Show r 06 i i TP J 1 EXPANSION r OP or EMPIRE j. j St t t Judge Ex-Judge Tree Tre Pictures the Put Future 1 re Policy of the United States Old t Old Ideas aret a are t Out of Date H c fr Ja t r w. w i. i i Judge Ex-Judge Lambert Tree Democrat student of affairs and and former minister r t to Russia Is outspoken In behalf of an anI I overturning of the traditional Isolation isolatIon isola tIon policy of the United States He f. f believes that Deweys Dewey's victory has hai t I thrown into the hands of this country I fan an nn opportunity which sh should uld not be overlooked to extend its commercial and maritime power Asked what he I considered were some of the more important important im im- po tant questions thus far suggested by the war Mr Tree sa said d to a Chicago paper The logic of the war which requires fl the seizure of Manila and Puerto Rico will be apt to bring the United United States 5 1 face to face with new questions In regard ret re- re t 4 gard to the future policy which ought to control the government in ifs its international international international inter inter- national relations It Is easy to understand understand understand under under- stand how the statesmen who were guiding the steps of the republic In the Y Infancy of its experimental existence when it had scarcely three millions Of inhabitants was substantially without an army or navy or the means means of procuring procuring procuring pro pro- curing either and whose chief interest interest interest inter inter- est and ambition was to be let alone to develop Its own internal resources resources resources' and solidify its own federal system of government should strenuously insist insist insist in in- upon its avoiding any line Une of action action action ac ac- tion which might by any possibility firing bring it into contentions beyond the continent on which It had established Itself I Most of the disputes s between nations at that period concerned dynastic dynastic dynastic dy dy- dy- dy ambitions Jn ln which this country could have no possible interest aside from the fact that our feebleness as asa asa a power of the world admonished us to keep clear of them whatever might be their purpose f America Past Fast Its Dab Babyhood od But times have changed considerably considerably considerably consider- consider ably now We have passed ther the r f. f period of babyhood as a nation and u find ourselves grown to be a great commercial commercial com com- Tie mercial power with a population tion of more mor than seventy millions engaged fn-aU fn all ia-all the pursuits incident to a progressive pro- pro tI and aggressive people Our manifold interests reach out and touch i every very portion of ot the Inhabited globe i 7 The rules laid down for the guidance of the sparsely settled little expert expert- experimental experimental mental republic of a hundred years ago in jn its international relations scarcely fit lit the powerful nation of today and anda a n strict adhesion to them seems near to being fetish worship Whatever arguments arguments arguments ar ar- may be advanced by those who look with apprehension upon the establishment of new outposts by the United States in order to secure their share of the worlds world's commerce it willbe will willbe I be Ibe found In the end that the country I will be compelled to obey the laws of its destiny as a a. great commercial l and maritime power If not today then tomorrow China with her four hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred millions of people and vast resources resources re resources re- re sources is soon to be awakened from her slumbers of centuries Railways will penetrate the heart of the empire and ships will fill her navigable rivers to engage in trade with her The United States whose western frontier Is bordered by the same ocean which washes Chinas China's shores and whose ships sail eail directly out of our ports into f Chinas China's must have an equal cha chance ce ceto to share in Chinas China's trade with European nations whose shores know know no other ocean ocean than the faraway Atlantic Even now the trade of this country through the open treaty ports of China liiri is many millions of dollars greater than that of the combined countries of continental Europe and is only exceeded exceeded exceeded ex ex- ex- ex by that of Great Britain Britain- The vessels also which navigate Chinese waters and fly the Ame American ican flag outnumber outnumber outnumber out out- number by thousands those of all Eu Europe Europe Eu- Eu rope Great Britain excepted Yet we have recently seen inaugurated a move movement ment by certain continental powers bythe bythe bythe by by- the seizure more or less violent ot of several important ports of If China fo for forthe forthe the undoubted purpose of controlling and monopolizing the trade there t to the exclusion of other nations The Thelast he last break breaking ng into the Flowery Kingdom Kingdom King King- Kingdom dom was a case of flat fiat burglary No wonder these same powers after all fill the pa pains ns they have taken take contemplate with consternation and undisguised Jealousy the event which has transpired transpired transpired trans trans- at Manila in n which an American officer of the name of Dewey played a apart part Can it be possible that the detested detested de de- de- de tested Yankee Is going to put his hand handin in the game and spoil the plan of a excluding ex ex- eluding him from sharing In the benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits of the Asiatic trade as the same powers have already probably done in Africa England excepted who to her everlasting credit be it said is always in favor of open and unrestricted trade If to assure and protect our trade with China a foothold on that side of the world is necessary then we must have haveit haveit it it cost what it will Forced Into War Var with Spain We are at the present time engaged in a war with Spain It is not a war of our making It has has' been brewing for three-quarters three of a century We have been forced into it In order to abate an intolerable nuisance in our neighborhood and to to prevent worse consequences We have been forced into it by the conduct of Spain herself and she must pay the cost The Philippine Philippine Philippine Phil Phil- islands are l likely kely to be one of the sources of our Indemnity if we choose to keep them When Spain emerges from this this' war it will probably be as impossible for her to retain sovereignty sov soy over the Philippines as it would be to retain sway over Cuba The