burden
by standing Loyalty by our noble Presi- ;1L i
dent in his efforts to grapple manfully
with the great question of this hour.
Colonel Irish had not voiced his hrst
sentence before it was made plain that he
differed materially from DR.. Coyle in his
opinions. He said:
I'm this hour of perplexity we seem to
have ignored our constitution "a ana q our 9l
sumed that the President can do as he
pleases with the Philippines, This is q
Self-deception. He can do nothing except
carry out the wishes of Congress. This
is not question of upholding- an admin
iStration. 1t is a question OF American
policy. During the past six months a
Complete change has come over the mind
of the American people, and atter some
sober consideration the nations mind Will
find its level again.
at is doing so quickly, even now. This
expansion question is novelty. II the
views of Senator Morgan, that system
of expansion is to prevail. we snail soon
have to apologize for the constltut10n
and the Declaration of Independence We
cannot buy the Philippines from Spain
and govern them under constitution
that declares All Governments derive
governed Filipinos don't want our
Government, and just now we are night
ing them under the guise of civillzlng
them and offering them the Bible and the
take the former they will get the con-
tents of the latter.
1.-THE first year of this experience will
cost US five hundred millions of dollars;
we will fax the islands and get IT all
back What? Do what we chastised Eng
land for doing. for we hear nothing of
giving the F'ilipinos representation at
WASHINGTON. Every inch of territory we
have ever acquired has been by purchase.
or treaty with the red man. But now
we have suddenly changed. We can
never colonize those islands. for it has
been proved that no temperate zone peo-
pie ever live to the third generation IN
tropical climates. When this dream has
vanished, we shall probably decide TO
learn a lesson from Spain-poor Spain.
Four hundred years ago her hfdalgOs and
mobiles were clamoring for expansion.
Her people expanded and tried to found
colonies in the Philippines SPANS eX-
pansion led to concentration after vast
ing huge fortunes trying to do that which
ali history has declared TO be impossible
establish a colony of temperate zone
people under a vertical sun. That is
what the expansionists are also trying
to IN -