Show 1 J CARING CAR FOR OURSELVES VESt t f f The intercession of the United States in Cubas Cuba's J behalf whose people had suffered under the despotic M rule of Spain for centuries has been without a aI I r J parallel in history and in the course of ten teh years if not in the course of two years it will be universally universally universally I sally admitted that our course in protecting the Filipinos Filipinos Fili Fill pinos against foreign aggression and finally in admitting admitting ad ad- d- d nUtting them to the tIle blessings of American independence independence inde inde- as fast as they are capable of understanding understand understand- ing and enjoying it will be a still finer example of national or international self sacrifice It should not be lost ost sight of however by any lover of hi his country that the United States as a nation cannot do go o good to its neighbors on this continent or over the seas if it does not keep itself strong aggressive vand iid Dd yet stronger again We must look out for our- our or we cannot look out for others This has hasan I c n an engaging and satisfactory thing about the I ll policy As a people we know what we want and do not hesitate to go after it We have the protective system We Ve have an n army and a navy r small numerically compared d with the armies and navies of ot the great powers of Europe but incomparably incomparably incomparably stronger than their serried armaments by reason of its moral strength and the invariable virtue virtue vir vir- vir tue of its causes In keeping strong and by means of our strength in protecting the weak we shall grow both nationally and as individuals stronger and mid stronger ourselves We Ve do not hesitate to connect connect connect con con- this circumstance with the great single fact r that it is the destiny of the American Nation to ex ex- ex pando Whether the political and military expansion expansion 1 sion follows as the result of our commercial exor ex ex- J or whether our military a and d political glory lI I l es an ah enhanced commercial commercial s standing throughout through hut h- h put out ut the tile world is a question of small moment t V E Either th li might be called the cause or either the re- re sult We Ve know that expansion is is here an and still c W more more is it a cause of pride that with it has come I a an increased and increasing moral responsibility I I. I and power of which our Government officials leaders lead- lead I ers of the army and the navy and practically all the t t people ople realize the importance |