Imperialism and the Independent
By Editor
Of all the innocently verdant journals, the Independent certainly takes the lead. It has steadily advocated the cause and sustained the course of imperialism on the part of the government of the United States. It has reproved those who have opposed that course. And now, all at once, while still favoring the thing in principle, the Independent exclaims: “If the new meaning of expansion is extension of territory subject to our sovereignty, and contraction of the Constitution and possibilities under it, it would be more properly termed imperialism; and imperialism we do not want, and ‘never supposed we were getting’”! But, dear Independent, you were told, over and over, that that was what you were getting. Why should you have never supposed that that was what you were getting? The Bay View Magazine for February is an especially interesting number. Its leading article, “In Russia’s Asiatic Empire,” is excellently written by one who has passed through Russia. It is beautifully illustrated. Other articles are “Russian Universities,” “Russian Girls and Boys at School,” “How Russia Amuses Itself,” “Rubinstein,” “Chopin,” etc., etc.