The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

Rome never withdrew her foot from the Greek
states, and it is even now doubtful whether the
United States will ever withdraw from Cuba.
Recent public utterances indicate that a great
change of sentiment is sweeping over the country
on this point. At the meeting of the members of the
Associated Press, held in Chicago, May 18, 1899,
in the star speech of the evening, St. Claire
McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, said:--
“There is no newspaper which believes that we
are in Porto Rico ever to get out. We are there to
stay. There is none which believes that we are in
Cuba to get out--soon. I think we will stay there
about as long as Great Britain will stay in Egypt,
and that Great Britain will stay in Egypt about as
long as the Anglo-Saxon race has a habit of staying
where it settles down. I am willing to differ from
my brethren on this subject, but as my estimate has
been only comparative, perhaps there is less room
for difference than might superficially appear. The
duration of our stay in the Philippines is
prodigiously debated. While the debate goes on, we
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