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Show 'S-w HOMil IM OPPif SURRENDER 0F K I Rrj,rd, Pll l.p ,f . aj f the Orient aid in A J f I tain nn the Open Ooir n j I I i H i I Ulnilml li, w k i 1 i iropoaliti n t I i ti ih n a m t. or L I il ti a im nib r th I ! I ui"' wht ill nun he w I I mi. 1 1 'hi i ulnii iiuili r hi ll m I Inn nli th li I hi ll oua h h I I, , " it I ' i tbe nt 1 1 lor L I ' l ' I I inna i nut t 1 mi. in In ii naed up. ii thi K i nr tun ui In unei nf the J. I" I it ui il . at mlii. pn kl I'H'I' ilw i.l ihe Philip , Nun il In ih. tlmalon of . . with tin ml. nt I I The admiral aai Abaofi i Philippine I dim t Im line f f try will ever do t.iat Ceil It should not. beiaino It haa al r loo much al laki It Is only? trot over the Philippines that it IMMalhle for ns tn Inalat upon 9 di door in the east, toward wfi Ir diplomacy ha been dlrecteil f ,i We want our share of the ,1 commirti ..f ihe east and J I keep ihe iIikii open for II nntt k hold the iHlntiila Why did SI V too years .Imnlnale the eiiinsf itT Ihe orient' lual lieraueo the J jl bay and hnrbur nf Manila aa't ,j rommerelal ami nntnl $ base can lie Juat aa uoeftil to J ', menially as It wna to Hpnln 1 it I years nery strung Kuropenis; in has been trying to get a footfc, ,i r commen lal and naval purposes n I far earn Through Ihe rortunoi f the I'nlted Stales obtained th. M position imaslble giving us r)if rominerrlal adianlngos over t o Hon What sorl of a common fci would it be for us to ghe tip 4d position' T Suppose we ahould dispose , f I Philippine and Jamn ahould toy Ihem See how Iho lalanda r4 along the coaat Hero nre the h,i-Pines h,i-Pines mid Pormosn If Jann hadltM she could command every gate m the orient and the United States rej lie rnniplolelr almt mil i tottceile that the orient I the fit great field for the principal cot nr clal njieratlona of the world We ( 4 lo lie the leaders, but wo must al id havo a share In the enterprise tl In order to do so we must mal its Iho position we hate occuple . I think It la plain that wo must h in, commercial base such ns Manlln 'tl then In order to protect our comi to wo must have ti nnval base, nndj-i. Mg bay such n bate It belngMloiJ opeil " |