The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-14
OF EXP PANSION -y<- Proclair :. by President '>eesszsl', PF ssS INTO THE FUTURE Assure Peace, He Says, by
 Arming for War. Geographical Position of America, He Declares, is Such as to In-
 sure Its Domination of
 the Pacific Ocean.
PF SsS INTO THE FUTURE

San Francisco, May B-President Roosevelt tonight addressed an immense crowd in Mechanics Pavilion. His recep- ton was enthusiastic. The President said
 Before I saw the Pacific slope l was an expansionist. and after having seen 1t fail to understand how any man who Is confident of his country's greatness and glad this country should challenge with proud confidence our mighty future, can be anything but an expansionist.
 Tn the century that is opening the com merce and the progress of the Pacific will be factors of incalculable moment in the history of the world. Now, in our day, the greatest of all the oceans. bids fair to become in it's turn the first in point of importance.
 Power on the Pacific.
 Our mighty republic has stretched across the Pacific and now in Californ a, Oregon and Washington, in Alaska and Hawaii and the Philippines, holds on cx- rent of coast line which makes 1t of neces- sity a power of the first class on the Pacific. The extension in the area of our domain has been immense, the extension in the area of our influence even greater.
 "America's geographical position on the Pacific is such as to insure our peaceful domination of it's waters in the future if only we grasp with sufficient resolution the advantages of this position. We are taking long strides in this direction; witness the cables we are laying and The great steamship line we are starting.
 We have taken the first step towards digging an isthmian canal to be under our own control. canal which will make our Atlantic and Pacific coast lines to all intent and purposes continuous and will add immensely alike to our commercial and our military and naval strength.
 The Philippines.
 'The inevitable march of events gave us the control of the Philippines at a time so opportune that 1t may without irieverence be held providential. 'inless we show ourselves weak. unless we show ourselves degenerate sons of the sires from whose Joins we sprang. we must go on with the work that we have begun. l earnestly hope that this work will always be peaceful in character.
 We infinitely desire peace, and the surcst way to obtain 1t is to show that We are not afraid of war. We 5hould dCal in a spirit of fairness and justice with sil weaker nations; we should show to the strongest that we are able to maint ain thoroughly efficient navy with plenty of the best and most formidable ships ard with an ample supply of officers and men.
 ''Only thus can we assure our position in the world at large and in particular our position here on the Pacific.
 With Expanding Nations.
 Tt behooves all men of lofty soul who are proud to belong to a mighty nation to see to it that We fit ourselves to take and keep a great position in the world, for Our nroDer nl3ce tS with the expand- ing nations and the nations that ore to be great. that we accept with confidence a place of leadership in the world.
 All our people shoul1 take this position but especially you of California, Ior much of our expansion must go through the Golden Gate, and the States of the Pacific slope must inevitably be those which would be most benefited by the growth of American influence along the coasts and islands of that mighty ocean where east and west finally become Che. !"