The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-02
"JOE" MEDILL'S PROPHECY.
Americas Future as the Editor Saw
1t During Closing Days of Life.


1t During Closing Days of Life.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Frederic. Hartzell who was constantly
with Joseph Medill during the last two
months of his lfe-which were spent In
San Antonio, Tex.-writes interestingly of
their conversations and of a prediction
which Mr.. Medn made concerning the flu
ture of the United States, as follows:
LAS Mr.. Mednl and sat together at the
hotel one evening, watching party of peo-
pie who were having their hands examined
by palmist, he said TO me: DO you know
that the actual power Of prophecy is very
great with an observant person? Not
superhuman power, as it is generally I'M
derstood to be, but a real power to tell
what win likely happen in the future. 1
have become very strongly impressed of
this of late years, and am confident that
it is something possible with every OBJ
servant man. and much more so than is
ordinarily believed. 1 will not live to know
if what l am going to tell you will come
true; but If ] knew / would live l would
make the prophecy just as confidently.
''Now listen. Within ten years-no, elev-
en- years-say, by 1910 the policy now in
augurated by our government will have
become as settled and generally approved
as il is with the government of Great Bri-
tain BY that time Cuba will be one of the
United States, and Porto Rico also, each
with its separate state government, and
both viii be acquired by the federal gov
eminent on a perfectly amieable and
friendly basis. The Philippines will be
friendly and prosperous protectorates. They
will not become states. but win be contrib
The Nicaragua canal viii be completed
and in operation, and the Central Ameri-
can states moth of there will either be
states of our union, with full power OF
government, or territories under the con-
troll of our federal government. Mexico will
the last of these TO come in, but she viii
come, and within the time l have stated.
More than that, within the next ten years
Canada viii become a part of the United
States, divided into states and territories,
as her present commercial and industrial
interests would indicate"
But, Mr.. Medill," said l, "how may that
be- arranged amicably, considering our
present relations with Great BTitain?" 1T
is practically done already" said he. "AE
of the changes to which l have referred
will be brought about. taking now as the
starting point by their own interest.
Cuba, for instance, is ripe for annexation
already, and our people have hardly had
time to visit the island. You read daily
of the friendly attacks of our capital OH
that island-how il absorbs the railroad
and banking interests; and it is a fore
gone conclusion that the possession of the
manufacturing and industrial interests of
that island by our people viii make their
voluntary surrender TO our plan of gov
ernment certain within very few years.
The same will be true of the Centrai
American states and Mexico, and it will
come rapidly after the canal has sucked
Northern energy and capital into that To-
cality. II is already almost true of Can.
ada. We have now informal notice from
the powers that be, among our brethren
OF the Angio-Saxon race, that Canada can
come TO US when she wants TO- IL is true
they notified her, Ia the same informa,
way. that she viii be protected in the
Queens dominion forever. against us or
others as foes but that when she wants
70 come into this slsterhood OF states
there viii be no British impediment."