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In advance.
Wednesday, Aug. 23 1899.
RAILROAD BUILDING.
New Koad<t and Extenftlonn la All
PartN of the Stale?Information
Gathered from the State Prewv
In Regard to Local Railroad EnterprlseN.
News and Courier.
Columbia. August 21.?Special: The extension
of the Atlantic Coast Line from Denmark
to RobblDs has been accepted and
will be ready lor passenger service In Novem
ber.
Freight trains are belog regularly run over
tbe Southern's new extension to Sumter.
Passenger schedules bave been announced to
go Into effect September 4.
Tbe controlling Interest In tbe Carolina and
Northwestern Railway Company nas passed
Into tbe bands of a Northern syndicate, and
tbe announcement Is made that tbe road Is to
be exteuded.
Tbe grading on tbe Savannah extension of
'the Carolina Midland extension of tbe Southern
bat) been completed, with tbe exception
of one stretch through a "sand hill." Track
laying now In progress.
Tne seaboard Air Line Is doing active work
on its Columbla-Cheraw link. All contracts
bave been awarded and subcontractors are
pushing ahead on their grading contracts.
The surveying party lor ttoe "BiacK
Diamond" Railroad has almost completed Its
work.
Tbe Northwestern Railroad is working on
Its extension from Sumter to Camden. This
Use is operated by tbe Atlanta Coast Line
system.
A railroad (rom Locfchart Mills to tbe
Spartanburg, Union aud Columbia Road is to
be built.
Tbe Marlboro, Marion and Horry Railroad,
wblcb touches Blenheim, Drake, Browu's
Creek and Marlon, has been surveyed and assurances
are made that It will be constructed.
Tbe road from Lumberton, N. C., tbe Atlantic
and Northern, is building Its line into this
State.
The surveys ol the Seaboard Air Line irom
Columbia to Augusta and from Augusta to
Charleston have been completed, and tbe
contracts for tbe lined are, it 1b said, to be
awarded this year.
These statements give a succinct summary
of what is going on }ust now in tbe railroad
development of the State. It does not
involve any of tbe very many rnmors that
are going tbe rounds about consolidations or
leases and tbe like, but summarizes tbe wouderful
development of the last few months In
rauroau uuiiuiuk m iuio
Millions of dollars' worth of properly will
be permanently Invested In this Stale, new
territory Is belus opened and Boatb Carolina
Is moat likely at tbe bead of tbe column In
railroad development.
One cause of tbis development Is there bas
not recently been any hostile rallrald legislation,
aud it would be a splendid Idea not to
scare away tbe railroads, wblcb pay 6ucb a
large proporation of taxes, and lend so much
to public convenienses.
Just lu a siogle day's papers there a number
of Interesting railroad items, wblch shows
tbe great Interest in the situation. Tbe
Florence Times says:
A BIG THING FOB FLOBBKCE.
There is a report in railroad ciroles that
on tbe opening of tbe Coaxt Line's Augusta
extensions a through train will be put oo
from this city to Atlanta. Tbe train proposed
will be tbe same one now run as 85 and 22.
Inolaceof tbe present cars there will be a
magnll'.cient inoviug palaoe, tbe newest ana
finest on wbeeiB, eucb as tbe Coast Line always
provides when it Is moved to make a
"splorge." Toe track is now counected from
Denmark to Augusta, and laid with 70-pound
Bieel rails, and Has been received. Tbe
passenger service will be put to operation
over tbe line as noon as tbe railroad commissioners
have received it. It is said tbat to get
tbe bed packed tbe Coast Lloe will load a
long Hue of freight cars and will pull tbem I
from one end to tbe other as fast as circumstances
will allow, wblcb will pack tbe bed
perfectly, ana no time will be lost in getting
ibe improvements to work that the company
proposes."
Tbe new connection from Augusta to
Atlanta is made possible by the recent purchase
of baif interest in tbe lease of tbe
Georgia Koad, oi wmcn meauua w?? wauc
In tbe Tim tit a lew days ago.
It looks very like tbe railroad sitaatloa Is
reoolvlDg itself to a Brand consolidation of
tbe Southern, tbe Louisville and Nashville,
tbe Pennsylvania and tbe Vanderbllt lines
out of New York. Tbls would be tbe most
gigantic trust on eartb, and would practically
control all tbe lines east of tbe Mississippi.
Tbe only cbance tbat tbe man up a tree can
see is in tbe Btrengtb of tbe Seaboard and its
allies holding out. Tbe t-euboard Is making
arrangements to get Into every port and
every Interior city in tbe East witb its own
lines, and Itlockavery like our Uncle Jobn
Skelton Williams, and bis able lieutenant,
Uunob McBee, are not to be caugbt napping.
DENMARK TO AUGUSTA.
Tben tbe Times says: "Engineer R. J. Latta
on Friday accepted tbe completed roadbed of
tbeOoast Line extension from Denmark ^to
Robblns from Contractors Abercromble &
Williams. Tbe track will not be ready for
passenger service, bowever, until some time
Id September."
