The evening times., 1899-07-17
MONDAY. JULY Il, 1899.
An Atkinsoaian Race War.

The iGiotic though none the less trea-
sonable attempt OF the Boston anti-eXpan-
siorists 10 stir up race war. By arrayins
The American negro clement against the
Government and in aid of the Mziay rebels
in the Island of Luzon. need not surprise
anybody But for the encouragement il
will afford Aguinaldo and his fol o Hers,
thereby extending the term OF the insur-
rection at the cost OF many American
lives, it would be hardly worth regret
ting. 1t viii at least serve the useful par
pose OF bringing many Southern men 20
their senses On the subjSct CT national c2
parsion. They have been needing some
object lesson TO impress them with a true
coHceutioa OF what this New Engian1
movement TO check The march of our Ea-
iioEal progress ard prosperity really IiTns
at Aside from that prime consideration
they Will not be likely TO join very hear
tily in a conspiracy that wcu-d cheerfully
plunge the Southern States into the Eo--
rors cf race war, if thereby tie p-Tpo5es
OF the Conspirators could BE- advanced.
What these ulterior purposes are, can be
defined without much difficulty. On the
surface appears that same old brand of
smGg Puritan long distance philanthropy
with which the country, and the South es-
pecially, has been long familiar. But IN
dernea h The sanctimonioGs garb of SYM
pathy for The poor. oppressed Malay bolo
men, ii is not hard TO discover the shrewd
Yankee face of strong opposition to the
idea of acquiring territory which will COM
pete in production with the West Indian
sugar estates and interests Of the capital
lists who are backing anti-imperialism;
which Will affect the African market for
New England rum; or the development
of which, in the end, might lead TO
changes calculated to minimize the relative
commercial Importance of Boston and its
tributary region.
Edward Atkinson. Erying Winslow, and
persons Of that ilk are not without method
in their apparent madness. They, or
rather the clement behind them. are and
always have been, afraid that national eX-
pansion eastward 10 Asia would be detri-
mental 10 New England, if it involved the
acquisition Of Hawaii, and other sugar
growing lands, and especially if it should
trans-isthmian canal With Hawaii and
the Philippines in our possession and the
Nicaragua Canal under cur control, these
BostOnese recognize the probability THAI
the commercial map of the Western Hemis-
phere would be radically altered. Just how
they 90 not know; but the chance that the
centres OF trade might be moved from the
North Atlantic to the Gulf has been al.
eyer-present bugaboo to them. In their
minds eye. operated by the wheels back OF
it. they see a new Venice springing up Oh
the Alabama or Florida coast. and the
Hub of the Universe reduced to position
like that of Yladivostock compared with
Hongkong. We do not allege that all or
majority Of New Englanders indulge i'll
such dreams Of pessimism, but the Hoars.
Atkinsons, Winslows, Williamses, and
their concealed control do.
1t is time for our Southern friends TO
wake up and realize that if any section OF
our common country ought TO be united
in favor Of American expansion, that sec
tion is the South. the most certain bene-
fciary of the new departure.