Show i THURSTON CHANGES FRONT NeblasknSenntor Is Now an Avowed Annexationist Philadelphia April SSenator John M Thurston of Nebraska made an informal address at thin Union league here tonight Among other things he said he had changed lOnt and was no longer n con seI1ratho but an anncxationlst He be lIeeCl this untrys attitude in the lreseht Philippine situation was right He regarded Agulnaldos uprising as simply a b Wog of anarchy svhichm must be crushed 1 voted against the annexation of the Hawaiian islands he said because or a conservatism which I could not overcome over-come therefore you will understand that I am not a partisan but when In time providence of God new territory and new responsibilities como to us we are bound to share part of time responsibIlities I I I tw heJ sJ f3nhs am one eon s who would have wished that after Dewey sailed Into Manila and gained the grandest victory of modern timet that he could have left without accepting the responsibility But this could nol be lIone God hall given us the responslblllt and We must accept it Clvhilzatlon has the right of way over barbarism and the American people were equal to this and any other responsibility that might arise |