The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-11
IMPERIALISM IN CHINA.
President Mckinley Denounced by the
Anti-lmperialists for Rescuing
Minister Conger,

referring to the policy of the admin
istration in China, DIR. Habercom of
Washington City, one of the profession
al 'anti-imperiulists," denounced it as
an act of Imperialism. We are glad to
obtain from this declaration an illustra-
tion of what men like Dr. Habercom
consider imperialism" ON account of
which they are opposing the election
of Mr.. Mckinley and advocating that
of Mr.. Bryan.
All that the government has done in
China is to dispatch ships and troops
there for the rescue of Minister Conger
and other Americans who We're i'm
pr,soned in Pekin and exposed to death
at the hands of n mob which the gov
ernment of China was either unable or
unwilling to suppress. This act of the
government is denounced. In other
words. nothing should have been done
to rescue Mr.. Conger and the other
members of the American legation.
Nothing should have been done 10
guard Americans or American inter
ests in China.
If 1t is imperialism to protect Amer
lean citizens and among them an
American minister in Il foreign land.
then Imperialism is n proper thing
dear to the hearts of all patriotic
plaint AT one time that the United
States did nothing to protect its citi-
Zens exposed to danger or insult
abroad So neglectful in this respect
WAS the government ut one time that
little or no respect was paid to the
American flag, and Americans had
sometimes to appeal to the official rep
resentatives of other countries for shell
ter
II Is so no more and the change is
due to what certain opponents of the
administration are pleased 10 call i'm
perialism. To make the flag respected
Is, then. Imperialism, i'll the opinion of
the men who are posing as special and
self-appointed guardians of the Repub-
lie. These men dislike TO see the Unit
ed States taking a stand as worlds
power. They are filed with dismay
lest the Republic perish, because the
great powers of Europe are consulting
the United States and taking into con
sideration its wishes in dealing with
problems that affect the welfare of the
whole world.
With such men the people of Colo
RADIO have no sympathy. The citizens
of this state are for the protection of
American rights throughout the world
and the defense of the flag wherever it
NAV nOHt. w len lne young men VI
the First Colorado marched away to
the Philippines the hearts of the peo-
pie of this state went with them, and
Colorado is proud of the record made
in the Orient. Colorado is proud of The
fact that II was Il member of that regi-
ment who planted the first American
flag on the walls of Manila. Yet Mr..
T. NJ Patterson belittled the work done
that day by saying in his speech at
Topeka that it was n sham battle. and
that the surrender of Manila was the
result of an agreement entered pto be-
tween the Americans and the Span
iards.
The opponents of the administration
can never make tho people of this state
| in,orse the doctrine that Americans in
China and other foreign lands should
submit to insult and outrage, and that
| their own country should give them no
protection. One of the grandest things
| this country has ever done outside of
| its own boundaries was the part 1t
played in the rescue of the legations
| imprisoned in Pekin. but we are told
| that it was an act of imperialism,
and that as such it has endangered the
| life of the Republic. From saviors who
proclaim so cowardly doctrine let the
| Republic strive to be delivered.-Den-
yer Republican.