And It goes on to say:
THE LINE TO CHARLESTON.
"Tbe contract for building tbe Seaboard Air
Line from Augusta via Barnwell to Charles
ton Is to be given out by November, That's
tbe news by grape vine, but It comeB straight
from tbe mighty near headquarters."
AN IMPORTANT LINK.
"It is reported that the line of the Northwestern
Railroad will be resurveyed (rooo
Providence to Camden, and that the road
will probably pass through the Bradford
Springs and Spring Hill section. If this
report proves true and tbe road goes to
Spring Hill tbe road will be of much greater
benefit to tbe county than if it Is built on tbe
line first surveyed through the Ratting Creek
section. Tbe Spring Hill country Ib now
without railroad facilities, while tbe Rafting
Creek seotion is within easy reach of tbe
Camden Branch of tbe Southern," says tbe
Sumter Item. '
BLACK DIAMOND AND BARNWELL.
The Black Diamond track will rnn about
three miles from Barnwell Court House. If
Ka x.aliar Vinst hflfln Iflft In fltO OAAfl 11llW*
ment of Eoglaeer Kirk, be would have run
Ibe line of bis survey along tbe outskirts of
that progressive town.
sumter's chances.
The Southern Railway evidently means to
make a strong pull for tbe business ofSumter,
and It is going about It In tbe rlgbt wn>\
Work bas been commenced on tbe freight
depot, and as soon as all tbe mater.al arrives
a large foroe of bands will be employed. Tbe
freight depot will be a handsome building,
ISO by 40 feet Red pressed brick will be tbe
material used, and tbe Joints will be finished
with red cement. Tbe plans bave been drawn
bo that tbe depot may be enlarged at any
tlmetbat tbe business demands more room.
The Bide tracks to tbe depot are being laid
and a temporary spur Is also being pat In to
provide convenience for handling freight
that Is received before tbe depot Is completed.
Tbe passenger depot will be commenced at
an early day, and will be completed as quickly
as possible. It will be a well appointed
building, amply large to accomodate all tbe
business tbe road will receive," says tbe
Sumter Item.
"Tbe passenger trains will be put on September^
and cooveulent schedules will be
operated. Tbe time card will be Issued
shortly."
"At present tbe Southern Is operating two
freight trains dally, and tbe service Is as
qtficJt and satisfactory as could be desired.
The time required for freight to reach the
?ltv frr%m \'aw Ynrfcr 1h thtpp In fnui dnvfl
Freight shipped from New York on the 14ih
was received yesterday, which Is quick
enough to satisfy almost anybody, except
those who would like to have goods sent by
telegraph free to charge."
ON TO SAVANNAH.
The Carolina Midland extension or the
Southern was surveyed from April 4 to the
middle of May. On the 10th of June grading
was started, and by next Saturday a sixth of
the line will be laid with Iron. The foundation
for the bridge over the Edlsto River Is
being prepared, and the main line of the
Carolina Midland, from Perry's to Allendale
Is being laid with new rails and completely
overhauled.
The Stewart Contracting Company, of Columbia,
have been awarded the contracts for
the granite work to be done for the bridges
along the Seaboard's line from Cayce's to
m
VUOian.
Tbe work on the Seaboard's terminals In
Columbia U progressing very rapidly.
Allyou have to do when In need of any
thing at the drug store Is to ring my phone
107. Those boys will do tbe rest.
Dr. Hill's Heachacbe will knock that headache
Into a cocked hat. For sale by MUford
& DuPre. The Druggist. Phone 107.
Remember to carry your prescription lo the
up-to-date drug store of Mllford & DuPre.
Phone 107.
Save time and money by buying your
amooklng tobacco, olgarett* and cigars from
Mllford <f DoPre. Phone 107.
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OM ISLAl PROBLEMS
VTTD Ttl'.TM AT.T,
mvi
The current of a nation's history ii
marked by curious and uncertain ratei
of progress. At times it rolls alonf
smoothly and without interruption
for a generation. Again, without ap
parent warning, the stream of history
breaks into a tempestuous flood. Ok
ways are obliterated, old landmarks
are ruthlessly torn from their ancienl
moorings and swept away never to b<
seen again of men. When the tide
recedes, the citizen gropes in vain foi
the cherished objects which he and
his ancestors had venerated in the
past.
In such manner has the swift progress
of history during the past twelve
months swept away absolutely and
beyond recovery many time-honored
ideals of political life and action once
held by the people of the United
State*. Overwhelmed ana oewnuereu
by the splendid progress of the Spanish
war. the citizen suddenly finds
himself face to face with new aspects
of political life and action that this
contest has pressed immediately to
the front.
In the solution of new and weighty
questions of the hour, the citizen can
no longer trust to the traditions of the
past. He must take new bearings In
view of the new political landscape in
which he finds himself.
