Whitelaw Reid: “Hill, was right when he said that not to enter the Open Door in Asia means the perpetual isolation of this continent.”

You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.

It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.