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Show I EXFANSfONOF EMPIRE. H Ex-Jtidfic Tree Pictures the Future Policy of H the United States. Old Ideas arc H Out of Date. H Hi-Judge ImbTt Tree. Democrat, BV ti1rnt of affairs iinil former mlntaUr H lo ItuMla, li ouUpoken In behalf of an BW overturning of tho uadltlonAl "lola- 1 lion' poller of th United Slate, lit HHn believe ibtt Dew er'a victory hai H (brown into (he bamta ot (hit country H i opportunity which ebould not be H overlooked vo extend Hi commercial M and maritime power. Asked what lie H considered wire eome of tho more lm- H portent qntloni thus far iuggeled m l.y the war, Mr. Tree aaM to a Chicago 1 MPT H ' The loile of the war which require M thr lelaur of Manila and l'aetUi Hleo m vlll be apt to bring (be United Statu M fn lo fan with new queatloa In re- M nurd to the future poller which ought M to rontrol (be government In IU Inter- H national relatione. It la may in tinder- H Btund bow Ibe etateanien who were m guiding the atepa of the republic In the M Infmry of IU experimental existence, H when It had arareely three mllllona of B Inhabitant a aiilMlasltitlly without H nn army or navy, or the means nf pn- 1 curing eltb. r and whoae eblef lnti-r- M eat and amtilnnn waa tn lie let alone 1 to develop it own Internal reMiurcea B and solidify It own federal ayaiem M of gorernm nt ahould Sirenumialy In II 't upon It' avoiding anr line of ar- lion which might by any possibility 1 brine It ln" (intentions beyond (he H ronttnent on wht i, it had swtabllahed 1 lleeir Moat nf (he dlapulne between B natlioa at that tn-rld runrerned dy B naatlr ambl'lnn- In hlrh Ihle rountrv BS could have i .. oor.nl' In Interest axl . frnm (he f that our f"ililn a power or i lie world admonlahed ua BS In keep rtanr of tin 1 1 whatever inn hi HBb b their parMiii H' .tm.rlrt. Wat i. ILhihfMf.1. H 'Hut time h.ivi rhunril miwldi-r 1 ably now. U'i hat pa ied Hi- M period -r b' .Imio.I a nation end B find oiirwlw trown in be a an-et rut i H monlel ioir with a pn ill .Ion uf j more than aerroty million engaged B. In all tbe pur.ult Imldent to a pro- Hl gri naive and aiarraalve people. Our 1 manifold Interests t1-h out and tourh H every portion of the Inhabited globe. H The nilra laid down for the guidance H of the sparsely aettletl, lltilo experf- H mental republic of a hundred yen re age Bi In lt International relations aoanelr H nt the powerful union of today, and H a atrlct adhealun to them eeema near H tn bclnc fellah wonhlp J,Vlialver ur- V rumenla mar !e ndranced by thixe H who ly with apreheuelon uiwn tbe H t. ! irnt ot new outpoata by (he ' Vi d ' " In ordtr to aeeure their H aharw -i' die world'a ronimerce. It will H' be found In the end thai the eotiutrr H will be compelled tn obey the lawa ot H Ha deatlnr oa a great rommcrelal and H maritime power. If not today, thrn H lomorrovr. China, With her four him- H dred mllllona nf peoplo and vaat re- H aourree. la aoon to be nwakeneil from H her alumbera of cenmrlea. Itallwaya H will penetrate the heart ot the empire H and ahlpa will nil htr uavlaable rlvera H to engage In trade with her The H United State, whoae weatern frontier H la bordered by tbe aame ocean which H waihce Chlna'a ahoree, and whoee ahlpa H Ball directly out of our porta lr n H Chlna'a muat have an equal rhance H lo ahare In Chlna'a trade with Kuropean j natlona, wboie ahorca know no otlirr H ocean than the faraway Atlantic. j l.'vrn now the (rode of thla country H through the open treaty porta nf China H la many mllllona of dnllara grcnler H than that of the combined rotmtrlri H ot continental Uurope. and la only nt- H reeded by that of (Ireat llrltaln The j vcaaele