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Show IMPERIALISM ACCEPTABLC. It seems thnt It Is not 'Imperialism' that Is objectel to by the ' nnlls ' so inueli ns cxpinslnn It Is the growth of the countrs tint Is objected lo precisely pre-cisely ns Nttt Pnglind nlun)B objected to It Ncti Luglanl opposed the purchase pur-chase of lyoulslini the acquisition of Oiegon nnd tbe taking of California and all the North Mcxlcin rehlon inclining in-clining Utnh 'Ihe objection to Im-tcrmllsm Im-tcrmllsm Is merels i pretense n screen for this old Idea of a Utile Amerlcn," which choull be controlled from the east of the Alleghenlee The ' antls ' ure quite willing thit there shnll lie Impel I ilium If only that Imi crlallsm nn bo used to stop expansion Thus, the New tork Utenlng Post takes great comfort from n report of n speech hs flotetnor Tnft iiion his return lo Mnniln and which It construea to monn it promise to thc 1 lilt Inns nf ultimata 111 Icpcndencc It follows thin up by teferences lo tho PresI lent s suggestions sugges-tions of lu lependenco for the Philippines Philip-pines which were nil coupleel as Gett-crnor Gett-crnor Tofts speech ttus tilth the announcement an-nouncement of the proposed tetcntlun hs thc I nlted States of the Islands In-deflnltels In-deflnltels 'ict In spite of the Posts old-time opinsltltm to Imperialism it Is quite willing to nccept these Presidential Presi-dential dcclintlons ns i pledge by this Goternmcnt of ultimate Independence fnr the I illplnos and this in face of the fnct thnt thu Prtsl lent his no nuthorlts whateter to make any such pledge ami In fnct did not make it Hut it show a tint the antl-lmperlillsts nre quite willing will-ing to nccept Imi i tlillsm If they can get their notions curt led nut by It. |