Show NO MORE COLONIES on no point concerning the war are the american people more diore nearly agreed than in the determination flat chat I 1 they hilll accept no terms ot of peace that include further extension of our territorial possessions the rumor that russia has offered to cede to tile the united states tile the northern part of the island of Sag balien halien awakened no ila terest and tile the indifference tant greeted the rumor would instantly blaze in ia to active opposition it the effar were iby to ie be made iverse r reasons would be given for tile the refusal the anti imperialists are opposed on principle to extending the Zut authority boritY ol of the government over any territory outside the continental limits and over any people without consulting their wishes and giving them a share in the government it Is a simple principle but tile the people as a whole accept it it at all only as mod idled by circumstances every acquisition in tile the past hawaii per porto to rico the philippines the panama zone the virgin islands has seemed to the nation nailon as a whole to be ju justified stifled on the grounds ot of its own the welfare ot of the inhabitants of the inlands islands annexed the welfare of the world at large as in the case of panama or cal cur own safety if similar cases shoals id prise ariso in n the future tile the united states would undoubtedly act as it has acted acal d in ia tile the past that Is it would reluctantly ac copt the responsibility y but no tuell such case is now in sight even on an the most distant horizon the reason that mast of us its would assign for refusing to consider even SST a friendly tri endly offer ot of more territory morriw ra Is one of honor when men we entered the war we did d i I 1 d it not merely without any wish to profit by a favorable issue but with IL lofty determination that in no cir cum stances would woula wo we accept profit from it when we liberated cuba wo we were of like mind and said so GO and there Is no passage in our national 1 history that Is more to our credit than to restore the our oar fulfilled pledge government of the island to the cu bans the world recognizes the unselfishness ot of the motives that brought us its into the present war it would be a stain on our national honor it would justify the accusation of hypocrisy that tho the germans bring against a us it we were to persuade ourselves that for se services orvices in the cause of demon cracy we may take pay in colonies or any other material thing youths corn com danien pan ion |