Show on the Chicago Jan Darrett Barrett for tor merly United States minister to Siam In an In the tho Union League club last night declared that the Philippine Islands were the ke key to the commerce of oC Asia and with them In control of oC America the bUlk ot of the Asiatic trade be diverted to this country To substantiate his statement he gave gae statistics ot of tire tho commerce ot of China Chinn Japan Slant Slam Ceylon Celon anti sIa general generally I ly showing what proportion the United States now enjoyed the growth of at the Import and export trade ot of these coun countries trIes with the nations of the earth and the tho possibilities for tor Us its lie He explained that his familiarity with iris his In the Philippines J and the Far from fre frequent quent trips lie he had made In the coun countries tries ot of which lie he spoke In the Interest ot of the government lie insisted that what the tho En English lIh French Germans and Dutch had ac In the East ast the tho United States could accomplish and he be that the Filipinos were n a people capable ot of not only commercial but In InI I growth |