In making the decision as to our
Colonial Policy he must consider not
the traditions of the past, but the history
of the future.
In what condition does the Nation
and the individual find itself to decide
upon these momentous questions?
Oar Physical Supremacy.
The American citizen finds himself
? momhcr of a nation which has
developed naturally, symmetrically
and enormously as race inheritance
and a superb physical enviromment
has dictated from the first. In mere
material progress the advance of the
Nation has far exceeded the wildest
dreams that might have been based
upon the most extravagant standards
of the past. In a single century of
national existence the Nation has
covered practically the same ground
that other peoples have painfully traversed
in the progress of a thousaud
years.
Without undue pride, the American
people should today clearly realize
that the United States is far and away
the most powerful nation the history
of the world has seen.
In population, in intelligence, in
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for success in peace or war, this nation
far outranks in effective power any
single nation of the ancient or modem
w6rld. The mere existence of 70,000,000
intelligent people, living harmoniously
under one accepted government;
seated securely is the single
largest area of fertile land upon the
globe; of a blood either inherited or
assimilated, embodying the best
virtues of a race that has made history
for a thousand years ; safe from cjl
attack; abundantly prolific; pacific
by disposition, yet of abounding selfrespect?these
other characteristics of
this people present a spectacle of national
unity and power that should
make every'Americau citizen proud of
his race and land.
It should fill him with a just sense
of the responsibility resting upon him
as a member of the-race that has heretofore,
and must hereafter, shape the
history of tbe world.
Nor alone in intellectual and material
strength does this nation outrauk any
Civilization of past or present times.
Its moral strength is of a stamp and
vigor that renders doubly effective the
resources of land and intellect.
This combination of physical resources,
vast population and moral vigor,
united in a new race whose veins are
filled with clean, fresh blood?unlike
the Latin peoples now tottering to the
grave?present a phenomenon which
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goverments of tbe European continent
will do well to consider in their lawless
and arbitrary division of tbe Eastern
world.
Witb a full knowledge of our preponderance
; with a desire to mould
our policy according to what has been
considered right and moral among tbe
the best Civilizations of the past;
above all, with a firm faith in tbe German-Anglo-Saxon
Civilization as
representing the best conception of
Qoverment and Morals that history
preseuts?with these things in view
should the American citizen approach
the duty of the hour.
Onr Historic Vlewn of American
Destluy.
A people that has hitherto attended
strictly to its own affairs, and studiously
remained within tbe limits of
its own continents, the United States
i? tndftv nailed unon to arranee the
destinies of three different peoples in
three different quarters of the globe.
Happy, for an entire century, in the
universal belief that the nation would
never extend its boundaries beyond its
own continent, the United States finds
itself to-day the embarrassed owner of
colonies of whose acquisition its people
bad never dreamed.
Foreign nations, judging our Civilization
by its own, can never be convinced
that we had not cleverly planned
tbe acquisition of these islands
beyond the sea. Happily, our own
prepou derance and tbe knowledge of
our own iutegrity may render us
totally indifferent to what these foreign
nations think or do not think.
In solving the problem of our
colonial domains, we are accountable
to ourselves alone.
Hawaii.
Proceeding in due order, it may be
said that our first foundling was clearly
a case of Manifest Destiny, long
thwarted in her efforts. The
Hawaiian civilization of today is a
product of American hand and brain
that has been at work in this outlying
island for fifty years. The trade ol
Hawaii is largely American. Her
industries, material resources and
accumulated wealth are almost wholly
the result of American enterprise.
But for American civilization Hawaii
would be to-day a howling cannibalistic
isle, or a European nonproductive
colony, under the Iron heel
of military law.
Hawaii is the key which, In the
hands of any other nation, may at anj
time unlock the door to our Pacific
coast. By every law of trade; b>
every demand of national safety ; bj
every behest of Civilization and good
government, this island should have
been ours not five, but fifty years ago
That this splendid possession has now
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immaturity?but as a fully perfected
fruit, is not alone a tribute to th<
mauifest destiny of our race. Ii
happily removes the Hawaiian ques
tion from the realm of controversy
It is a fact accomplished and s(
I accomplished that the most bittei
f mi 1 'ii id' I
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| | foreign critics cauuot gainsay our
rights.
Cnba And Porto Klco.
By the same considerations that
have finally made Hawaii a part of
the United States, Cuba Porto Rico
should likewise have been ours half a
centure ago. That the inevitable
destiny of our race has likewise cast
3 these foundlings into our lap. almost
3 without a struggle, is another proof
r that mediaeval bigotry and misrule
[ shall not dominate the Western world.
. The future of these isles should be
T burdened with no great problems.
I Porto Rico is now a component porj
tion of the United States. It is an
I island comparatively small, accessible
} and well supplied with military roads.
, There should be nothing serious to
r encounter beyond the inevitable frici
tion that must follow the displacement
; of a semi-barbarous rule by civilized
forma of government. Keep out the
. politicians and the carpet-baggers ;
? give the island an economic industrial
I government and it will speedily merge
[ into tbe body of tbe great republic.
