So General Schofield. once commander of the American Army. testified. and he testified from personal observation and information. Whatodoes this prove? It knocks the bottom clear out of the annexation scheme. it demonstrates that we do not need them even for strategic purposes. for. having Pearl Harbor. we possess all that portion of the islands that we need for strategic. military. or naval purposes without polluting and weakening our system of government by taking to our bosom a horde of Asiatic savages. Why. then. run the awful risk of beginning a policy of imperial aggrandizement and territorial expansion of which no prophet. not even
Identified stereotypes
Characterizing all Asians as savages who would pollute and weaken the system of government.