The Western enterprise., 1900-01-27
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nod auti-imparialist oppo-
,1e administration policy in
'a ~ .;o,s has its humorous side,
r-, tr,m that side that it has been
j ,a,a-aIIy in the press of the
"u # is high time, however, that
~. ..;ors view should be considered
,s .s.t -ae opponents of the admins
.norId be called upon to tormu-
~ .s..r roIicy in Il positive state
4 That the speeches Of Senator
o5 othpr< tclcgraphed to Hong
n5 thence % Manila, encour-
.,froIdo and his followers, and
=. continuance of the insurrec-
,rl rbe blood of General Lawton
or others is directly chargeable
reasonable rncouragements of
n.d enemies of our country, has
,rr beyond Il doubt, 1t is time
II stop the fooIishness.
so.r,llpd autiimperialists differ
-. themselves rs to the policy to
.r..roj. but one thing all of them
.n,r are united on: that the
-, S-gfes. when it abandOns the
~,,inas 10 AguiualdO and the
/ Kong jmta, shall guarantee that
,.1r nation shall put a stop to the
.Ar which would naturally result
.bo withdrawal of the United
forroS. or take possession of the
IL or any part thereof, for the
a ten Years at least. This is the
definite proposition upon which
no anri-fmperialists appear to be
l This is a policy which can
ha characterized as a dOg-in-the-
,sgo~ policy. Does any one imagine,
has any sense, that the other ma
who would be glad to get pos
p of the islands would acknOwl-
| for moment the right of the
ri States to withdraw from them,
r thp same time announce to the
|1thgt 10 other nation should take
hi 81 lon- as we hold the islands.
rD9tionS acknowledge our right to
Ia. but The moment we withdraw,
allow the natives 10 make war on
other undiSturbcd, to violate the
N Of traders, to pillage and mas
at their will. other nations are
-I 10 see that the rights of their
aH> are protected, and they will
ard if we should undertake to
1nt them we should have on our
|sa worldwide war.
guaranty which the anti-imperi-
propose. therefore, is n guaranty
|gwi'h England and Germany and
"a and probably France, all in the
a,r OF peace. \ more absurd
position was never formulated by
ban insane.
la- j, not Il single anti-imperialist,
bra, their utterances disclose, who
l have this country simply with
from the philippines and leave
to their fate Every one wants
United States to guarantee them
Interference by any other power.
a guaranty involves all the re-
.abliupS and none of the benefits
1 ID would come from an Occupa-
JT this country. That the Fill
would have under our govern
a larger measure of individual
iM a better administration of
i e, and better chance to life,
( y and the pursuit of happiness"
under the dictatorship of an
laldo is not worth arguing. The
aon is whether this country, hav-
4drakcH Il responsibility, shall
IT, There is but one answer to
q question that can be given
le American people, and if Mr..
ind the majority of the Demo
ID their next national convention
declare that this country ought
INvDt any such course as is now
N>ed by the Democratic leaders
@ell to have most influence i'll the
le popular verdict in the next
9a VIII be 50 overwhelming that
I4Iy will need Il quarter of a
W more to recruit its shattered
enough to make Il respectable
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