New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-04
MORE BRITISH PRAISE.
sHowgRED t'PoN Mr.. L0wELL's "HlGHEsT
"NO TYPE OF AMEIICANIsM."

MR. GIApsTONE's SUI. rssoR-MI. PAkNELLs
HEALrn-LoRD RIOS ;BkKY AT sANDRiNGHAM-
Mr. GOODWIN SMITH ON AMERICAN STATESMEN
-rRRkE NOTABLE NEW YEAE's HoNoRs.
iBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUSEi
Copyright 1888: Bv The Nec York Tribune
LoNpo>. Jan. 3.-The British Free Trader is
again lifting his voice in praise Of Mr. CieVei,nu
message. Mr.. Lowelrs address gives hint VoM'' o,
70 which he cannot refrain from responoihs ..,,
London organs, 1t is true, mostly keep siienI,
mindful of the mischief they were warned Dri.s"
,ro;so ,vou,d do IN British Free Trade in America
The Provincial journals think they can anu "
be more freespoxen. The Manchester 0uaru-
ian the most powerful of all. pronounces Iresh
nanecvr;c on Mr. Cleveland. One OF the Lonuon
journals has New-York correspondent III Nif' "o"-
kin's office who cabled Mr. Godxins private pruJu-
dices as the opinion of the American pc"pie" An
organ of the Manchester cottonspinners auop'S
h,s view of the Massachusetts larW nWtoip
League "No gathering" said this correspondent,
more representative of the highest lnteigenoc u
the country has been held anywhere for a long
time.n Manchester even improves on Messrs'
Godkiu and Lowell "What strikes Mr. Lowers
sye and ains his heart. says The Guardian
in the practice of ProtcctiOnism in the United
States is the moral social and political evil which
e. has wrought" True. he does not say so IN so
many words, hut anybody can see he means IL. 90,
because the British Free Trader thinks Mr Lowell
means to decry his own country, which ne cer-
tainlv did not Mr. Lowell is praised for taking
lofty ground
sOur British friends are so hard up for 1acts thaC
they cite the National Republican League as eVi-
dence of the spread of Free Trade principles. LIE
Tx,nuS. 3 article Education is Needed > is quot
ed to the same end. Protection must be hard up
they say, when its friends have to enter the hstS
wears they. the British Free Traders have been
announcing once every three months that the
triumph of British Free Trade in America IS Close
at hand American Free Traders naturally nave
the ear of their Brits colleagues on this question:
and so The Guardlan' again exultln2ly pro-
claims that Mr. Cleveland has kndled hre dill
cult to extngulsh that the corrupting ana vicious
system of Protection is doomed. and that Mr.
Cleveland heralds the triumph of the economic
principle to which the British cling.
Yesterdays Times devotes some ten columns
to the celebration of its centenary. Neither yes
teroay nor to-day do its London competitors think
the event worthy of notice. The CONSCIOUSNESS oi
"The Times" continuing its supremacy III Eheiish
journalism ranlics too deeply III the minds vi Ihe
pennv journals who would lain be its rivals. They
ALL l believe, except possibly The Daily News
surpass The lines in circulation. Not one OF
home or abroad. Its mistakes. some OF them
erievous, are SO many proofs Of its ascendency
1t survives them all and retains it's superiority
unim pared by errors which would be fatal To
any authority less robust and less deeply rooted
in the sources of English life than tnat OF the
leading journal.
This ascendency so far it IS moral and In
tellectuaL is largely the creation OF the late Mr'
Deiane. who edited L" The Times" for nearly forty
years You will search vainly through these 'eh
ooiumns for acknowledgement Of his immense SER
vices to the paper. There is not even mention
of his name. Everything is made to rebound to
the glory of the Walters and the Walters alone.
The prophets and sons of prophets who have
been discussing Mr. Giadstones successor nave
now put forward d new candidate, Lord Spencer.
No Liberal is of higher authority on Irish ques-
tions Home Rule more to him than to any
other single Englshman except Mr.. Gladstone.
1t is certain tnat had Lord Spencer stood out
against Mr. Gladstone's scheme the dissenting Lib
eral minority both IN Parliament and in the couIi-
try would have been much larger. But neither
Lord Spencer anybody else need be discussed
Mr. GLADSTONE friends seem to have made up theli
minds that MIR. Gladstone will live another decade
Criticisms on Mr. Parnelps total disappearance
from public life are met by the statement tina,
he will return to Parliament at the opening oil
the session and lead his party us usual 1hs
obviously comes from himself his friends.
There are grave doubts whether his health Will
permit this programme to be carried out.
Lord Rosebery's illness. respecting which fresh
bulletins appear, is not serious enough to prevent
his going to Sandringham this week with Lady
kosebery as guests of the Prince and Princess Oh
Wales. HIS doctor as a matter of prudence has
again forbidden speech-making, owing TO another
bad cold.
sandringh parties range from lively to severe
This is one of the lively weeks. Beside Lord ana
Lady Rosebery the list includes Lord Harrington
and Sir Henry James, who has nearly recovered
from his sprained ankle. and Maria. Marchoness
Of Ailesbury
The Nineteenth Century" for January has a
rather remarkable article by Professor Goodwin
Smith on American Statesmen" lie reviews
the series of biographies under that title edited by
Mr. Morse, which he thinks valuable series
some Of the volumes being full Of experience ana
useful teaching Our English critic notes q change
IN the American treatment Of American history,
both in style and substance. GrandilOGuence Is
seplaced by austerity and Fourth Of July fiction
Is giving place to historical facts. Mr. SIN til him.
self is not Overenient. He is certainly unjust u
Samuel Adams but his tribute to Alexander Ham
lltOn is one of the best that have yet anywhere
appeared. He fully acknowledges the greatness
of Washington, and even has an original remark
to offer. The writer in this SERIES" says hlr
Smith, seems to think that after all has been
said there is something in the character OF Wash
ington which eludes analysis. Is this mysterious
element anything more than the decided strain
of British officer which Washington had con
sracted from his military associationsP sim
pier character, should say, does not offer it
Nf to the inspection Of history
esting Sir Charles Warren already G. G. NJ. g..
is made Knight Commander of the Bath. more
commonly known as X. G. b.. for his exceptional
services Chief Commissioner of Police Mr.
John Pender becomes Sir John Pender. X. G. nj. g.
Nobody auite knows why be not kpighted be: