Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-22
BREWER SEES PERIL.
Danger In Big Immigration and
 Expansion, Declares Jurist.
SAYS SELL PHILIPPINES TO JAPAN

Supreme Court Justice Declares It
 Would Be the Simple Way Ont of
 . Complex Dfniculty-Believes Wo-
 man May Be President of the United
 States and Thinks Only . Skeleton
 Army h Needed.
 This is an inquiring, skeptical age" said Justice David J. Brewer of the supreme court of the United States when he was recently interviewed at his home in Washington by repre- sentative of the New York Herald. Everything must face the question, What for or of what profit? There are many grave questions that we Americans or, rather, our descendants must face. They are coming to us with an overwhelming force at present"
 What are they?" was asked.
 Tremendous immigration and the spirit of conquest, which means an- nexation and colonization. Probably very few thinking Americans realize the great responsibility that the na- tion assumes in allowing million i'm migrants year to come into the coun- try and to tincture our national life It so happens that the greater part of the immigration is of people who have been brought up to regard the govern ment under which they live as an enemy, a thing to be fought, an insti- tuition to struggle against. They do not realize the difference between lib- erty and license.
 You cannot mix oil and water. You cannot make Latin nation an Anglo Saxon lsation, and that is why I see danger and trouble and the use for high statesmanship in the conduct of the United States in the immediate fu- ture.
 Tt is well known that have bitter ly opposed the annexation of the Phil ippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico. I cannot see how any right thinking American could do else than oppose it. This government, this nation, was founded as a protest against the colo nial system, and now we go establish ing colonies of our own. If there is anything more antagonistic to the founding of the government than the present trend of national events l can not conceive it
 "The big stick is swung almost too vigorously. Much as admire the president, I am not in accord with many things that he does or that he instigates. It is not the purpose of this government to interfere and med dle with things that do not concern us. It is our business to mind our own business"
 Have you any fear that Japan will endeavor to acquire the Philippines by force of armsY'
 Well, all these things float. Events crowd on each others heels so rapidly nowadays that the man who essays to be a prophet fig not only not one in his own country, but anywhere else as we'll. It is very hard to say what Ja- pan has up her sleeve in the Philippine question"
 Would you advise the selling of the islands to the Japanese governmentf'
 Most assuredly. It would be the simple way out of complex difficulty. I am strongly inclined to believe that we will either have to sell them if we can or give them up when we must. The Japanese nation amalgamates with the people of the Philippines or will amalgamate them much more readily than we Americans possibly could. Neither you nor I nor the youn- gest child living will ever live to see the time when the natives of the Phil ippines will be Americans in the sense that Washington thought of when he stood sponsor to this country"
 Do you seriously think that the time will ever come when there will be woman president of this coun- tyT
 T have little doubt of 1t. It Is one of those theoretical things that Is working out in a practical way every day. I can see no good reason why there should not be woman president of the country. I can see a great many good reasons why there should be one. However. I question if 1t comes in the near future. but 1t is an incident that might happen at almost any time. Women have shown their capacity for handling big affairs in colleges. schools. railroads and banks"
 Do you think that to maintain our position as a world power the army should be strengthened and the navy increasedr
 T do not. I cannot conceive why we should have an army at all except a mere skeleton Of course we should have an abundance of trained officers in case of an emergency. An idle mil itary class seems to me absolutely an tagonistic to the principles of the coun- try. We don't need soldiers here. All we want are citizens. No foreign pow CT would ever think of attempting sn invasion of the United States. If would not only be impracticable. but 1t would be impossible. Thousands of miles of sea barrier protect us on all sides. The bringing eu,r here of a hundred thou- sand troops. which is all that any na- ton could land in a hurry. would not be a flea bite to what this country could raise in twenty hours in op- position
 Do yo1 agree with President Roose- xais than ,be. or,r nary shouia bo