The Winslow mail., 1900-08-30
Items of Intelligence Relating to
Affairs at the National
Capital.
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY.
Attitude of the Adm n is r a ton on the
Chinese Affair-The Natural Result
of Imperialism-The Democratic
Declaration on Issues Empha-
sized,
Especial Correspondence


murdered turns the eyes of the coun-
try on Washington, to see what course
the administration will take. Natural
ly the indignation over the outrage
causes various expressions of strong
feeling, but it is generally recognized
that the administration is in peculiar
position. Almost any step that it takes
will expose it to criticism from the vast
number of people who have been view
ing with alarm the policy of imperial
ism.
1t is unoficially given out in admins
tration circles that troops will be
rushed to China and that severe punish
ment will be meted out to the nation
which has been guilty of allowing the
murder of our minister and many
American citizens.
Still, it is explicitly pointed out that
no war will be declared against China,
no matter how many troops it takes
to carry out the intentions of the ad-
ministration, and that Cinnamon will
not be deported from this country while
hostilities are going on.
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ministration's way of doing things.
1t is now carrying on one unauthorized
war in the Philippines under another
term. 1t is doing in the Philippines
what it denounced in 1898 as criminal
aggression"
1t is said just now that the admins
tration has no intention whatever of
helping in the partition of China, but
will only act with the other powers to
punish that nation for the attack upon
our citizens. But this assurance will
not go very far with those who have
watched McKinley's course in the last
two years. The administration has a
very optimistic and facile way of mini
MIXING its imperialistic performances
beforehand.
On the Administration.
Ex-Congressman James Hamilton
Lewis puts the whole Chinese trouble
squarely up to the administration. He
says:
81 charge the Chinese outbreak di-
rectly upon the republican administra-
tion. 1t is the direct result of the an
nouncement made by this government
that the United States intended to en-
ter into the division of China. Since
these assertions China has viewed us
as invaders. Its assaults upon us are
because of that feeling of our hostility
to them.
During the last Is years wherever
missionaries have been killed it has de-
veloped that they had violated some
sacred ritual of the Chinese faith. 9th
er nations besides the Chinese visit the
tions.
1T is apparent foT the first time in
the present generation that the Chi
nese government has given sanction to
an assault upon Americans and for
eigners generally.
"This is because our missionaries and
ambassadors were regarded as the ad-
vance guard of force determined to
appropriate the Chinese empire
Mr.. Lewis goes on to point out that
so long as we kept aloof from alliances
with the continental powers the Chi
nese government treated our people
with consideration and gave us trade
privileges.
1t was only when this administration
was beguiled by England into an un-
derstanding that she would be helped
in her policy of despoiling China that
the trouble began.
Among others Mr.. Lewis quotes ex-
Minister DENLY, while a member of the
Philippine commission, speaking for
the administration, as saying that the
time had come when we should join
other powers in appropriating a re-
spectacle sphere of China to ourselves
Senator Lodge recently said that our
government should "bear its response
bilities in China and participate with
the nations of the world in the division
Of that empire from the base of the
Philippines
Fruits of Imperialism.
Mr.. Lewis remarks that we are now
reaping the fruits of the harvest sown
by this administration while under the
influence of its dream of imperialism.
He says:
I'VE must take one of two courses:
Humiliatingly step out of China with
dead Americans unavenged, or proceed
to revenge the infamy by marching our
armies into country which can band
together standing army equal to
every man, woman and child we have
in the United States and still not begin
to exhaust their surplus"