New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
SCHURMAN ON EXPANSION.
MISSION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE
ORIENT DISCUSSED.


dent of Cornell University spoke under the auspices
of the Union League at the Auditorium this after
noon upon Expansion" The address delivered
to one of the largest audiences in the
great theatre, and the remarks OF DR.. Schurman
were received with every manifestation OF en-
thusiastic approval He told OF his experiences
while investigating the situation in the Philippine
Islands and declared that the true policy OF the
United States lay in holding the islands and follow
ing out the policy OF expansion which had been
opened before her The exercises began with an
organ recital by Harrison NJ Wild after which the
audience Joined in singing THE Star Spanged Ban
ner." Eugene Cary president OF the Union League
Club introduced DR.. Schurman, who spoke sub
stantially follows:
was Washington himself. Scientists tell Us Of the
g. INC lep5S % go
II this law of biology holds good in politics. as
In his poey Of expansion sion, wo1d seem to have
extended the National domain from the Atlantic
20 the Mississippi. or Of Jefferson, who. impeled
his dearest political theories and secured for the
Union the vast territory beyond the MISSISSIPPI
integent citizens Of dozen populog,s States tbo
shores OF this lake. have made possible the great,
est miracle the American Continent-the rapid
powerful and magnificent city Of Chicago.
This century is unlike all the centuries that have
have christened 1t the wonderful century" And
of popular speech. but in the severe exactitude of
scientific description. For miracle is departure
from established ways and the whole history OF
mankind shows nothing that could have augured
the intellectual and material achievements or the
What is the token of this wonderful century?
Snmsn nnvver In This century for the first time
the mg Rf~ of intellect s has given dominion over the
forces Of nature. The miracle OF the nineteenth
powers Of nature. The nineteenth century is the
mountain of TRANSPORTATION for progressive nH
more about the universe in WHICH We live than all
The nineteenth century has been a century OF
expanding knowledge. a century Of Astounding In
means OF communication and transportation.
MARKETS OF THE WORLD NEEDED.
In addition to the home market we now need
the markets Of the world tnretbe2 our
power of production having outrun our capaclty
and the old markets of the worIi being gutted by
the products of all civilized nations what new out,
fields for the reception OF the surp lus com
stantIy declining cost? The life of the Nation in
no small degree depends on the answer The only
us in their own markets are the vast populations
of South America, Africa. and especially OF ASA.
Great Britain and Germany have got ahead of us
facturers will follow foreign example in adapting
their products to local tastes and needs. see no
and that will be the lions share-of that hitherto
undeveoped and neglected business.
AS to Africa. the is different. We have al
lowed, in our blind idoatry of the Monroe Doctrine
eighteenth Century. in our intense desire to avoid
all international obligations. great nations Of
Europe to partition out Africa among themselves
and exclude American products by means or as
manufacturers a monopoly of the new markets
say stood unconcernedly by and remained silent
were one by one extnguished. For justification
IN tbe aar Of fbe old World o and no one could
pretend that Africa in our hemisphere! Our
failure to recognize that science and invention
and steam and electricity have; since the days Of
NTaS1 trrrtO anHT made VOL
one and every part Of T. for eoI9ereal purposes
But the psychological moment has passed In
Africa we shall have only such trading rights and
ciousiy pleased to vouchsafe us Happily Asia the
largest Tches6 ana most popuoGS OF Ie re
on China, with its splendid. inexhaustible and un-
strangely stirring with new and mighty life.
open. but she failed And Englishmen in the East
as I well recall from converse lions with them in
discoSragement which almost verged on despair
WIN France on the south Germany on the east
| independence and territorial integrity Of China
collapsed, if those European Powers divided up and
aons Would have bee6 eo to AmsTca
That this disaster, to our industries has been
Of the statesman who to-day worthily fills the chair
memorable diplomacy Of the present Administration
agreed in writing-that whatever political or terri
torial policies they may pursue in China, the open
Rriyileges we now enjoy with them, shall remain
tnistration is the negotiating the construction
OF an interocean canal under American control
which highway was needed more than ever since
the Pacific is now destined to be- through the min
Cling OF Occident and Orient under the new agency
OF the United States, the theatre of next great
act In the divine drama Of the life and develop
ment of humanity
What was the secret OF our success in compelling
European nations to stand by the policy OF the
open door IN China? Some powerful canse tbere
certainly was for England had failed in a similar
attempt only two or three years ago. We should
not have succeeded at that time either; indeed We
should not have essayed the task and had any no
nounced as a renegade to the Monroe Doctrine
But In the short space of two years the political
| immense expansion; the astonished nations have
seen us become an Aslatic Power American
can flag waved in the Philippine, That CONNER
cal expansion which the marvellous growth of YOUR
to the continued vitality Of the Nation was her
aided by the roar of Deweys guns. asserted by
Arthur and the heroic Lawton. and finally estab-
wheh %rd TsdeT BY an
in all the annals Of American diplomacy.
DUTY TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Into reluctant lap the hand OF destiny dropped
the Philippines We have accepted them and witt
the aid of Providence propose to discharge our
responsibilities to Them though territorial expan-
and We did not desire it when the war closed
Territorial expansion has been the law of the Ma
Honolulu In crossing the Pacific will regret the an
nexation OF that unique oceanic emporium. Thanks
TO steam and electricity, which abolish distance
the modern State admits OF unbounded territorisi
organization without loss of supreme control at
the members The equpoise between central SOW
ereignty and local Independence is the balance
tribuon TO the politics of the world And this ia
Republic. - 'U'
Now. this organization OF the United States under
which unh1unded territorial extension may be rec