Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-11
AMERICANS ia cHINA.
Says the Anaconda Standard:

Says the Anaconda Standard:
Already the managers of the Mckinley
campaign feel called upon to recognise
m%iiitarism as one of the issues that must
be met and dealt with this year.
Yes: it is an issue in which the Amer
lean people are taking a good deal of in
that this government shall do it's share
of the worlds work i'm the Orient. The
news from nina is that a thousand Cau-
casians, men, women and children,
tally murdered in Pekin under such cir
cumstances that all civilized creation
stands aghast. The edict has gone forth
from an army Of fanatics. that every ;
white resident of China must be slaught-
cred and if possible tortured before be- |
ing killed. In many Chinese cities United
States churches have established Christ
ian missions under treaty rights. These,
with the missions of other nations are
in danger of destruction with all the
fendish ingenuity that savages can de-
wise. Next to Great Britain the ommer-
cal interests of this country are greater
there han those of tn European
ton. They are threatened with annihi
latien and SO a vast market which Amer
lean capital and enterprise We're open
ing up for American made goods thus
providing employment for our own peo-
p!a is likely to be lost forever. Eu-;
ropea-.s nations Ire hurrying armed
forces to the scene Of disturbance to pro-
tect their citizens and punish the wretch
es who have violated treaties and shed
precious blood. Russia, Germany,
France Inc England nave dispatched
soldiers and ships to protect their inter
ests and their honor. They have asked
Japan to equip II forward an army Of
10000 men to hold the hordes of
Prince Tuan at bay and rescue the dip
lomats and missionaries and their fami-
lies pending the arrival of the several
European primitive expeditions. The
American government has Joined in the
request and has sent 5000 soldiers and
several warships in order that it may
perform it's share of the work. Every
loyal American wishes the expedition
godspeed. In such a crisis there should
be no thought of party advantage. Office
seeking should be dropped when the ma
tion's honor is at stake and American
life and property broad are in danger.
Yet the Standard in it's article goes ON
ITO say:
We have an army at home, another
army in the Philippines, another army
in Cuba and, beyond doubt, we shall soon
have an army in China, because the pol
icy to which the country has wrong
send one there it's part and parcel Of
our insane expansion policy.
That is not a fair statement. The out
RACES in China cannot be rightfully
charged to the republican policy of ex-
pansion. The uprising of the Boxers
cannot be laid ito William Mckinney, nor
even ito Mark Hanna. The policy to
which this country has been committed,
the policy of protecting American citi-
zenship abroad is not wrongful. It Is
the policy of every other civilized nation.
1t is a policy for which every Montana
patriot who enlisted for the Spanish war
would again enlist to defend. II 3t Is
undemocratic then let the people thank
God for the republican party. If the
sending of an army to China is "militar-
ISM of which the Kansas City platform
complains then Mr.. Bryan will not re-
ceive SO votes i'm the electoral college and
his party is doomed to utter rout and
. ruin. It is the right sort of milftarism.
There are other statements i'm the
stan daafdis article which are not fair
Thu 'iarmy at home is not of alarmina
proportions. It numbers but a few thou
. sand men n is needed to meet posi-
BILE em~egsencdes. The 'army in Cuba
; il almost Through with its work and Il
already under orders to retuFi az rap
idly a IT can be spared. The "army II
the Philippines" is needed there to restore
law and order and two-thirde Of ft couai
r have been spared before now, accord.
ing to b testimony OF General Wheeser
, but for h encouragement extended T.
{ the rebels by some so-called American