Show I COLONIAL POLICY The present administration is Ie said I to be desirous of establishing a colonial eolo lal bureau our possessions p beyond the theMas theMi Mas sess being Mi Just now HOW under of ot different departments of the Ue govern goern government I ment The territories which Mr Ir Taft desires desire to It plat place in charge ot or o the pro proposed posed poNI bureau art ark Alaska Hawaii Hanau t tian I ail 11 I Porto P Ui Pk o Th The i s ud iut al In ht I by bv byI ih I h SITU a i rr f j I I UD tu tz jaLc the thc United States has bas made no claim aa as asto anto I to ownership as in the case caSe of the others Probably President Taft is the best posted man in the United States on this particular subject and congress will likely be inclined to carry carT out his wishes to a greater or lees less extent but the idea ef of a secretary of o state for the colonies cOMmies or even een a bureau will go against the grain of ot many American citizens who do not wish to embark upon a career of conquest Cf or hold any alien peoples in a state of subjection Much of this would be removed if It the government would give a definite explanation ef Of t its Ita Intentions as to the Philippines whether the islands are to become independent and if it so in how many years lears Colonies have havo always proved expensive expensive expensive sive propositions costing much blood and treasure and the United States It Itself Itself self sete is a living lining example of the difficulty experienced In governing a people by sending over a satrap from front across the ocean It Jt is III i to be hoped that President Taft in his message to congress next winter on the subject will in make his in intentions Intentions Intentions In the premises perfectly clear |