The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-11

The members Of the cabinet ven
divided. Judge Day. the secrstar
Of state. who became the head I
eur peace commission, favorink u
annexation Of nothing more thn
. naval base. At the end of lon
discussion the secretary asked WI
his motion was not put to q vota
II was afraid 1t would be carried
the president replied with a smile
McKinley's course was innueaca
By . fresh outbreak Of rivAlJ
among the European powers n
ports and islands and spheres q IN.
fluence. particularly in the FL
East, and the President was IN.
bilious to open for the county Z
new era in its relation to the vork
1.-THE currents OF destiny are Bow
ing through the hearts Of the An.
erican people," he confidently an
nounced as he felt the public pals
on q western tour. 4
A cry of imperialism was ralSsi
against this plunge into Asia. In,
"anti-imperialists" included seus
distinguished Republicans and viz.
tually all the Democrats, and tn
treaty OF peace was ratified at rs!
with only one vote to spare in ~
senate.
Without waiting for ratification
the president dispatched a military
expedition to take over the Philip
pines, proclaiming to the revolving
Filipinos the policy of "beneyolen
assimilation" The resulting VAT
dragged its unpleasant length for
two years before the inhabitants
unwtllingly bowed to their new
master.
Not yet feeling the economic urss
that drove Europe into the race fof
exploiting far-off lands. Americas
have continued to be indifferent o
commercial opportunities in u
Philippines, and the archipe!Ase
remains q liability rather than y
asset on the national ledger. Hav'
ing all that we can do at home. o
the development of resources M
finitely richer than those OF any
foreign field, there has been . zen.
dency to leave the islands more anu
more to the Filipinos on somevna
the same terms that we left Gus
to the Cubans.
1t was the strange fortune o. :
president whose entire public nis
had been given exclusively to 40
nestle questions to plant the nAs
in the distant Philippines and %
send It to the piak walls OF ~.
forbidden city OF China. IN my
march On Pekin for the rescue q
the foreign legations from the sles'
of The Boxers, or Chinese revoiu.
ticnists, the United States ,oineo
other powers for the first time IN .
military expedition. 1t is to In'
credit Of the Mckinley adminislr !.
ton that it did what it could %
curb the repacity Of the Japanese
German and Russian government
and soldiery, which brought ~.
fanny upon a campaign that W
undertaken in the fair name Oh nu
manity. what I want" the pre-
ident said, in explaining his pos,,
ton, "is the friendship OF Cn'n'
when the trouble is over"
| Under the high statesmansnip =
John Hay, the secretary OF ss,a y.
the United States had already =
fore the Boxer rebellion. laid y y
straining hand upon the nauoa'
that were looting Chinese TERROR
and had drawn from them pleosss
to keep an "open door" to traoe ~ y
the ports they were selling az ~
point of the gun. The "pone 49,
has remained ever since the cns =,
Of our course in the east. II !" :,
win only continue to follow y an ~
Ishould succeed in inducing otn ~
tn follow it a while longer. unui ~
giant Of the Orient awakens III y,
his long slumber and shakes on y
foreisn despoilers, an amancipass'
lChina will be the imposing mons
ment of William McKinleys pEs''
ldency.
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