New-York tribune., 1902-08-22
ASS4IL PHILIPPINE POLICf.
ANTI-IMPERIALIsTs SPEAK AT sANDERsoN
ACADEMY DINNER IN AsHFIELD, MASS

Ashaeld. Mass. Aug. 21.-Certain topics OF
national moment were discussed at the twenty
fourth annual dinner in aid of Sandersoh A0au-
erny in the old town hall here this a1terho"i'
The so-called doctrine of Imperialism was as
sailed and the Spanish War was the suo1ect Vi
caustic criticism
Professor Charles Eliot Norton. of Harvard.
presided Edwin Burritt Smith. OF Chicago'
and Louis R. Enrich of Colorado, presented
the extreme view of the anti-imperialists. Mr.
Enrich said in part:
In due time everything rises falls TO rs level
when George III attempted to impose his VIII upon
back His Contemporaries extolled the domestic
purity of his life his 9nagging 6yaon 5S
to the interests of the empire, Three-9uarters OF
end s9Hfq nTehdy te Ref a English writ
The name of George III canno55 De De. 80
curse, such mischief was he ta:ed 10 90 'he cou4i-
when. In a few decades the story OF our times s
shall be imparuay set down the hse3riar IN .e
will tell his kindly. sunny disPost9n-of ms ms
of his having died like hero; and then pntortu-
fouest stain on the pasSs i assmiiation procia
son Of d 6eeebeg aes is Th eb
ateiy proclaimed to the filipnos; NAVE
upon you If You resist we viii shoot you down
Thank God they resisted! -, -. ,as, +,raa
years The saddest. most disheartening fact mas mas
6esecrated 6es a While from nifty thousand hun
dred thousand lives were being sacTif1ced ana nun nun
wasted the p,Ipits of Christ appauded; and in all
,be countless meetings and conventions OF our
daughters cf the Revolution, Colonial Danes spls
oF The Colonial Wars woman federations, and other
bodies nd tho 'e moral and social hope
future not outcry was heard IN Prossest, t nHuin
this generation give stronger proof OF American
The outrages and excesses Of our troops shoula
make every American cheek tinse "IIH sIltiiie, a
ht what else to be expected! We IIls s. haHS
poounn that the door was opened TO every hendish
passion when men were sent OUT 70 stay - llel-
Fellow men War is hell. ana necessarily e'ohe7
What is the present pressing duty Of this ma
ton? Two wholly divergent paths-0he ieaalhs 10
grace and moral suicide-are each' strangely
enough urged upon the nation by me ,ne TWO onlIfu e
one Of them represents Massachusetts, As for the
other when in these years have opseIEed ms con
spicuous talents employed in the dft - =, o -,
sci in the passionate thick and thh C!efence OF
narty action in the clever masking OF arbitrary
and oppressive measures. in the cunning appeal 70
national selfshness and cupdiy az IND e rtitd
have than once tnwaroly pIeiie nc Pi idy-i
ot Cowper "oh. for Lodge IN som some nsst waoer,
Your Senator is q seer, the otnef an
We have President In whose upright intentions
we st have faith We believe ys. serv m b ms VEINS VEINS
tIy and TO leave a bright. unsuiiied name in his
countrys annals To him we say: ysa r ~. preslaen.
would have been failure II II nao hot prougnt
emancipation 10 the slave our opaILisn war WIN
ff II does not bring Independence TO the Filipino.
For US, fellow citizens the duty Is Siear. justice
70 the Filipino people Is the lssu - e Io 0,ir
shall not deserve and will not retain. our own
liberties II our strength be emp,oyeo, 70 ensaye
solved but, in comparison. they are oil bread and
butter issues.