Show A PARTY QUESTION n there are indications that the question of territorial expansion from now on en will be made a party issue with the democrats committed to isolation and the republicans to annexation it will toe be the subject of oratory and discussion throughout the land and platforms will be 14 framed with a view to defining what the national policy is or ought to be it is urged op on one side that any other volley policy would be a de jt arture from the rule established by the fathers as well as contrary to tradition and to the so called monroe doe doc tene to extend the american system wt of government to the inhabitants of the mands islands of the sea it is ia argued would be to invite imperialism to invade aur w shores washington garfield and others ethers are being quoted in support of this view on the other hand it is pointed out that the farewell address of washington AS to our relations with europe IDu rope ex recognizes that there may be exceptions to the general rule that while it enjoins us from participating tn in the ordinary vicissitudes df 01 european politics Vol ittes and from making permanent alliances ances with foreign powers it does undertake the impossible task of electing selecting a boundary beyond which the country can no longer make her own interests or the interests of humanity the paramount object of her eatean isolation that is nothing but a shirking of the responsibilities of mb place and great great power is in the language of the former secretary of tate abade mr olney simply ignominious A remarkable remark ble feature of the discussion is the widespread sentiment in favor of a permanent retention of the islands now the scenes of war as well as a the hawaiian islands but it would se b a mistake to suppose that this sentiment is one for conquest land grab bing and mill military tary glory among the these notions do not exist it Is simply a natural desire for the ver expansion of the industrial policy b is peculiarly american and in which the nations of the world finally mu be blessed when as the little stone to daniels vision it has struck the ff teof of the old world imperialism on was feet of iron fron and clay and shattered st at to the tour four winds under the american policy of industry new territory Us has figen been constantly conquered for the benefit of agriculture manufacture huttl re aclid ana commerce the worlds wealth has been added 0 o at 41 a marvelous rate and mil of 0 the noor in all parts of the iwko Oft 10 have been given an opportunity W become inda independent pendent prosperous and tappy hamy it is 10 this american policy that HI 1 now dow apparently to be carried beyond tte boundaries ot of the continent it is abot ot 9 a question of abandoning the narrow path of the fathers fath lers tor for the wide aws V of militarism but to follow that out oat to its natural termination and d in ift so doing it is by no means mean to establish an un american nue of government at home V or at abroad broad Y how the spanish possessions 16 be governed is a matter for furore consideration at present it is to know that the substitution or t american sovereignty for spanish tyranny cannot but be benell beneficial cial to an all nce to tags country it means a navy with correspondingly greater influence in the councils of the nations of the world it means the con tion of the canal and ry 1 I 1 the pacific cable with the view to eny termed ted commercial power to the inhabitants of the americanized islands it t means prosperity and protection of their rights to enjoy life liberty and happiness |