Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-04-14
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
CARL soHuRz SOUNDS A WARNING.

The third annual meeting of the Amer
Ian Academy of Political and Social
|cience was held in Philadelphia the 9TH
| nd Sth. The general topic for discus
lion was, "The Foreign Policy of the
United States, Commercial and Politi-
|al." A press dispatch says: Carl
fchurz was the speaker at the first SEES
lion. His SUBJECT was "Miltarism and
Democracy"
Mr.. Schurz declared that large stand
hg army makes monarchy more OF
Monarchy, but democracy less OF
democracy. "To a monarchy" he said,
Fit may be standing support, but to
democracy it will be standing danger"
The security of the nation in the past
Without large standing army was en-
Ihasized and Analysed. sin fact said
kIr. Schurz, lever since the war of 1872
NE have not had single difference with
| nv European power that could not be
ettled on fair terms, without our having
| nv ready armament to enforce our Will.
The proof of this is in the historical fact
hat they were so settled. 1t is matter OF
incubation whether they would all have
been settled so peaceably if we had pos
essed an armed force ready and itching
or a fray
Mr.. Schurz then passed to the advan-
| age which would accrue to the United
States in remaining a neutral power in
ase of war with European nations.
When speak of strong neutral pow
~ ne said, 81 do not mean neutral
hover so fully armed that it might at
bnce successfully cope with any OF the
Lelligerents, but | mean neutral power
[trong enough in resources and III its
|bosition to make each belligerent ex-
Iremely anxious to abstain from any
hing that might drive it to the other
hide.
"Such policy, harmonizing with our
,r,neinles as we'll as our traditions, safe
lis well as advantageous, would not
bblige us to keep up large ana costly
ornaments; and it would at the same
ime teach our business men to rely Tor
profit. not upon benefits to be gained Tor
| hem by force of arms, subject TO the
Fortunes of war, but upon their own sa-
|tacitv in discovering opportunities and
their own energy in using them-which
| n the long run will prove to be the only
lound basis of nations commerce under
Inv circumstances.
1--WE NAV wonder why not only in the
Philippines, but even among the people
'bf Porto Rico and Cuba our benevolent
Intentions should meet with so much sui
on disfayor. The reason is simple. we
Dring to those populations the intended
benefits in the shape of foreign rule ana
'bf all infections foreign rule Is To them
. he most odious, as under similar cir
|,umstances it would be to us.
"We have already seen in the Phi'ip-
|)ines the beginning-for 1t is mere
|beginning-of the resistance to foreign
rule bv one of our liberated peoples
bloody game far from eXhilarating'
I'VE may expect by vigorous applica-
I ion of our superior killing power to
beat and dispense Aguinaldo's army; but
n is by no means unlikely that more
Instructions against foreign rule will
Follow.
"They may be suppressed too, but the
|survivIng spirit of them will obllge US tc
keep much stronger forces on the ground
Khan we ever anticipated, in constant
|apprehension of further mischief. Oul
. rule will continue to be foreign rule ther
with the favor of bloody record.
Nor is it by any means Impossible
|that the vulnerable spots thus added tC
our dominions-a point of weakness we
had
some Jealous and unfriendly foreign
bowers to take advantage of our EN-
Oarrassments and to involve US IN broil'
which so far we never had any reason t
dread
Mr.. SchurZ computed that the annua
cost to the nation of an army of l0O,OO'
men would be at least 100000, 900, an(
if the knowing down" of the insurgent
were continued, with the necessary re
plenshing of troops, the hospital service
etc, the amount would be beyond thu
possibility of accurate computation.
Then would come The enlargement of tn
navy, sail forecasts as to the expendl
lures for which are futile"
The great burden of pensions-Sl40,
000, 900 year-was referred to. "Tak
ing it ALL" said Mr.. Schurz, "to enabl
this republic to play part of colonia
power, we are sure to have, including
our pension roll, an annual eXpenditur
for army and navy purposes not only ia
Exceeding that of any European powe
but not falling very much short of two
ffths of the expenses for the same pur
poses of all the six great powers o
Europe together-that is, not far iron
800, 900 900 year
lie could see no danger of a'mOnarchy
he said in the growth of miltari>m wit
us, shut even in such country an
among such a people it is possible I
demoraliZe the constitutional system an
to infuse dangerous element of arbitrar
power into the government without max
ing it a monarchy in form and name.
mo candid observer of current event
will deny that even today the spirits O
the new policy awakened by the victorie
and cOnquests achieved in the SPANS
war and nv the occurrences in thp Phi