jealousies existing between European European European Eu- Eu Eu Eu- powers seem to preclude the idea of their passing under the flag of either of them without exciting a conflict conflict con con- even if we were ere disposed to sell them The United States therefore will most likely have the problem presented presented presented pre pre- to it of of- deciding whether it should make a new departure in its foreign policy polley with reference reference to the acquiring of territory In Asiatic waters It Is not difficult to foresee that sucha such such- a question will excite profound discussion discussion discussion discus discus- sion in this country between those who believe that we should adhere to the I restricted policy marked out Ut In the beginning beginning be be- beginning be- be ginning of the republic and those who believe that the time has arrived for broader foreign relations which will make us a more influential l factor in inthe inthe inthe the control and division of the worlds world's commerce ec z i v I Any Anyone one who has at all noted the progress of ot events must perceive that great changes have taken place in the character of our government since its foundation little more than a century ago The civil war decided the disputed disputed disputed dis dis- dis- dis question as to whether our system system system tem was a voluntary bond between states to be determined at any moment moment moment mo mo- ment that either of them thought proper prop prop- er to withdraw from it or whether it was an indissoluble union which could only be be terminated by a majority of all of the people of all of the states and we came out of that war a nation spelled with a a abig big N as much so as the people of Great Britain or of France under their systems Since then the trend of ot federal legislation the decisions decisions decisions ions of the highest Judicial tribunal in the land the settlement of delicate and Intricate questions arising with other nations in consequence of the expansion of our commerce the responSibilities responsibilities responsibilities re re- created and even the Jealousies excited by our growing importance importance importance im im- im- im all tend to the the solidifying of power in the central government for forthe forthe forthe the protection of the rights and happiness happiness happiness happi happi- ness of the American people There here ar are many people It Is true who regard with nervous apprehension ol any movement looking to a wider sphere of of operations by the United States and think the government under under under un un- der which we are ruled does doe not admit of anything approaching a colonial system I am however one of those who have faith both in the capacity of the American people and of their government government gov gov- nt to control r regulate and govern govern govern gov gov- ern any colonies colonies- in any part of the world which they may find it necessary necessary necessary sary to their interests to establish A Afree Afree Afree free constitutional government where the press Is untrammeled education is free religious tests are forbidden and Intelligence is widespread is the best government to insure safe sate Just and nd prosperous colonial establishments Such a government is the United States and such is that of Great Britain Dewey by his brilliant victory has almost In the twinkling of an eye opened to us the opportunity for a a foothold in the East The discussion as to whether we should avail ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves of it should rest not upon whether the Americans and their government government government gov gov- would be able to manage and govern the Philippine Islands successfully successfully successfully success success- fully but whether any government established established established es es- es- es by any other people could do doso doso doso so for th the Americans and their government government government gov gov- are competent to administer any colony that any other people or government could To adhere to old traditions which no no longer have a raison detre is Bour- Bour l 11 y f 1 s AT TL LANT l C pa i C I OCEAN it l lJ F Ft I I It t f t Q 4 t 1 T 1 l 1 t fC J Y f ii cEA N. N b VP P SHOWING G PASSAGE TO TH THE E PROPOSED N NICARAGUAN N CANAL J 3RD s pure and aim simple pIe That is la what is Is the matter with Spain today Deno Benefits of or the War Var It is ii not likely that wars will cease to break out from time to time The interval of ot peace peace which this country has enjoyed since the close of the civil war is the which has happened since the declaration of independence and our situation now shows the necessity necessity necessity sity sity of be being ng prepared for war at any moment I regard the present war as fraught with many blessings It unifies unifies uni uni- fies fles the country by giving the South the opportunity to prove her loyalty to the flag flag flag-an an opportunity which she eagerly embraces It will create creat a sentiment sentiment sentiment sen sen- in favor of a strong navy which is Indispensable in these days to the security of a great maritime and commercial commercial com com- mercial merci l power like the United States for it is sea power which commands i the wholesome respect of nations to to- day It will prove that the island of Cuba directly ly or indirectly is as essential essential essential es es- to th the peace and safety of the United States as the tha control of a large island at the mouth of the Thames wo would ld be to England or or one at the mouth of the Seine would be beto to France Look back over the diplomatic history J i A MARKET SCENE OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF SAN JUAN PORTO RICO of this country for seventy-five seventy years and you will find that one ono of its most interesting chapters relates to Cuba You will find that during all aJl of ot that period Cuba has been a constant source of anxiety to us lest it might through European intrigues or upheavals pass into other hands than those of Spain More than once the United States has been brought face to face in hostile attitude attitude attitude at at- first with one power and then with another because they coveted its ownership In the hands of a strong power it would be an unendurable menace menace menace men men- ace to us War with Spain sooner or later was Inevitable In no other way would She she have ever ever relinquished her sovereignty over o Cuba Fortunately it has tome feme in such shape as to make ita it ita ita a holy holT war |