I might almost add. though all the nations upon the face of the earth combined against us. It is not through fear. Mr. President. it is through what I conceive to be the better policy of the United States to keep out of Asiatic territory. to expand our governmental influence only upon this side of the ocean and in this hemisphere and with people of our own character and inheritance. Now. the Senator from Ohio says it does not make any difference to us after we have released the Philippines whether their government becomes republican. monarchical. or autocratic. That may be true. but I think we should start them off with the American ideal of government.