> The future of Cuba must differ some[
what from that of Porto Rico. In a
I moment of what now seem9 ill-gotten
. generosity, the nation pledged tbe
i world Cuba should be given self
i government of her own. The history
i of tbe pa-t six months indicates too
, clearly that this isle is not yet ripe for
absolute self-control arid that her
future cannot be safely placed at once
in the keeping of her own inexperii
enced people. She must be slowly
schooled to self-control, and must
then be given a fair opportunity to
i,0? nnnaoit.v finr Rplf-riilft under
ouun LICI vuj/MUJvj .w. ~
American supervision.
We may give Cuba the opportunity
to govern herself but can we make
the men fit to govern out of Spanish
stock ?
The ultimate future of this isle is
foreo-dained. She will be given her
chance to redeem herself. She will
probably fail, as has almost every
other Spanish-American people of the
western hemisphere.
Cuba will then be merged into the
United States, and her people will
gradually melt into the Anglo-Saxon
civilization, as did their kindred peoEle
in tbe Floridas, Texas and
ioui9iana.
The PblllpplneN.
The final parting of the roads comes
upon the question of tbe Philipines.
Tbe other islands were component
portions of North America, but
temporarily detached. Tbe Philippines
bring us into another hemisphere
; throw us into contact with
questions and races, of whose existence
we hardly knew a year ago.
Reducing tbe Philippine question to
its lowest terms, its solution becomes
more plain.
Prior to the war these islands belonged
to Spain.
Where did she get them ?
She discovered them some four
hundred years ago, and has since misgoverned
them by the sole right of
superior power.
We destroyed the Spanish fleet at
Manilla, not to secure these island*,
but to protect our own Pacific coast.
The surrender of Manilla carried the
surrender of the islands, and the close
of the war found them in our hands.
Not Desire, but Destiny, has thrust
this burden on us.
The Philippines are now our own,
first, by the universal law of war
which permits the victor to absorb
the spoils of the vanquished in such
reasonable amount as shall compensate
him for injury done and outlay made.
This is the lower law, accepted by the
higher Civilized Nations of the
continent, ana wnicu none or mem
have denied aesent.
The Philipines are also ours, by
that higher law, which justifies an
advanced Civilization in crushing a
despotic and vicious government and
bestowing upon a suffering people the
right to live a free and decent life.
They are ours by that inexorable
law of nature that replaces the rack,
tbe tax collector and the hangman
with the schoolhouse, the township
meeting and tbe Law.
Is Expansion Unconstitutional ?
Next in order comes the claim put
forth by many cloistered and learned
folk that the acquisition of new territorv
is unconstitutional and against
the traditions of the United States.
Is this so, and if so, what is the
basis for the claim ?
In the whole body of the Constitution
there is no reference to the
acquisition of new territory. There is
nothing that can be construed to
cover tnis contingency.
The argument that we cannot, therefore,
annex new territory, has been
largely based upon this lack of specific
consent to such expansion. This
objection is sophistical and totally
contrary to common sense. The mere
state of Sovereignty itself implies
many acts and obligation not specified
in the Constitution. Thev are the
natural attributes of National Supremacy
and are so manifestly bound up in
the very fabric of the Constitution
that they need no direct mandate in
bla<;k and white.
The Constitution does not specifically
provide that we defend ourselves if
attacked. Nor does the Constitution,
in terms, deny the right of Secession
to a state wmcn do longer aeBires 10
retain its place in tbe national union.
Yet we have waged both defensive
and offensive warfare when common
sense demanded. We fought the
greatest war in history to retain states
which desired to secede yet no mau
can point to the constitutional
. mandate in black and white which
authorized the coercion of the Southern
States.
Yet neither of ihese acts of Sovereignty
was more logical than is the
retention of conquered territory thrust
upon us against our will and in such a
manner that it cannot be abandoned
without a distinct moral wrong
against Progress and Civilization.
Neither i3 there any precedent
against expansion in our written or
recorded law.
' If so, where is it, who wrote it and
whero is it now concealed ?
Trndltons Favor a Wise Expnnslon.
' Still less do our alleged traditions
' ofler any barrier to such wise and
I necessary expansions as are vitally
necessary to our national safety and
well being. On the contrary, the
i history of the United States is but the
story of puccessive expansions, by
which the necessities of increasing
1 population has led us to absorb inferior
races and to open new lands to
s Industry and Civilization. Our own
r English ancestry first drove out the
: Indian, and then the Dutch, and then
' the French. The very ancestors or
' these particular patriots who dow
I raise the cry of Imperialism, were the
5 first to drive the untutored savage out
. of New England, with a melancholy,
' but no less persistent zeal.
