Show I is In the thoughts of many people I that except for the war the real greatness ness of Abraham Lincoln would never have been brought out so that the world could have realized I That I probably > I is true in a measure at least and still Abraham Lincoln In the quiet 1 of his life never permitted any opportunity oppor-tunity Cor his country to escape him I I i He ws particularly urgent that 1 Pn clflc railway should be built and was I one of the chief forces that caused its commencement when the j the great war was threatening the very Integrity of the I country Now It iransplrpj l z that he wrote to Isaac J Allen who was then I I Conrul to Hongkong by Lincoln ap l polntmcnt that AVo art determined to 1 make 0 strong strike to bring a large proportion of the trade of Asia into I I and acrosn this continent HIM vision j was clearer than that of any other i Eastern man Ho saw the possibilities I I that slumbered In the East and was making arrangements for Americana to I have their full share of the Oriental trade Is there any special I doubt of I what ho would be doing now In regard l I to tho Philippines were he alive and President of the United States |