Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-09-25
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Admiral D D,exey pealk|
| Our Foreign Posses
OUR DUTY D 70 / THE 1 lNHAE i

Should the United States H
Up, He Says Japan Would
Them to the disadvantage
Country s$s:
Washington, Special;
Dewey strongly y resents thespF
that has been discussed In d
! less academic manner t.: :sulTer
Philippines, which Of all men
q leading factor in bringing vi
American flag. In an interv
admiral set out clearly the
which impel him toeinsist NJ
retention Of the islands. Si1
enough, in view of the fact t
admiral is a man Of war bytrs
strong point Of his argument
based Upon the military or nal
portance Of the archipelago,l
most altogether upon the 5grea,
present and prospective ofthe
pines to America in the extens
our trade with the Orient, VIII
regards as holding out tile best
ise Of commercial expansion. II
miral says:
"Abandon the Philippinesl&I
believe our country will ever.do
Certainly it should not because il
altogether too much at stake.
only our controlgoyer the Philip
that makes it possible FOR Us toil
upon the open door in the East,
ward which our diplomacy has, |
directed for a number of years.
want our share Of tine enormous C,
merce of the East and we can
keep the door open for it, unless
hold the islands. .!g,a.t
Why Did Spain Hold Them.
"Why did Spain for 200 yearsado
mate the commerr} of the olien
Just because. she had The bay and liza
bor: of Manila as 70 great jcommerci
sand naval base That tsbasg canSb ju
as useful to us commercially as it .ws
Ito Spain. For The past. 10 years even
strong European nation has been trJ
ing to get a foothold for commerciis
and naval purposes In Eastern NJ
ters-G Germany, England,, France an
Rassia Through tia forces Of wa
tthes Unite States ao6rained d zig full
sand without chieanery the best an
most stragetiei positio possible gt
ling ils snperio ior naval and Il conlmefc; :
advantage ges over The 4 other mat ils &,
hat sort tsof common sense would
be for us to give up such a ition
Suppose we should dispose Of til
Philippines and Japan should ac9nir
them? See how the islands strete
alon gthe coast. Here are the jar
anese islands, here is Formosa whic
Japan owns, and then come the Phi
ippines. If Japan had them, she woul
command every gateway to the Orier
and the United States would be com
peltely. shut out.
"Eyery one comedies that til
Orient is the future great field for tn
principal commercial nations of til
world. We, ought to be the leader
but we must at least have share
the enterprise and in order to do S
we must maintain the positions VI
have occupied through force of eli
cumstances in that region.
Commercial Phase.
'fI am talking now of the purel
commercial phase of the question an
1 think it is plain that we must hav
a commercial base of operation sue
as Manila furnishes. And then in OF
der to protect our commerce we mus
have a naval base, and at Subig bay
such a base is now being developed
Congress hes recognized our needs i
the Philippines and has appropriate
literally for fortifying The islands
Modern guns are being mounted
large dry dock has been located j
Subig bay, troops are stationed in tn
island of Luzon and in every way cor
gress. has shown its desire to protec
the islands from foreign aggressio
and also to establish a base for poss
bic military operations.
cit has been frequently said tha
the United States has assumed respor
sibilities in the Philippines which
can not pass over to other hands.
do. notscaret to discuss this phase Q
the situation, except ito say that I bt
lieve the American people will nevc
shrink from. such responsibilities q
were assumed for them when til
United States took over the Philip
pines.
"I want to emphasize my belle
that the United States as a world pow
er will always have commercial an
diplomatic interests in the Far Eas
and can not maintain itself properl
without base of operations. Til
United States can not withdraw frol
its present enterprise in the East br
must go forward seeking its share c
the advantages and sustaining il
share OF the responsibilities. ("
III.