! From the beginning of our national
I government we have lost no oppori
tunity to extend our national domain,
t Thomas Jefferson, who had much to
- say about peace and various mixed
. theories of human rights, wasted scant
) time when the mo9t favorable chance
r in history offered the territory ofi
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Louisiana to the United States
Thomas Jefferson abandoned theor
on the spot, and for once consortei
with comrnou sense. In spite o
frenzied opposition he bought Louis
iana without the consent of Congres
and upon his own responsibility. To
a ay, me cmizauoD 01 du,uuu,uu?i, uov
resident in the Mississippi valley
justify and approve the wisdom of thi
act.
Without this enlightened purchas
we should still be a second class na
tion, hemmed in by the Mississipp
river and the Atlantic coast. Mexia
or France or Spain would have occu
pied all that vast parallelogram
between New Orleans, Lake Superior
Oregon and California.
In 1821 we absorbed the,Florida
because they bad become a commoi
nuisance. Tbey were misgoverned bi
Spain in the same shocking manne
as she has misgoverned the Wes
Indies and the Philippines. Th
Floridas were a menace to the pros
perity and happiness of the civilize*
people who were endeavoring to Hv<
peacefully and decently by their side
Andrew Jackson wanted no rhetorici
on the occasion. He seized thi
Floridas, and while we afterwards mad<
payment for the same, this was doni
not as a matter of right, but as a sop t<
the outraged dignity of 8pain.
In 1848 we absorbed the best portioi
of Mexico because our slave-holdini
rulers demauded more room to raia
slaves and cottoD and other things
This seizure of Mexicau territory wai
a crudely brutal act. However bas<
the means, the final result has beei
wholly desirable. It has opened up t<
Civilization a region which woul<
otherwise have remained as bare an<
profitless as most of Mexido is today
In 1850 we absorbed Oregon, partly
because we had discovered It, bu
particulary because we needed it ii
our onward progress to the West
Nay, we were even at the point of wai
with England because we did not a
the same time secure British Colum
bia, then a portion of the Oregot
territory.
In 1865 we took the Gadsdei
Purchase to protect our own frontier
In 1867 we took Alaska because i
was cheap and a bargin and it
purchase forever excluded the Russiai
empire from the American continent
6o. far from our acquisitions weaken
ing the Republic, they have really
made it what it is to-day. Nearly hal
of our population is to-day residem
in the acquired portion of the Unitec
States. More than half of our natura
resources and future wealth jvil
be found in such portions as we hav<
annexed since we became a common
wealth. As a matter of fact, history
shows our sainted faithers even mor<
crudely acquisitive than ourselves, foi
they lived in a day when the stronj
invariably preyed upon the weak ant
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ed and near at band.
Commercial, Strategic and Hora
Considerations.
Thfi Pbilipine question then resolvei
itself into a discussion upon tb<
(1) Commercial, (2) Strategic and (3
Moral aspects of the case.
Will the accession of these islandi
increase the general prosperity of th<
United States?
Will they be of strategic value in th<
protection of our interests at horn*
and in the eastern world ?
Lastly, can we abandon them witt
safety to ourselves and with justice t<
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A year ago the American people
would have considered mad anyon<
who bad suggested the possibility o
acquiring territory in Asiatic waters
So fast has history moved, however
that to-day hardly a citizen can d<
found who feels assured that we
should abandon the Philippines.
Commercially speaking, there car
be no question that the Philippine!
would be of vast importance to th<
United States, including 1,400 sep
arate isles, lying almost wholly ic
tropic waters; stretching 800 milef
from north to south; occupying more
territory than all New England, these
islands are a vast empire in then;
selves. They constitute a store oi
tropical and mineral wealth, such ac
now remains unexploited in no por
tionofthe world. These islands, produce
spontaneously and almost without
cultivation, nearly every single
nhipnt. of necessity and luxury whicb
we do Dot produce ourselves. Thej
produce coffee, sugar, rice, hemp gutls
percha, cotton, indigo and nearlj
every product of the tropical and
semitropical zones. Notwithstanding
an occupancy of 400 years Spain hat
explored only a small portion of thf
group. These islands are paid to contain
iron, gold, and copper. It is also
said that some of the outlying islands
contain large deposits of coal. Such
deposits, if existing, are of the ver\i
highest value. Aside from New South
Wales and some half-worked lodes ic
China and Tonquin, there is little 01
no coal in the Far East. Such deposits
alone would be justification enough,
from a commerical point of view, tc
retain these islands.
Notwithstanding the semibarbarous
government of the Philippine islands,
which has hitherto crushed industry
with ail manner of taxes and extortions,
the total value of the Philippine
exports was nearly $30,000,000 in 1897.
As showing its latent possibilities, it
may be said that the exports of the
one small islands of Java, near at
hand, amounted in 1897, under the
wise rule of Holland, to 225,000,00C
guilders, or $90,000,000.
Yet Java is no richer in natural resources,
and is only one-half as large.
Tbe Eastern Question.
Turning to the political and strategic
factors connected with tbe Philippines,
we are confronted with the
fact that the possessor of the Philippine
islands to-day holds the bey tc
the Eastern Question.
