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

We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.

Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.

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

Will you take peace without territory and preserve the integrity of the Constitution of the country?...