| Show A CON NG CONTEST A great many questions must be con laddered in connection with the great issue of the day what to do with the philippine islands and other spanish possessions in the pacific one of these is the position of the united states should the islands become ours in the event of a great european wax war and this may inay not be very far off there ore people who look upon the Ds IDs I pano american imbroglio as the be of a series of conflicts upon the earth and who shall say at present that this view of the situation is without foundation not long ago dr andrews in an a ad d drees at the lakeside assembly in wisconsin stated cording according ac to the reports that europe Is on the verge of a great war the speaker expressed himself to the effect that great britain and russia are likely to engage eng age in a context content about asiatic turkey before long england I 1 d has haa been closing in on this 1 territory tory and now has india to the east X I 1 I 1 40 it egypt to the south and cyprus to the west russia on the other hand touches asiatic turkey on the point laan the black and caspian seas axt sis is tolerably sure that the govern ament at st petersburg has never often iveli up the traditional policy of ex Joso olon to the south and it to is equally jure that great britain cannot con 01 template such expansion with tran rf Jouin ty the sentiment in europe in re sard kard to turkey Is besides similar S that itt aft this country in regard to van swain and any disturbances in the V empire might arouse a lar bw pr protest otest against the continuation of 0 turkish I 1 rule and precipitate a war conditions certa certainly are favorable y to such an outcome in the future I 1 it ig 10 conceivable that a contest com 1 teen cing in asiatic turkey would in all the powers with interests in asia a perhaps also the one that as sume s sovereignty over the philippines f was with this possibility in view the aret question of the disposition of bee remote islands becomes one of importance it is well that 1 ast the time necessary Is to be given to oi iw oon consideration the power of the states to protect them and to iosub a stable and beneficial gov flament ef Ment should the islands be desired to S nat doubted but it Is just as well 0 o to work ork with the utmost delibera iiii i so go that the whole people under dmd id aba th situation and then what r the result will be the nation will ready to aarde by the conse conae ces |
