Show JINGOISM RAMPANT The mot rampant case of jingoism engendered by the Hawaiian annexation annexa-tion treaty we have seen is that of the New < York Journal It outjingoes all the jingoes The Journal soys that Hawaii is but a beginning That is what those who are opposed to annexation of the little republic fear And then with much logic it says that the reasons which make Hawaiis annexation desirable I apply with equal force to Cuba the Bahamas and all territory on this side of the world that is needful to form a I frontier that shall resent an impregnable impreg-nable line to a European enemy or that coalition of European enemies that is among the grave possibilities of the next century All that sounds very brave and all that but it doesnt I compare with the Journals summing I up which is in these words Hawaii now Cuba next and then the Bahamas That is the future on which President McKinley has lifted the curtain cur-tain These secured and the republic made strong on her coasts the people will be prepared to ask why half of North America should remain in the hands of a foreign power which fortifies forti-fies against us and gives us a frontier thousands of miles in length which we must guard In turn It is destined that the Monroe doctrine shall cease to say merely to the Pld World You shall not come and 1 Sue to it the mandate GoOne One cannot repress the exclamation What a long tail our cat has got The fact that Spain and England might raise some serious objections to the seizure of their possessions is to be given no consideration whatever Nor is any heed to be paid to the possible pos-sible consequences of a war with them I and perhaps all Europe But when we had SQt North America why shrfuldnt I we stretch the eagles protecting wings so that they would cover Central and I South America That would be manifest mani-fest destiny The Monroe doctrine has been subjected sub-jected to so many twists that perha > SIt S-It could stand another one In the line suggested by the Journal afew twists I more or Ics < would not seriously affect it But what if Europe becoming alarmed at the growth of the Colossus L I of the West should deem it wise to make a united move against it Giants have bee j Ialner this and by those for i Whom they profesjied great contempt I Then it would be just as well to remember I re-member that giantsare more noted for j size than sense i Whenever the policy advocated by the Journal is Inaugurated by the government i gov-ernment the doom of the United States of America as a free and Independent republic is sealed The policy the I Journal advocates is not one of patriotism patriot-ism but one of perdition i |