Reared in almost complete ignorance
of the portentous problems now
pressing for solution In the Far East
the people of the United States are not
rwinnarpc] int/> this vexed and
yju Ijr ?
perplexing question, but its final
solution is thrust unexpectedly and
unceremoniously into our bands.
The Eastern Question in the Fai
East as well as in the West, is simplj
the question as to which of the Euro'
pean powers shall absorb the dying
nationalities of the Orient. The pasl
three hundred years in Asia is the
history of the division of the national
domain of the Malay, Hindoo anc
Mongolian races.
The Malavs and Hindoos have* al
ready been absorbed, The Mongoliac
alone remain.
Hitherto the superior energies anc
colon izing powers of England hav?
enable^ her to acquire the lion's share
Duritfg this period France has always
demanded compensation for Eng
land's gains, while Russia has quietly
but assiduously, chipped of fragment!
all along her vast frontiers, unti
to-day she threatens the very existenc*
of the Mongolian empire. Spain, it
her shame and weakness, has playec
no part in this cannibalistic feast foi
some two hundred years. Nominally
possessing the richest colony in th<
East, she has only remained its owne;
because the other nations could decld<
; i"'Tr': ' v- ?v.'i.
upon no amicable division of h<
f colonial aomain.
| The Asiatic Equilibrium ITpiict.
Thus has tbe so-called equilibrium 1
s tbe East been maintained by d
i- plomatic "Accessions" and Compens;
v lions" and "Realms of Influence" ti
J the fateful day when Dewey destroye
s tbe Spanish fleet in Manilla ba;
When the diplomats of Europe wot
e on May 4, tney confronted tbe fa
. that their eastern mosaic bad bee
>i broken into a thousand fragments.
_ 1 JtJ iL?.
0 INCH HIOLie UIU lllf^ 1IUU tuc UliOl 1QI
. ed equilibrium shattered, upon wbic
1 they had expended patient generatioi
t of diplomacy. They were furth<
confronted with a new power in tl
s East, whose approach had not eve
3 been remotely anticipated. The key I
Y the situtation bad not only been take
r from their grasp, but it had bee
t unconsciously taken by a natio
e whose latent strength of resistam
i- rendered useless any return to tt
j conditions before existing.
kUfAhln r?r>rv{ nfn/1 ]
0 VJCi UJOUJ) UllLOllj uioappviui^u j
!. ber share of the eastern spoils, had f<
e some time looked upon the Philii
e pines for "Compensation." Duric
e the preliminary controversies betwee
a Spain and the United States, Ge
3 many had ostentatiously and offensiv
ly sided with her European neighbo
] She did this with her eye upon tl
? Philippines. Her fleet was even the
a collected in eastern seas ready to bac
. up Spanish claims if her safety an
3 self-interest might so dicate. As pri
3 dence dictated other wise, German
1 has abstained thus far from anytbic
5 more than a display of ill will and ev
i humor.
1 As for .Russia, she had ardent]
, desired to be left alone. She had ei
j gulfed China in a treaty by which si
t was gradually absorbing all Mai
! churia. Russia only desired undi
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r digestion. By a clever diplomacy sb
t bad gradually alienated the contienti
. nations from England and all tt
! Continent played cat's paw at tt
behest of St. Petereburgh.
) Japan still chewed the cud of bitt<
. melancholy, because Russia had sei
t ed all the fruits of the Japanese victoi
3 in 1892. Yet Japan was powerla
i without allies to prevent the gradui
, absorption of China by her Russia
. guest. In the meantime, Englan
j looking vainly for support, was n<
f yet prepared to beard her Russian riv
t in the East. France, in her fond ho[
1 of protection against Germany, wi
1 still a tool of Russia and a mere paw
i in the crame of Russia dlDlomacv.
a It was at this polnt'that Englia
. preati ge reached its nadir, and tba
j Russian progress seemed destined i
3 make ali China a Russian province.
f The battle of Manilla changed hii
f tory in a night. An Anglo-Saxc
1 nation, with strong but undevelopc
. ideas as to the duties of it* race, bi
seized the key. The projected absor]
tion and partition of ihe Cbina
1 empire became aDd impossibility i
once.
9 Strategic Strength of the Philippine
? While it is difficult for our people 1
' realize that the seizure of these islanc
involve such vast interests in the Eas
I a brief glance at the map will sho
the point at once.
The archipelago of the Philippim
confronts the coast of Asia for nearl
800 miles.
It commands the coast of Chini
Tonquin, Cochin China and Annan
the Malay penisula and the Polyne
ian isles.
Manilla Ib only 700 miles, or thirty
six hours from the English port i
Hongkong. This is the port of tt
great city of Canton, and the outlet <
the richest portion of the Chinei
empire.
All the vast commerce of the Ft
East with Europe passess betwee
Manilla and the port of our Angli
Saxon kindred at Hongkong.