alio which nivlgate Chlneee H walera and fly the American flag out- H number by thautanda thoee if all Itu- H rope 0 reft t llrltaln excepted. Yet we H have recently aeen Inaugurated a muvtv H mrnt by certain continental powera by tho eetaare, more or itm violent, of teveral laportaat porta of China for (he nndoubted porpom nf eoatrolllng and monopollalng the trade (here (o the eicltnlon of other natlona The Uat breaking Into Ibe Dowery King dom waa a caee of flat bnrglary. No wnnda- Iheoe aaine powera, after all (ho palna they have taken, contemplate with eonaternallon and undlagiilaed Joalouer the event which liaa trana-plrnl trana-plrnl at Manila. In which an American odloer of the name of Dewey plaed a part Can It be poaalble that the defeated de-feated Vankee la going lo pul hla band In the game and .poll the plan of ea eluding hltn from aharlng In the bene fit of the Aalallc trade, aa the aame powera hava already probably done tn Africa. Rnglaod eirepled who lo her everlaadng credit be II eald la alwaya In favor of open and tinreatrlited trade If tn aeeure and protect our trade with China a foothold on that aide of the world l oeceaaary. then we muat have It, ruat what It will rnrrr.1 Into U.r Mllli epaln. "We aro at the preaeot time engaged In a war with Mpaln It la not a wir of our making 11 haa been brewing for fhree-quartere of a century Wi have been forced Into It la order lo abate an Intolerable ntilaance In our neighborhood and lo prevent worae conaequencea We have been forced into II by the conduct of Spain beraelf. and abe muat pay the coal The Philippine Phil-ippine lalanda are likely lo be one nf the xmrree of our Indemnity If we i liooae to keep I hem When Hpaln tuergta from I hla war It will probably be aa Impoaalble for ber lo rota In aov-rrflanty aov-rrflanty over the Philippine aa It would be lo retain away over Cuba. The Jealouilea eilallng between Ku-nipcan Ku-nipcan powera wm to preclude Ihe lil.-n nf tbdr luutalng under Ihe flag of either of them without eirltlng a con-illi con-illi I even If we were dlapoaed lo Mill ihtn Tbe t'nlted Htatee. therefore, will muat likely have tbe problem pre ented to It of deciding whether It Bhottld make a new departure In Ita forei n policy with reference lo tho acquiring of territory In Aalallc water. It I not difficult (o fore that eoch a question will eirlte profound dlacua-Ion dlacua-Ion In tola country between theee who believe that we ahould adhere lo Ihe rtaXrltlMt policy marked out In Ihe beginning be-ginning of the republic, and (hone who betlevo (bat the time baa arrived for broader foreign relallona which will make in n more Influential factor In the control and dlvlalon of ibe world'a commerce. "Any one wbo haa nt all noted tho progree of oienl muat perceive that great rhangea have taken placo In the character of our government alnre Ita foundation. Utile more thin n century ago The cltll war decided the dli-puled dli-puled queetlon aa to whether our aft-tern aft-tern waa a voluntary boud between elate lo be determined at any moment mo-ment that either of them thought proper prop-er to withdraw from It. or whether It aa an Indleealuble union hlrh could only le terminated by n majority ot all of tbe people ot all ot Iho atalea. and we came out nf that war a nation apelled with a big N, aa much ao aa tho people ot Oreut llrltaln, or of France, under their tyatetni, Hlncc then the trend ot federal leglalntlou. Ihe decla-lona decla-lona of Ihe blgheat Judicial tribunal In tho land. Iho actlloment of delicate and Intricate queetlona arlalng with other nation In onnaequenco ot tho eipunalon nf our comment-, the re- ponilbllltle created, and even tbe JentouilM