The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-09
INTERESTING TRIP.
A Powerful Lecture Impresses
a Mo-gantown Man.


Expansion Shown Up in its True Light
Men Fighting for Freedom-Uni-
yersity Graduates Make up the
staff of the Army-rOpinions in regard
to the Matter Virtually Changed-In-
definite War Ahead-Progress that
has been Made.
Attorney Geo. G. Baker who has
just returned from a trip to Cha
tauquat was asked to give some of
his experiences for the delectation
of the readers OF this paper and he
gave review Of the trip to the re-
porter that was most interesting.
Among the many interesting
things that attracted the attention
Of the party was Lake Chautauqua.
This sheet of water is twenty two
miles long several miles wide, fifty
feet deep and it is fed entirely from
springs from the bottom. Not sin
gle stream runs into it. 1t occupies
a high point the highest in that
section and is eight hundred feet
above Lake Erie which is only seven
miles away.
Near here is to be seen small hill
few hundred feet which separates
the waters which flow in the Gulf
from those that find an outlet into
the St Lawrence and finally bring
up four thousand miles away from
the comrade water OF the hill near
Lake Erie
The lectures OF Chautauqua are
the finest things that he had ever
heard. The finest thing of these in
tellectual feasts was lecture by Dr.
Robertson Who has been globe trot-
ter for score of years. He spent
eleven years in the Philippines and
one OF the talks given was on these
wonderful islands which are attract
ing so much attention these days.
Dir. Robertson had a number of
views taken from photos on the spot
and he spoke as man who knew
what he was talking about. He was
personal acquaintance of Aguinal
do and of his generals The lectur
Ell stated in the presence of the large
and cultured audience of six thous-
and people that the insurgent leader
held more college degrees than any
man who sat within the sound of his
voice Every general in the army is
a graduate Of some University and
many OF them have been educated in
this country.
They are animated with love of
country that will never die and they
will be able to carry on the war in
definitely. The Americans have in
one year gone forty five miles to the
north of Manila and fifteen miles in
another direction. Since it is two
thousand miles across the island one
way and twelve hundred the other
it may be seen that there is task
of some magnitude ahead of Us.
One of the military men who has
made study of the conditions on the
island was asked when the war would
end. He answered that he had been
there for thirty four years and he did
not expect to see it over in the next
thirty four years. The idea that it
will be easy to conquer them is a very
erroneous one.
The people have very fine bank
| ing system, hundreds of miles of rail-
roads are in operation, they are well
educated, intelligent and brave,
They have reached high state of
civilization and they are in every way
competent to govern themselves. For
this they are fighting and they will
continue the struggle until they win
out.
The war cannot be ended as it is
going at present. To end it will take
millions of money and thousands of
lives. The islands will never pay
their cost.
The lecture made powerful i'm
preston on all who heard it and they
10 many cases reversed themselves on
the expansion question. They had
never understood it. The horror of
it all struck them with the force of
an avalanche The truth was pressed
home. They saw the land of freedom
seeking to enslave people who were
far advanced in every way and fully
able to take care of themselves if al
lowed to do so.
Many other interesting things were
encountered but lack of space forbids
mention of thnn