New-York tribune., 1901-11-23

tho ooe,,s-e,ce n, two kinds Of government,
with ultimate control in one eeoerapnioa'
region and dependence in the other ano siice
1884 there has never been year when IN the
United States there have not been side by sloe
such ruling nation and such SUBJECT coiohies'
only we have chosen to call them territories
But has the latter term, through long asso-
citation, come to convey an idea OF represent"
tive government and of inchoate but potential
Statehood? Let DIR. Hart disabuse all WIN e
tertain it of that notion:
We have. or have had. nearly every variety
of colony known to history, from recently occu-
pied conouests. like Porto Rico, with no regime
except the will of the military commander
through all the gradations up to a community
like New-MeXico, long on the verge OF oecoiiiihS
a State. We have military stations, sucu a9
Fort Smelling, which are almost as rree IIoiil
nearby control as Gibraltar; we have hao IN
Liberia distant protectorate, as much oe
pendency of the United States as Sierra Leone
is of Great Britain; our Indian agents nave d
status very like that Of British Residents IN the
native States of India: our control of Samoa
resembles that of Belgium in the congo free
State; the Aves Islands and Navassa are IN
Bahamas; the French in Madagascar nave set
up a system resembling our control OF Alaska,
and the great sef-governing Dominion OF can,
ada is not completely subject TO nome control
as our Territory of Oklahoma
We cannot in detail follow Dr. Hart through
methods according to which our various acts
of territorial expansion were performed, but
must merely refer the reader to the volume In
hand for a convincing demonstration of the
continuity and consistency of our national
policy in this as well as III other matters OF
fundamental Importance. bearing IN mlno al
ways that continuity does not mean monotony'
and that consistency does not mean lack OF
adaptive power. f-to use the authors own
words-this book accurately states the history
OF our external policy. 1t will be seen that an
nexations interventions, colonies, and 1nternl-
tional influence are not new factors in our ma
tional life. The drift of century has suddenly
proved to be a current. Best of ALL despite all
errors the general tendency of American ex-
panson is toward human freedom" He Will be
a bold critic who disputes the accuracy of this
books statements or the logical character OF
its conclusions. He who thoughtfully peruses its
pregnant pages, and thus refreshes his memory
of the history of this land, will gain for himself
a higher esteem for his own country and a
more courageous outlook upon Its future. He
will how well established and how complete
are our attributes OF sovereign nationality, how
constant has been our course toward what-de-
spite idle sneers-nay be considered our mani
fest destiny and how well fortified and d.
rected we are with precedents for dealing with
the present day problems which confront us.
And he WILL above all. perceive how truly the
dominant doctrines of present and tradi-
tional policy doctrines Of peace in Amer
fca international fellowship in the Eastern
Hemisphere, and civilization everywhere" That
is the ideal which established by the
Fathers in the eighteenth century. All
through the marvellous nineteenth century the
nation remained true to it. And now that
the republic has entered upon the immeasurably
auspicious twentieth century. it will not depart
from it.