The population is small. 100.000 in all. The islands- are large and fertile and in the higher ground have a temperate climate. American immigration would quickly make them truly American. but such immigration can not be expected unless they be under the American flag. The question is not one of conquest. but of colonization. It was the same question whether Louisiana should be French or American. and whether California should be Spanish or American. and it is now the question whether these islands. really an. integral part of the American continent. shall be American and Americanized or shall belong to the Orient and be Chinese or Japanese.
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