They deserve the boon of liberty as much as do the people of Cuba. and if. in the providence of God. those islands are also freed and turned over to their own people for selfgovernment as Cuba must be freed. it simply adds to our luster and does not detract from it. But we can not honorably do anything else with those islands. We can not profitably holdthem permanently. because the holding of them would involve us in all the diplomatic relations with European and Asiatic politics. against which entanglements we have from the beginning protested. So far as Puerto Rico is concerned. I believe that it is the duty of this Government to drive Spain from that island and forever quit her dominion over it. Because we have begun awar against Spain. that is the Government which is proper to vanquish as far as possible in accomplishing our great purposes of liberty. and I say that the driving of the Spanish from the island of Puerto Rico is not only legitimate. but I believe it to be necessary for the peace and security of our country in the future. Spain is a bad neighbor. but after we have extinguished the last authority of Spain in this hemisphere and practically established the Monroe doctrine. shall we abandon that policyand start upon the Asiatic seas. among Asiatic populations. in countries devoted to Asiatic civilization. unnecessary in peace. wholly unnecessary in war. and perpetrate the wrongs that will be perpetrated by the passing of these resolutions? Why. gentlemen tell us that the Government of Hawaii favors this proposition. I use that word only as recognizing those having authority therethe representatives of a few thousand. probably three or four thousand among a hundred thousandthe white intelligent race ruling the Chinese.