The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-11-15


the negotiable stare. but " passions
tobi durihs The winter nov a. hand.
the bili ~ ,as,s may rfsdlsfuss both
the euntshiina nations 10 seek n basis
~ compromise
There would hs nothing strange in
Russia ald japan becoming trends
ana allies They respect each other
now. and there afo euUuHh ifisHs w
Asia ~ rito each o. share A. for % c-
cdents observe the friendship wh.an
lnow exists between china ana japan,
who fought bitterly ten years ago.
betwron RUSSIA and Turkey. hereditary
foes. between England ami France.
also hereditary enemies ana the grow
inr entente between Germany ana
France. Nations cannot nnofd, Tor
sentiments euko. to- hold grudRes and
| turn from friendships that might profit
them. and surely u Russia would
cunccde 20 japan the most Of what the
latter In fighting for. Japan could af-
ford 10 lot Russia move towards
! Thibet AfRhanistan and the Persian
Gulf and even retain a part OF Man
churia.
In such contingency the United
states would have to look sharp after
the Philippines. possession which
Japan has long coveted. Touching
cognate matter General James II.
Wilson, speaker at the Mohonk Con-
ference said:
My suggestion Is simply this-that /
the United states should when the war
Is over, say TO the Philippine people:
"If you can arrange a modus vivendi
with Japan, by which you can agree
upon "A system Of government which
shall be just and right, and which
shall protect your interests and be
made satisfactory to u, go and do it,"
II will be remembered that the Fill
pnos are alien to the white race. but
they and the Japanese are just as
much alike in physical attributes as
two peas out of the same pod. The
Fillpinos would naturally fail into
harmonious relation with the Japanese,
and thus the japanese Empire would
be extended to within four degrees of
the equator. 1t would form a buffer
state covering the entire coast of Asia.
and If with Yankee skill for bargain
ing We should insist upon such condi-
tons precedent as would give us such
coaling and trading stations as might
be needed for our use the return of
the purchase money which We gave to
Spain, and last, but not least, stipu-
lation for a perpetual commercial ar
which should give the Unit
ed States preferential duties for nat
ural and manufactured products in the
Island Empire in return for preferen-
tial duties on their natural and manu-
featured products in the United States,
II Seems to me that We should then $
have neighbors on the farther side of l
he Pacific with whom our friendly l
citations would be permanent and from /
whose commerce we should multiply o
'ur profits just exactly in proportion 5
o our business with them. (Applause) /
The proposition Is a very simple one. L
t would give Japan place for her t
overflow population and for her enter a
,rise for the next fifty years. 1t would I
cave China free to work out her own I
iestiny. 1t would give the powers an
to restrain the rapacity of c
Russia, while allowing her an ice-free e
outlet to the Pacific. 1t would enable e
hem to insist upon the Open Door in |
Manchuria. And. best of all, it would q
give US commercial supremacy in the '
Far East as well as in the islands of |
he sea without the establishment of
IN Eastern empire in violation of the !
principles of our Cons titution. The
may never arise under c
which this suggestion may be worked
nut in the way l have indicated; but I
he suggestion having been made, it a
nay be safely entrusted to the hands d
If such men as now or may hereafter ;
preside over the destinies of our gov 1
| make it now as my con- 1
rbution to the cause of permanent p
,eace in the Far East, and feel sure t
hat if it can be worked out it will pro- S
note the interests of mankind at large, !
General Wilson'S idea is to secure by V
his concession. the peace of Asia: but l
mother and no less important result [
would be TO secure our own peace. The 5
United states cannot hold the Philip
Dimes and escape friction with the $
powers within whose sphere of infu- L
'nce they lie; 1t cannot hold them and L
lefend the logic of the Monroe doc $
rine: 1t cannot free them without
ither leaving the islands at the mercy
# some rapacious neighbor or becom-
ng their unpaid policeman Why no,
therefore,, turn them over to the Japa- J
lese and get back what we paid for r
hem in the treaty of Paris? Y
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