eaclted by our growing Importance, Im-portance, all tend to (be aolldlfylug of 'power In tbe central gcreniment for tbe protection of tho right nnd bappl-noa bappl-noa ot III American people. "There are mnnr people, It la true, who regard with nervnua apprehenalon ' i I anr movement looking to a (rid- ophere of operation! by the Unltti.' Dtatce, and think tbe government ui I der which we are ruled doa not admit I of anything approaching a colonial' I eyatem. I am, however, one of thaw who have faith both In Ihe capacity 0f the American people and of their got-I got-I eminent to control, regulate, and govern gov-ern any colon lee in nnr pari of tbe world wblch they may nnd It tiet. aery to tbelr Intereata to eatabllah, a free conetllntloi.al government where the pre la tintVammeled, education la free, religion teal nre forbidden, and Inlelllgence la wldeapread li tbe uit government to Inatl.c eafe, Juet, and proaperona colonial oatabllehmenta. Rurb a government I Iho United flute, and am h la lhal of (Jreat llrtUln. "Dewey, hr hla brilliant victory, ha, almoat In the twinkling of nn eye, opened to ti the opportunity for a foothold In the ICait. Tho dlieneafofi aa to whether we ahould avail our-eclvea our-eclvea of It ahould reet, net U)n whether the American and their government gov-ernment would be able to manage and govern tbe Philippine lelnmta nircriM fully, but whether nnr goternrnent e-tabllaheil e-tabllaheil by any other people retild do ao tor the Americana and tbelr gov. A MARKET HOCNK 0UT8IDB TUB WAMJI OP SAN JUAN. rOTO fllCO. eminent are competent to iwlmlnlater any colony that any other people or government could. 'To adhere to old tradition! vrhlth no longer have a ralaon d'etre la Hour bonUm pure and aim pi. That la what I the matter with Spain today. I.n.nia it III Hal, "It la nut likely that wan will ceaa In break out from time to lime. Tho Interval of peace which thla country ho eujoyed alnre the clote ot tho civil war la ihe longeal wblch baa happened ilnce tho declaration of Independence, and our altuatlon now ehowe tho necea-elty necea-elty of being prepared for war at any moment I regard tho prcont war a fraught with many bleHlox. It unl flea the country by giving the 1OUth the opportunity to prove her loyalty to the flag an opportunity which ahe eagerly embrace. It will create a een-tlment een-tlment In favor of a atrong navy, which It Indtapeneiblo tn tbeeo daye to the accurttr of a great maritime a:d commercial com-mercial power like tbe United Stale, for It la aea power which command! Ihe wholetome reaped ot nation today. to-day. It will prove that tho liland ot Cuba, directly or Indirectly, la a e-aentlal e-aentlal to tbe peaie and utetr ot tbe United State aa the control ot a large laland at Iho mouth of the Thamci would be tu Kngland. or cjMut the mouth of the Seine would lautfa ce Look bark over Ihe dlplojgrjr nVorr ot thla country for xetafyar 701 year and you will find that Wn womi moat Interesting 'l.'!; fRloved r Cut. You will njl-anll be welcomrof that period CubJfa Invitation to cut aource of anilet JJin accepting It. b through KuropenJf i,r D "apcak-for'val paa! Into olhAjre gayiy tllrci of Hraln. More tbaiV,llbly paya corri fllitee hai been broui,Urrnt and V In hoitlle attitude, at-titude, nnt V verlm'uwer and thin with another. an they cowled Ita ownrrahlp. In lurlianda of u atrong power It would be an unendurable men ace to u. War with Spain eooner or later waa Inevitable. In no other way I CARIBBEAN ' ; ' "'"': B MAP IHOWINO lAS8AaC TO THE PltOJ-OflKD NIOAIIAOUAN CAN I. rould ehe have ever rellnqulahed her aorerelgnty over Cuba. Fortunately it kti come In lueh ahape aa to make It a holy war " |