The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
Mr.. REID ON EXPANSION
FORMER PEACE oNINIssIONER
TALKS TO PRINCETON STUDENTS.
He Urges United Support of the Pres
fdents Policy-Receives Degree of
LII DIG. Cleveland to Lecture.

PRINCETON, n. J., Oct. 2.-Commemo-
ration day exercises Of the 153d anniversary
OF the founding Of Princeton University
were held in Alexander Hall to-day. The
faculty and trustees marched from the
Chancellor Green library to Alexander Hall,
headed by President Patton and whitelaw
Reid. President Patton. on behalf Of the
faculty and trustees. conferred the degree
OF LII d. on Mr.. Reid and made an intro
ductory address, In which he ANNOUNCED
that the Stafford-Little lectureship would
be filed by Grover Cleveland. ex-President
Expansion" as follows:
Everybody now realizes that, once war
was begun. absolutely the most efficient
means OF making 1t speedily and over
whelmingly victorious, as well as defending
the most exposed half of our own coast,
was to go to Manila. Find the Spanish
feet end destroy 1T was as wise an order
as the President ever issued, and he was
equally wise In choosing the man TO carry
IL out. There is no need to debate whether
Dewey was right in staying there. The adj
ministration that should have ordered him
10 abandon the Eastern foothold he had
conquered for his country-to sail away like
a stated pirate from the port where his VIC
tory broke down all civilized authority but
his own. and his presence alone prevented
domestic anarchy and foreign Fpoliation-
would have deserved 70 be hooted OFT of
the capital.
There is no need TO debate whether the
peace commissioners should have thrown
away in Paris what Dewey won in Manila.
The public servant who. without instruc-
lions, should. in a gush of irresponsible SON
tim 1nfaIffxr ohnn10n opanf .na-ooot~,.a 4n
which his country is justly entitled. wneth-
er by conquest or as indemnity for an un-
Just war, would be not only an unprofita-
BILE, but a faithless servant.
II venture to say that neither our duty
nor our interest will permit US to stop
short OF a pacifcation of the Philippine
Islands, which can only end in the estab-
nsnment OF such local self-government as
the people are found capable Of conducting.
and it's extension just as far and as fast
as the people prove fit for IL.
The natural development thus to be or
dered would proceed safely, along the lines
OF least resistance, about in this order:
First. and until clear that it is no longer
rule Of either military or civil government
flor a considerable time by. the former. re-
lying gradually more and more. on native.
agencies. Thirdly, the development of de-
tendencies. with an American civil govern
ment with foreign relations and the highest
courts. controlled by US, and their financial
system largely managed by members Of a
rigidly organized and jealousy protected
American civil service, but in most other
respects steadily becoming. more self-gov-
erning; and finally. autonomous colonies.
looking to us for little save the control OF
their foreign relations. profting by the sta
bilfty and order the backing OF a powerful
nation guarantees: ~cultivating more and
more intimate trade and personal relations
with that nation, and coming TO feel them
selves participants OF its fortune and re-
IF Congress should take as long a time
taken in the Sandwich islands. or even in
Alaska, the Presidents power would still
be equal TO the emergency, and the policy.
while flexible, could still be made as con-
tinuous, coherent and practical as his best
information and ability would permit.
What planted US in the Philippines was
the use or our power in the most efficient
naval and military defense then available
1or our own institutions where they already
responsibility e~ntafled by the result of
these acts in our own defense does involve
some extension OF our Institutions. shall we
therefore run away from it? IL a guaran-
tee to chaotic tribes of the civil rights Sc
cured by the American Constitution does
prove to be an incident springing from the
discharge of the duty that has rested upon
US from the moment we drove Spain out, Is
that a result so Objectionable as to war
rant US in abandoning our duty?
There Is, II is true. one other alternative
the one which Aguinaldo himself is said
10 have suggested, and which has certainly
been put forth in his behalf with the ut
most simplicity and sincerity by a conspic-
uous statesman at Chicago. We might at
once solicit peace from. Aguinaldo. We
might then encourage him 10 extend his
rule over the whole country, Catholic. pa
gan and Mohametan. willing and unwilling
be necessary for that task. Meantime, we
should undeuake to protect him against
outside interference from any European or
Asiatic nation whose interests on that
oceanic highway and I'm those commercial
capitals might be imperiled.
The Constitution we revere was ordained
IN F0m0 y 00nnE0 II 20 49, L. -
untrue to its purpose who squanders oppor-
tunities- Never before have they been show
cred upon us In such bewiidering profusipn:
The two richest archipelagos in the world
are practically at our disposal. The greatest
ocean on the globe has been put in our
hands, the ocean that Is to bear the com
merce of the twentieth century. In the face
OF this prospect shall we prefer. with the
teeming population that century is to bring
ing on It's " fat-a hermit nation?
What. then. is the conclusion OF the
whole matter? Hold fast. stand firm in the
place where Providence has put you and do
the duty OF just responsibility which your
own past acts impose. support the army you
sent there. Stop wasting valuable strength
by showing how things might be different
n something different had been done a year
and a half ago. Use. the educated thought
now instead of chiefly finding fault with its
history. Bring the best hope of the future.
the colleges and the generation they are
training. TO exert the greatest influence and
accomplish the most good by working INTEL
lisently In line with the patriotic aspira-
tions and the inevitable tendencies of the
American people. rather than against them.
Unite the effort OF all men to make the ap-
pointment of any persons to these new and
strange duties beyond seas impossible, save
for cause. Rally the colleges and the
churches and all the influence. the brain
and the conscience OF the country in a COM
bined and irresistible demand for a genuine
and pure civil service in our new posses
sions that shall put TO shame our detrac-
tors and show TO the world the Americans
of this generation. equal still to the work
Of civilization and colonization, and leading
the development of the coming century as