Word: question
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Moorfield Storey '66 delivered a forcible lecture on "The Philippine Question" in the Living Room of the Union last evening. He outlined the present conditions in the islands and explained the only possible method of doing away with the existing evils...
...with the full consent of the governed. Lincoln stated an undeniable truth when he said, "No man is good enough to govern another without that one's consent." Yet we keep the Philippine Islands without the least regard to the wishes of the natives. Out of these conditions two questions arise: first, the question of right and the possibility of success; second, the method of escape from our position, in case our present policy is sure to fail. This is the Philippine problem...
...Moorfield Storey '66 will speak on "The Philippine Question" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock...
HARVARD UNION LECTURES. "The Philippine Question." Mr. Moorfield Storey. Living Room, Harvard Union, 8 P. M. Open to members of the Union...
...began by upholding Adam Smith's view that war is waste, which is contrary to the popular view. The idea that a battleship is a godsend to the community where it is built, because it employs so many men was shown to have no relation to the economic question in hand. The employment of too many soldiers is also a great evil, because it prevents these men from being productive laborers and makes them consumers of public money. By the example of the Civil, Boer, Crimean, and Napoleonic Wars, conditions are proved to be at least...