The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11

the people He 10 . strong friend of fba limited states, having lived for some time in the country. I can't say what will be the status of the island when he passes away.
 "fJow ia the country prosperingT Tt is growing very rapidly as far as new industries and the development of lits resources are concerned: Many IAmertcans are investing in Cuban lands and in other properties of all sorts. Sir William Van Horne. the head of the Canadian Pacific railroad, who got his raiIroad education in the United States, is now building a railroad from one end of the island to the other. This will open up much country which has here tofore been inacessible.
 Porto Rico and San Domingo. "What is the condition of Porto
 Rico"
 renI,ed Senator Cullom. Porto Rico is A Valuable island, although by no means so rich as Cuba. Cuba Is one of the most fertile spots on the globe. The Porto Ricans are easily governed. We have established schools everywhere there. and believe that the island will eventually be one of our most desirable possessions.
 How about santo Domingo. sena- torp will we not have to take that is- land to keep the people in order?' q hope" replied the senator. "At least not until they have had enough wars to wipe out the turbulent among the islanders. think we have our hands full as 1t is?"
 Are you satisfied with the eondi- ton of the Philippines?
 "Yes: the Philippines are doing very ~~,t1l 1b more valuable as time goes on. The neonle are fast recovering from the war, and we may expect continued peace"
 The Annexation of Canada. DO you think Canada will ever be part of the United States. Senator Gull llomr' I asked.
 'T used to hope so. and that the time would come soon. It may still come, but 1t seems to me that 1t is farther away now than 1t was twenty years ago. The British provinces north of us have become united since then. and a greater love for the mother country and the king has sprung up How about the great northwest where so many Americans are emigra- tins7 Will those American settlers not create a pro-annexation sentiment?" ( may D0 SO anu I ShouAu iiNo Ae Sos II should like to see the United States
 extend northward in one great block to the Arctic ocean,"
 "Yes, and southward to the Panama
 canal?" said I.
 T don't know about that" replied
 the chairman of the foreign relations
 committee, although our destiny now
 seems to point that way. Americans
 by hundreds are interesting in Mexico.
 They own mines. railroads and lands.
 They have property in Central Ameri-
 ca, and now we have acquired that ten-
 mile strip across the Isthmus of Pana-
 ma and are to build a great canal
 through 1t costing hundreds of millions
 of dollars. All that indicates the Amer
 fcanization of this continent, and l don't know that like 1t. I don't want
 to see our country grow so big that 1t
 will be unwieldy, nor to overload 1t
 with races different from ours. As to
 the Canadians. we could easily assimi-
 late them. for they are Anglo-Saxons.
 as we are, but the races to the south
 are Latins and the Latin races do not
 mix with ours so we'll Indeed, doubt if 1t would be wise to acquire those countries with the idea of their eventu- ally becoming states of this Union
 What do you think of the Pana- ma canal, senatorT
 There Is only one way to look at 1t, and that is as one of the most impor- tant undertakings of the century. It is now a fixed fact, and within eight years lit may be completed. We shall have
 about 10000 men at work there within few weeks."
 Do you apprehend more trouble as to the Monroe doctrineT'
 "T do not. The Germans and the
 English both acknowledge 1t, and it will become more firmly established as
 time goes.
 Our Trouble With Morocco. What do you think of the Perdicaris incident, senator? I mean the Ameri
 can citizen that the Moroccan brigands recently captured and held until he was ransomed."
 T don't like 1t. and do not approve
 of our method of yielding to such mat ters. The great powers ought not to
 be at the mercy of the forty thieves
 who act as brigand chiefs, in the Mo hammedan regions of Africa and Asia. If their governments cannot restrain
 them, if they cannot protect their own citizens and their foreign residents, they ought to be wiped out. Such things are an outrage in these days of the twentieth century civilization. It may be that our action as to Miss Stone gave us the reputation Of being easy to work, and that the stealing of Perdi- caris was a repetition of 1t. don't know. I am sure however, that such actions should be prevented and that their perpetrators should be made ex- awples for all the world co see. The Robbers of North Africa. T should like to see Morocco cleaned |up," continued Senator Cullom. That
 whole North African country was for years a den of pirates which preyed up- on the commerce of Europe. We had a war with them as far back as 1901 because we would not pay the tribute
 they wanted, and in 1915 Commodore Decatur brought the Day of Algiers to his knees by threatening to blow his city to ruins if he made any further demands on American vessels. Indeed,
 the United States was the first to bring the robbers in North Africa to time" Law vs. Politics. I here referred to Senator Cullom's early law practice, when John Hay
 was one of his students. and asked him | if he had ever regretted leaving the
 law for politics. He replied: T can't say that I have. My politi- cal career has brought me into the swim of public affairs and have been
 part, greater or less, or our history
 for the past forty years. I have liked
 the life and its struggles-the ability
 to do things and to be a part of things.
 I have been able to accomplish some
 thing for my friends, and a little. hope
 for my country And still I have had
 to pay well for this, in that I am a poor l IaA I Q uy