Show TRADE AS REASON Admiral Dewey Urges Retention Reten- Reten tion of the Islands He Captured IDEAL DEAL BASE FOR COMMERCE Surrender of the Islands Would Would Hazard American Commerce Washington Sept 2 25 Dewey strongly resents the proposition lion tion that has lias been discussed in a 0 more or less academic way to surrender the Philippines which of all men he was wasa a leading factor in bringing under tie rican American flag In an Interview today the admiral sets out the reasons which Impel him to Insist upon the retention of th the Islands The Tue strong point oJ of his argument is not base upon the military mil or naval importance of the Island is island Is- Is land but upon the tho great value present pres pres- ent and prospective of the Philippines Philippine to America In the extension of our trade ratio with the Orient The admiral says Abandon the Philippines I do not believe our uin country will ever do that Certainly It t should not hot because it has altogether too much amuck at stake It is only our control control con con- over the Philippines that makes It possible for us to insist upon the lie open door In the East toward which our diplomacy has been directed for foi years America ti Jiust L Commerce We want ant our otil share of the enormous enor enor- commerce of or the tho East and we cannot keep keel tile the door open for it unless un nfl- less we hold the Islands Why did Spain ton for 00 years dominate dom doni- mate the commerce of or the iho Orient Just because she had the bay and harbor liar har bor of or Manila as a great commercial and naval base That base can as useful to us commercially as it was to Spain For ten years every strong European nation has lias been trying to get a foothold for commercial arid and purposes In the far East Through the tho fortunes of war the United States obtained the lie best Lion ion possible giving us superior corn eom- advantages over o other tiler nations What sort of common sense would It Ite itle le e for us to give up such a position Would Command ic we should dispose the Philippines and Japan should acquire them hem See how lio the islands stretch along the lie coast Here are the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines and Formosa If Japan had them she would command every gateway gate gate- way vay to the Orient and the United States would be completely shut out Every one concedes that lint the Orent Or- Or ent Is the future great field for the commercial operations of the world orld Ve ought to be the leaders but ut wo we must at least have a share In Inic lie ic enterprise and In order to tb do so 50 soe ve e must n maintain the position we have occupied coupled I think it Is plain that we rust must have a commercial base such as antI and then lien In order to protect Our Our- ur commerce wo a bau jaso and at bay bar such being eing developed e |