Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-10-07
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE.
Republican Leader Sees Conflict
Ahead In Affairs of Far East.

ground Of the future" and that
| conflict between the United States
and the Orient, commercial or 9TH
rrwsc." was inevitable, was given
the House to-day by Republican
Leader Mann in vigorous speech
opposing the pending administration
Philippine bill. representative
Mann declared that if the Philippines
became Independent they would, in
time, be acquired either by Japan or
by some other nation, ultimately to
be used against the United States.
eff there is to be independence Of
the Philippines" said Mr.. Mann, "let
it be absolute Independence If they
are to go, 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.
China Awakening.
"ClOSc to Japan, like a sleeping
child Of the world, is China, with her
vast territory, with her immense pop
pan few years ago is going on now
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-
duCCs. we will enter into series OF
competitive efforts with the Far East
which never have been cQuallcd in
this world Of ours.
"Thc great population Of China. We
say. shall not be permitted to come
TO our shores. At the same time we
say that China shall not be permit
ted to shut out oar people or our
goods. Such a position as We take
perhaps cannot be abandoned by our
people, but it never can be enforced
in the long run without the power to
enforce it. When China is awaken
ed we will have a conflict on our
hands which will last for many years,
possibly many centuries.
Thinks Conflict Certain
1--WE who now are legislating. if
we do not bear in mind the possibili-
ties OF hundreds OF years from now
! and the inevitable conflict, CONNER
cial or otherwise, which we will meet
in the ~" East, have forgotten the
principles which ought to actuate us.
1T is as certain as that the sun
will rise tomorrow that conflict
| will come between the Far East and
the Far West across the Pacific
! ocean. 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. | hope war may not
come; that there be no conflict of
arms. 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
armed conflict. A fight for CONNER
Cial supremacy in the end leads to a
fight with arms, because that is the
final arbiter between nations.
Opposes Surrender.
1--WE command the Pacific ocean to-
day with the land that we have on
this side, with the islands which we
possess in the sea, nd with the Phil
Ippines on the otnCr side. viii we
If we would lcI the Philippine Is
lands go to-day without string tied
10 them they would belong to some
other country inside o. ten years. But
II they could keep ineir independence
%, 30 or even 100 years, in the end
they would be used against us instead
OF in our favor In the inevitable con-
ilict between competing races.
I'VE are having trouble enough
now about country which we say
we cannot afford to let another ma
ton enter; trouble enough now in
Mexico, and with other republics to
the south, without engaging in any
more enterprises Of this kind.
'WhO to-day would propose that
we let Japan have a naval station in
Mexico? Who to-day in our coun-
try would assent if England proposed
10 transfer British Columbia to ia .
pan? We would go to war in min
ute to prevent 1t. because we would
be opposed to letting Japan or China
have base Of supplies on this side
of the Pacific"