The Portland daily press., 1900-02-23
SHOULD HOLD ISLANDS. /.
DR.. Schurman on Ex-
pansion.
Tells Of Ills Ex perienees in The Phil
pines.
Address Before Chicago
Union League.
His Remarks Were Received
With Approval.

Chicago, February 22.-Dr. Jacob g..
Schurmau, president OF Cor.eii univsf-
sity, spoken under the auspioss Of the
Union League at the Auditorium this
afternoon upon Expansion" The adj
dress was delivered to one Of the largest
audiences ever sesn In the great theatre
and the remarks Of DR.. Schurman were
received with every manifestatien OF ap-
prevail. He told OF his experiences while
Investigating the situation In the Philip
pines and declared that the true policy
Of the United States lsy In holding the
islands and following the policy Of e1-
panslon which had been opened before
ia. The exercises opened with IN organ
recital by Harrison n. Wild, after. which
the audience Joined In singing 1.-The Star
Spansled Banner"
President Eugene Gary Of the Union
League club then introduced DR.. Schur-
man. DIR. Schurman spoke substantially
as follows:
sCaURMAN'S SPEECH.
"Wbst was the secret of our success In
compelling European nations to stand by
the policy OF the open door In Gilman
some powerful Gauss there certainly was /;
for England had failed In similar at
tempt only two or three years ago. We
should not have succesded at that time
either; indeed We should not have ssssyed
the tn *; and had any political leader
suggested 1t he would have been de-
nounced NJ . renegade TO the Monroe doc
uine. But In the space Of two years the
political horizon Of the American people
has undergone TN Immense expansion
the aatonished nations have seen rs be-
come an Asiatio power. American dipio-
macy triumphed In China bsoauss the
A msrican dag waved In the Philippines.
That commercial expansion which the
marvellous growth Of your capital and
industries had rendered indispans able to
the continued vitality OF the nation WA
her aided by the roar OF Dewey's guns,
asserted by the brilliant feats OF your
armies under Otis, Macarthur and the
heroic Lawton, and finally established
and secured by 40 international agree.
ment which will rsndcr this administra-
ton illustrious In all the annals Of
A merican diplomacy. Into our reluctant
lap the hand Of destiny dropped the Phil
ippines. W. have a,cepted them and
with the aid of Providence We propose to
discharge our responsibilities to them
through territorial expan sion was never
dreamed Of when the war began and We
did not desire 10 when the war closed. !"
He pointed out that the republic had not
dwslu contentedly within its ancient
limits and said Territorial expansion
has teen the law OF Its life. No Ameri-
can who has stopped at Honolulu In crcss.
ing the Pacific will regret the annexation
Of that unique oceanic emporium. Thanks
to steam and electricity which abolish
distance, the modern state admits OF un-
bounded territorial organization without
loss Of supreme control ut the centre or
- al In If ha
mem bers. The equipoise between central
sovereignty and lo,al Independence IL the
balance wheel Of the American system.
This IL our contribution to the politics of
the world. And this Is the surest guar
anty Of the permanence OF our republic.
snow this organization OF the United
States under which unboundsd territorial
extension may be reoonoilsd with solid
union and full local liberties furnishes
the solution of our political problem In
the Philippine Islands. The oomm mission,
of which / had the honor to be president.
has recommended that the filipinos DO
given form OF TERRITORIAL govern nen
more liberal even than that which Jeffsr-
son bestowed upon the people of the terri
tory Of Louisiana.
"Besides the mournsrs and pessimists,
however, / must say word about the
Jingoes Now the Jingoes are sect
who hold that everything Is ours that We
oAn nhnub Ou, anu thnV Oehok PcSRio
have no rights which We need respect.
Their philosophy Of the Philippine ques-
ton is exceedingly simple. 1t Is this:
freed In their own hearts. Gold in the
Philippines, and God In Hea ven to salts
~ ths appetite with Its desired object.
The Inhabitants of the Archipelago, Of
whom there are some 5000. COO, never en-
10 Ia simply as material for exploitat ton
or food for bullets. Eight million Eli.
piuos with no legal or moral rights that
we need oonsidsrl Eight million i'm
mortal souls to be treated a. mere CHAT
tslsi Yet this Ii the gospel Of the Jtn-
guide directed In regard to that peculiar
y Iepulsive class In Dants's Inferno
Fortunately their number 10 small, and
the American people will in due time
punish them for their infamy.
"The instinct Of expansion, as Matthew
Arnold well said, is the basis OF human
civilization. But this instinct, though
Indispensable to any prosress in oiviliEa-
ton. would II left TO Itself yield nothing
higher than the supremacy of brute
strength and cunning. The other con-
ditions of civilization, the claims
which man must satisfy before he can be
humanizsd. are virtue and piety, liberty
and justice, knowledge. art, and the
power of social life and manners. II We
are civilized nation our mission In the
Philippines must 10 the promotion OF
civilization. A stronger, and. believe,
q higher will than ours set MS In that
distant Archipelago. What II the divine
purpoEe be the extension Of our free in
stit1tions and of all that Ia best In our
civilization throughout the Orientf As
tbs objeet of tie divine governments OF
tina world seems to be, according TO Less
Ing, the education of the human race.
Whist II VA are called to he the agents OF
that purpose In the Philippine Is'andsf
know not. J'hess themes ars too high
for US. But ! know and you know that
We cannot be true toS ourssles, or loyal to
the nsw obligations that have came upon
US. unless We recognizs that this last ex-
pansion nj our Republic is sum mons TO
work for the material, Intellectual. and
moral elevation OF the Fliipinos, TO teach
them to practise In ever-growing measure
the unwontsd l3ssons Of self-government,
and by SO doing TO make our flag, which
10 already the symbol Of Irresistible