Cañon City record., 1900-10-25

way out of the difficulty. Unless pub
lie sentiment is expressed very forci-
bly, the United States will lose one of
the most splendid opportunities ever
placed by fate in the way Of nation
''It is now out of the question for
Spain to reassert her sovereignty over
the islands. Weakened by the war.
while the natives have been strength
, ened, its power to overcome the insur-
rection is gone, If, indeed, 1t ever had
the power. The alternative to reten-
tion of the islands by the United
States, therefore, is not the re-estab-
iishment of Spanish rule, but the divi'
sion of the islands among European
nations or the creation of some kind
of Joint protectorate in which we
may or may not have part. 1t may
be considered as certainty that nell
ther Spain nor the powers will con-
sent to allow the natives to have an
Independent republic. Fortune has
placed the Philippines in the hands of
the United States. but the policy
which the administration has adopted
will abandon the islands to other ma
tons blessed with more courageous
rulers. The fleets of Europe have gath
cred at Manila because the chancel-
lors have concluded that the Presi-
dent of the United States will not have
tHt SlTeHktH OIL W iStiih sA.N
islands. If it We're thoroughly under
stood that the United States meant to
keep them no foreign ship would hoat
in Manila bay, but since 1t Is believed
that we will weakly throw away a
great treasure, others intend to stand
by to pick 1t up.
1.-THE surrender of the Philippines
will be piece of cowardice, deserving
for the administration of sweeping
defeat at the ballot box ut the first OPP
portunity given to the people to eX-
press their feelings"
If Mr.. Patterson was right two years
ago, can he also be right now? Presi-
dent Mckinley has done just what Mr
Patterson said then he ought to do,
and IL that is Imperialism, why the
Rocky Mountain News must be at
least partially responsible for 1t.
The Future of the Pacific.
August 81, 1898.
1.-THE United States should hold the
Philippines though we have to exist
without signing a treaty of peace with
Spain for the next twenty years and
have to smash every Spanish ship that
shows its nose on the seas during that
period.
Through the possession OF portion
of the farther East, Great Britain
built up the trade which blackens the
air above its chimneys. To secure
some of that trade which is about to
be opened in the countries bordering
the western shores of the Pacific, the
other nations of Europe are spending
hundreds of millions in military and
naval operations and in subsidizing
their commercial marine.
rr,n pnffIIdp nf
the far East. We don't realize the
yastness of the region into which
western energy and enterprise are
forcing their way. We don't realize
the field for commercial expansion
which 1t affords. We don't realize that
we look across the Pacific mt 1t and
that we are really its closest neigh
bor, for in these days of fast and
cheap carriage by steamer thousand
or two thousand miles more or less OF
water transportation counts for little.
"Let us see what goes to make up
Z the farther East. Exclude Russia's
great possessions in Asia and all the
countries bordering the Indian ocean
and west of India itself, and what re-
mains? There are the Philippines, Chi
ma, Japan, Corea, Sumatra, Borneo,
New Guinea, Java, Burmah, Anam,
Siam, Ceylon, Celebes and India pro-
per, besides multitude of small ISL
ands. To these may be properly added
Australia and New Zealand, for Nell
bourne is closer to San Francisco than
1t is to London.
"In these countries there Is a popu-
lation of S25, 100000. or more than one
half the population of the globe. III
India. Burmah Anam and Siam be ex-
cluded and we take into account only
the islands of the western Pacific and
lands along its coast still excluding
Russia, there remains n population of
5OO,OOO,OOO. Theer are more than 3d.
OOO,OO0 human beings In the four isl
ands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo and
Celebes, which are the immediate
neighbors of the Philippines.
"Think of the trade that will develop
In these densely inhabited countries as
civilization increases the desires of the
people and capacity for gratifying
them? Is It a wonder that Europe is
feverishly reaching out for the future
and near future, too
"There will be three great avenues
of trade between the East and West.
Britain, with it's control of the Suez
cananl and of India and the straits set
Elements, and Its chain Of forts and
coaling stations from Gibraltar to
Hong Kong, holds one of THEM, the one
which has made IT. rich and given 1t
maritime preponderancy. even though
the East as yet has scarcely begun to
awaken.
"The second route will be via the
new Siberian railway, by means Of
which Russia will become CONNER
cial competitor in the regions where
1t is paving the way by political in
trigue.
"The third route is across the Pa
cific. With the Hawaiian Islands. the
Ladrones and the Philippines we have
it. and SO long as we hold them no one
can take 1t AWAY from u.s.
by these three routes the world
commerce will flow. Why should IL
mt Aov largely IL NOT chiefly over our