The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

able to live in permanent peace with one an
otheri but no civilized power is or ever has
savage barbarous or semi -barbarous peoples,
because these latter are not able to SO
duct themselves as to render peace possible.
The day when universal peace Is possible
can only come when the nations Of the world
have grown civilized. In some places this
growth of civilization in the state Itself else
where II has to come about by the expansion
Of the great orderly, peace-loying powers.
est danger OF any trouble with the Canadians
of the north. nor with the Mexicans on the
south; 1t Is not conceivable that difficulty
should arise with either that could not be
settled by peaceable methods. So in the Pa
ciic l most firmly believe that we shall be
with Germany, with Japan, with every civil
lied power that has interests in that great
est of all oceans. With every orderly, peace
loving. civilized country. great or small. we
can work with perfect harmony. But with
savagery there can be no peace until we have
first made evident our strength.
The whole history OF our century shows
diminishing tendency to war between civilized
q savage or barbarous state inevitably means
war sooner or later. Every expansion OF
member that even this great country of ours,
we'll all European countries, paid tribute
TO the Moorish pirates as late as $780, and
piracy in its most abhorrent form was not
abolished in the Mediterranean until the
French expanded into Algiers and the Turk
was driven from Greece. Then peace came to
the Mediterranean What the French have
done in Algiers. the English have done in
Egypt and the Soudan. While Egypt was un-
der Arab Pasha and the Soudan under the
Mahdi, the two countries sinking stead
lily back into mere savagery; until they were
vance was possible. Now peace and prosperity
have come to both countries. Turkistan was
q mere chaos of murder and lawlessness until
the wave Of Russian expansion swept over the
brought peace in its train Now Germany
has the Carolines, and under her administra-
ton they viii doubtless flourish in peace.
What she has undertaken TO do in the Caro-
lines, are we to shrink from doing in the
nations of the world to announce ourselves
too weak, to do our share OF the task too
tending the. reign Of law, Of order, Of peace.
over the whole world2 That is what expan-
Of American influence and power It means the
extension of liberty and order and the bring
ing nearer by gigantic strides of the day when
peace shall come to the whole earth.
In view of this attitude Of certain Of our
people, the struggle was inevitable; When
Dewey smashed the Spanish feet, it meant
either the United States or some other strong
power took possession; unless we were. will
ing to see the fleet Of another power sail into
the harbor as Deweys fleet sailed.
The treaty with Spain was finally. ratified
by the Senate but it was not ratified by the
Spanish Government until fortnight after
Congress had adjourned leaving the President
to act as the nations representative. The
lower House had, meanwhile. taken It's share
in the ratification (the opposition was so small
as to be insgnfcanO by passing the appro-
pration of $40 000 900, required by the treaty.
treaty and by the action OF the Senate and
by the House Of Representatives In passing
the $50, coo, 600 appropriation bill, became part
of the United States; and IL is Just as much
the Presidents duty to keep order in them
by the Of the army. as II would be his
duty to keep order in Arizona by the use
of the army in OF Apache outbreak.
Nor is this all; In passing the army bin,
Congress explicitly recognized tho fact that
there was a Philippine insurrection and that
It had 10 be put down by the use OF our armed
forces 1t provided for army Of over 60. 600
regular and 80 900 volunteers, especially
with a view of meeting the present eXigencies;
Il is set forth that the army should be kept
up to these figures for two years. IN other
words, Congress explicitly provided an army
Of nearly 100 o00 for the purpose Of carry
ing out the Philippine war. Under such cir
cumstances the talk Of this war being un-
authorized by Congress can be due only to
ignorance or willful intention to suppress the
facts
The taking OF the Philippines inevitable.
The outbreak was rendered inevitable by the
conduct of those who opposed the taking OF
the Philippines and who gave moral aid and
comfort 10 Aguinaldo and his men. The Presi
dent has acted IN the only way in which he
could act and remain loyal to his oath OF Of
fee and TO the great trust delivered by the
people into his hands We are doing but our
simple duty in introducing the reign OF law,
order and peace into the Philippines, and we
cannot shrink form II without shame and dis
honor. The path Of expansion is path OF
national honor, the path toward universal
peace. You, my countrymen, cannot refuse to
tread Il unless you are willing to renounce
your claims to be the heirs Of the ages and to
abandon all pretense Of following in the foot
great Americans who have made our past his
tory mighty and glorious.
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