The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-06
A STRUGGLE With
THE FAR EAST sure
WARNING SOUNDED BY MINOR
ITY LEADER, WHO SAYS A
CONFLICT Is INEVITABLE.
THE CHINESE ARE AWAKENING
In Vigorous Speech Declares Orient
Will BE Fighting Ground of Future
and Says Philippines VIII BE Used
Against United States.

mand of the Pacific, the fighting
ground of the future" and that
conflict between the United States
and the Orient, commercial or 9th
erwise," was inevitable, was given
the house today by Republican Lead
er Mann in a vigorous speech oppos-
ing the pending administration Phil
ippine bill. Representative Mann de-
clared if the Philippines became in
dependent they would, in turn, be
acquired either by Japan or by some
other nation, ultimately to be used
against the United States,
If there is to beindependence of |
the Philippines said Mr.. Mann, 'let |
it be absolute independence. If they |
are to 90 let them go and let Japan |
and China, Germany or England take |
them, as is inevitable, and then we
will know what we have to fight.
Like Sleeping Child.
CLOSE to Japan, like sleeping
child of the world, is China, with her |
vast territory, with her immense pop
ulation What was going on in ia !
pan a few years ago is now going on
in China. The awakening Of China |
is more marvellous than in Japan and |
as these great people in China rise
to the civilization Of our modern days
and engage in manufactures and in
production of all which man pro-
duces We will enter into a series of
competitive efforts with the Far
East which never have been equaled
in this world of ours.
The great population of China,
We say, shall not be permitted to
come to our shores. At the same time
come to our shores.
Such a position as We take per-
haps cannot be abandoned by our
people, but it never can be enforced
in the long run without the power to
enforce il. When China is awakened
we will have a conflict on our hands
which will last for many years, posi-
bly, many centuries.
Must Look to Future.
I'VE, who are now legislating, if
| we do not bear in mind the POSSIBLE
ties of hundreds of years from now
and the inevitable conflict, CONNER
cial or otherwise, which we will meet
in the Far East, have forgotten the
principles which ought to actu-
ate US.
1T is as certain as that the sun
will rise tomorrow that a conflict will
come between the Far East and the
Far West. All which has taken place
in the world during the history of the
American race UP to now teaches US.
that the. avoidance of the conflict is
impossible. I hope war may not
come; that there be no conflict of
arms. I have little faith that in this
world of ours people and races are
able to meet in competition for
! long period of time without an arm
ed conflict. A fight for commercial
supremacy in the end leads to a fight
with arms, because that is the final
arbiter between nations.
"ShaH We Surrender"
I'VE command the Pacific ocean
today with the land that we have on
this side, with the islands which we
possess in the sea and with the Phil
/ iDpines on the other side. Will we
surrender our command? I say no.
If We should let the Philippine is
lands go today without a string tied
to them they would belong to some
other country inside Of ten years.
But if they could keep their indie
| pendence twenty-five, fifty or even
one hundred years in the end they
would be used against US instead of
in our favor in the inevitable con-
Aict between competing races.
We are having trouble enough
about country which we say we
cannot afford to let another nation to
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and with ether republics to the
South, without engaging in any more
enterprises Of this kind.
who today would propose that we
let Japan have a naval station in
Mexico? Who today in our country
would assent if England proposed to
transfer British Columbia to Japan?
We would 90 to war in a minute to
prevent it. because we would be op-
posed to letting Japan or China have
base of supplies on this side of the
| Pacific"
When Representative Mann took
the floor Manuel Quezon, resident
commissioner Of the Philippines, had
/ Just concluded a plea for independ-
ence and for prompt action on the
! Jones bill, which would declare the
purpose of the United States TO grant
/ independence as soon as the Filipinos
are capable of self-government.
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