The Philippines are but a thousan
miles -from Japan, and this is n
distance in the vast waste of tb
Asiatic seas.
The largest portion of the com men
of America with India, Singapori
Burmab, passes through these sea
and is commanded by our new acqui
sition.
Id fact, Manilla to the one mic
point in the east where all the gref
lines of ocean traffic are held in sui
command. The geometrical center (
a vast circle, it is almost equi-distat
from Peking, Tokio and Singapore.
It is the only available point in th
east where France, Russia or Gei
many could have obtained desirabl
coaling and commercial stations witt
out a struggle. It will be seen, then
fore, that our position in the Philif
pines is fraught with possibilities the
we have hardly commenced to grasr
The Despoiling or China.
Yet another question of the greatet
moment intellects itself. This touci
es upon the future of the Chines
empire.
Absorbed in our own affaire we iiav
i hitherto remained oblivious to the fat
* that we have neglected the greater
aDd most profitable markets of th
1 world. One by one, great fragment
> of the East have been torn off b
foreign power* and shut to our legit
mate commerce. Without a protes
we have seen our commercial treatle
violated, and have been ousted froc
our legitimate traffic in the Easi
Contented with our own and Eur(
pean markets, we have apparentl
' overlooked the fact that the market
I nf Qnn nrm nflo nannla are all but finall
closed to the enterprise and energy c
' our people.
Now that Chance or Destiny ha
placed us in command of the situs
tion, what do we propose to do abou
s it?
Shall we abandon this vantag
i placed unconsciously in our grasp, c
shall we make intelligent UBe of th
> great Godsend which has been thru;
upon us?
Shall we, by the abandonment <
' the Philippines permit the gradut
, dismemberment of China amon
t European powers, and the consequec
I loss of our Chinese trade; or shall w
1 demand that this rich field he lei
I open to the legitimate trade of a
alike?
We Mast Hold This Key.
Regardless of the perplexing detail
\ of this problem, can the patrioti
t American citizen hesitate for on
moment in bis decision v
[ The Philippines are ours by th
[ right of war, to which civilized Europ
gives consent. They are ours by th
- higher law that has tbus given
i helpless and wickedly governed peopl
into our hands. Our flag now wave
I above the Philippines. In the intei
5 est of humanity and of enligbtene
. self-interest, there should it remai
i until Homeone prove strong enough t
pull it down.
, While the retention of these island
j is tilled with vexed problems, thes
1 are nothing as compared with th
? momentous evils that would folloi
i the abandonmedt of the islands.
1 What of the alternative ?
r If we do not take them, who will ?
j We could not abandon them t
a EDgland or sell them to any other m
r tion without universal war.
91 If the United States does not retai
nil II < H'l.i ---- - i
er the Philippines they must go back to
the insurgents. Were we now to
leave them, their condition would be
even more lamentable than under the
n corrupting rule of Spaiu.
1" Wotu T?nrrlq nH oangtnrs mftV p.nm
pare the mercenary Aguinaldo to
|| Washington and Bolivar. They may
,d continue to offer moral support
y- against our arms and fleets. The peo:?
pie of the United States however will
ct not believe that the man who has
D counseled wholesale slaughter of all
foreigners on the island is a patriot
nor a statesman, nor qualified to erect
lh an independent government.
18 Neither will they surrender into the
Br bands of Malay bowmen the lives of
16 thousands of innocent Spanish people
nor the millions of property whose
security is dependent upon civilized
n and enlightened government.
10 If we are afraid to take the Responsibility,
will History ever justify us in
56 destroying the only system of Govern16
ment these islands possessed and then
abandoning them to the anarchy that
n must follow native "attempts to
)r govern ? '
P" Wether it be called Annexation,
'8 Autonomy or a Protectorate, the fuin
ture of all these islands must be
r" Anglo-Saxon?not Latin nor Malay
e nor Japanese.
r* While the natives of these islands
16 will be given Liberty it must be Lib!?
erty on Anglo-Saxon lines. It will
never be the License under which the
ia 8pnni8h-American Republics have
J" mocked Republican Government for
three-quarters of a century past.
Hold all the Islands.
Do not all the arguments in favor of
y holding Manilla as a coaling station
Q- apply equally well to the island of Luie
zon and the balance of the group ?
Furthermore, will there not be much
s- less friction with foreign powers if we
of at once take over the whole group as a
le legitimate spoil of war ? Nor is" there
any daDger that the alleged "powers"
ie will actively interfere if we boldly and
courageously stand by our rights. All
of them have too many troubles of
>r their own to actively antagonize the
z* rising giant of the west, right on the
y tbresnold of bis recent victory.
8" There may be diplomatic threats
al and murmurs, but no nation is in
Q shape to actively resist the United
d States. Even if they do, the fleets of
Japan and England are both at our
command, and with this combination
>? we control the world.
18
U Tbe Basslan Peril.
