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I saw when the time approached for action of the McKinley Treaty that the question could not be separated, at least in debate, from the question of entering upon a career of conquest of Empire in the Far East.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “I saw when the time approached for action of the McKinley Treaty that the question could not be separated, at least in…”
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Hoar expresses his concern about the implications of the McKinley Treaty on America's imperial ambitions in the Far East.
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