Show I WHAT DOES IT MEAN II S Arc we getting ready to depart from the path that has led to national greatness I great-ness Isit the intention of Republican leaders to force this republIc into European I Eu-ropean poltcs te involve the people in Orlenthl brawls to mix up in the incessant in-cessant warfare which has been going I on in Asia for a century or more f There are indications that the continental nentl powers of Europe Intend to force the partition ot Chln3 whIle England Is I 3 0 thoroughly absorbed in military transactions in South Africa Is this the reason our war vessels arc being concentrated In the China sea What other reason can be assigned i Ve are not at war with any naval power neither are we threatened wIth any such opposition The Filipinos have nothing but row boats Armored cruisers battleships monitors and torpedo tor-pedo boats are not needed in their SUb jugton they could not be used to any 1 partcular advantage even in a work or extermination Russia Is not interested inter-ested In our conquest Germany has assured us Jf her perfect friendship i and has acquired the Canaries and I Iariennes quite recentlyall that she can manage for the preent Yon I Diedrihs has dIsappeared in the lengthellng distance Nobody is 1 threatening to destroy this great repub lie of ours but ont of iilxty tribes of I south sea islander who coulnt get twen6 miles from their native shores I in the best boat they PossessiVe iVe have thirteight warships in the Philippines nqw Eight others are being be-ing hurried there at present The cruiser cruis-er Brooklyn New Orleans and Newark arc among those recently d slatched I with almost P1ciplute haste No one II is foolish enough to think they are I needed thereto rive the rebels from i the fdstnesscs of the interior Then j what Is i all about Are we led ly manifest destiny to I I take part in the forcible partition of China I o 1 |