Nor from a Jarger historical view,
t should our people overlook the fact
tQ that any action regarding the Philippines
will affect for good or evil the
a. whole future history of Democratic
^ ? A n/wla_Uovnn
uoveruuieut auu tuo nugiv-uuvu
>c| race.
i8 ODe hundred years ago Napoleon
p. shrewdly remarked that the next
^ century would see tbe world Cossack
jt, or Republican.
Since that day the colossal development
of the Russian empire has
* threatened to engulf the entire East:o
em world in its onward progress,
is The Latin race, now in decay, has
t, ceased to play any material part in the
<7 history of the world. The next century
must develop the supremacy of
38 the Germanic or Slavonic race,
y There is no room for compromise.
The Civilization of America and
Europe and the Germanic race, or the
i, Civilization of Asia and the Slav must
s- finally survive.
While we please ourselves with
i. nni-serv traditions regarding tbe an
Df cient friendship of Russia for the
te United States, it were little less than
of idiocy to believe that there can be any
je common unity between the extreme
Despotism ana the extreme Democracy
ir of the age.
n Russia represents ignorance, bigotry
0- and slavery of mankind. She has
placed her foot upon every germ that
d makes towards progress and Individo
ual freedom. She is diametrically
e oppossed to every cherished theory
that the Germanic peoples hold reJe
garding Politics, Eeligion or the Law.
e, She is the one great, inexorable,
b, portentous enemy of modern progress
1- and the Germanic race.
Having absorbed China, with 300,I
000,000 people at her command, what;
it will then become of Europe?
'e It will be Asiatic and not Germanic.
>f And after Europe, what of America
it and the future of Free Government in
the wor d?
r? A Real Peril.
e It 18 aimcuit to impress upon
Americans Jiviog in the security of
J* their virgin land that they owe exact
> and certain duties to the future of
^ Democracy and Civilization. History
J* is but a story of the survival of the
races and race ideas. Why should
future history differ from the past?
If for no other reason, we should'
' hold the Phillippines intact to estab,e
lisli a permanent and impregnable
barrier to the progress of Asiatic cive
ilization in the world. Eugiand wi'l
5t shortly have to fight a decisive battie
for the existence of European
e civilization in the East. While we|
need not become involved in actual j
v mor nra ahnuld clvp her all the moral
i* assistance in our power.
This cad be done in no better way
!S tbau holding the hey to the East,
D which in other hands might be betrayt*
ed into the enemy of our race and
>" culture.
^ Voice of the Went.
y We, as a nation, have never yet
failed to rise to the full compass and
greatness demanded by the destiny of
8 our race.
l" Why should we fail in this?
l' We will not fail. We are not a race
that fails. Our forefathers encounter'e
ed much vaster problems in the past,
,r and shall we say that we are unworthy
? to follow in their footsteps? Shall we
shrink ignoble from the path plainly
blazed out before us by our Destiny,
)f and by our duties towards the human
" race?
S While some closet thinkers of the
Eastern coast may shrink with fear
re from these new problems, there is no
[f apprehension for our future among
11 the 50,0)0,000 people who fill the
vast realm between toe Aiiegnenies
and the Pacific coast. The people
who have wickedly "expanded" into
18 the Mississippi va'lev, and have turnlC
ed the Louisiana purchase, the Mexe
ican Cession and the Oregons into the
granary of the world are not perplexed
e with the intellectual fantasies which
10 paralize the overcultured intellect of
e the East.
a Their thoughts and aspirations are
e American and not European.
8 From the first they believed ferently
T' and ardently the full righteousness
d uf the war which has destroyed the
n last lingering tyranny of Spain in two
0 quarters of the globe. Breathing the
pure air of mountain ranges, vast
18 plains and prairie lands, their convice
tions are a product of honest toil in
e forests and in field. They are not
v impregnated with those purely com
1 ? I ?uuu u I
uiencai cuuaiueittuuua wuiuu uavw su
often be-numbed the natural humanity
of the East. The people of the
0 West whose soldiery have born the
l" brunt of the recent contest, both in
Cuba and the Phillippines do not pro-j
Eose that the blood of their soils shall
HVA hPAn ahari.itv^uin... ?'
They do notj>ropose that these two
ware shall hfcve been* fought without
a distinct and permanent gain to the
cause of real Liberty and Good
Government in this world.
The people of the western empire do
not propose to surrender back to bar- ; %
barium a single foot of territory once
reclaimed from bigotry and misgovernment
Where American blood has once
been shed and the American flag has
once been raised, there they believe
it should stay in spite of all the world.
Today the seat of empire resides not
upon the Atlantic coast, but far
inland, where the Mississippi and its
tributaries wander towards the sea.
The. West has not lived down the
great migratory and civilizing instincts
inherent in its blood. It
voices these instincts In no uncertain
terms. It does not fear the Future.
Where the clear Destiny of the Race
and Nation points, it does not fear to
follow. " W. 1). Washburn, Jr.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 1, 1899.
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