New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-20
THE PEVOLT AGAINST JINGOISA.


Iiroo;sm i . snent force in England. The
surrender of IIeligoland to German! oS '"e
Foreign Minister who shared the TRUMP" VI
Lord Beaconsfed in the acquisition OF OSPr"S
denotes a powerful reaction against ohoSe oh
denotes which were markedly deVeloPeu We
tween 1874 and 1880. The abandohmeiI Vi
countries sanctifed by memories OF Ll'lnS
stone and the creation OF German coloihai
empire midway between the British posSessioiS
in Fast and South Africa are wholly lnconsis-
tent with the spirit of Lord Beaconslieid I'M
norial nolicy. There are various compcnsa-
tions and counterpoises in this partuon Vi
empire. Ueligoland may be described as chieh!
,,IrohIo IN ENGLAND in the light of historical
rominiscence: and Germany may be repre-
soptod as renouncing its claims to an enor
mons stretch of territory in East Africa; out
II is impossble to conceive OF Lord beacohS-
folds entering into any compact OF this nature
After 1880 he contemptuously described MS
lifelong rival. Mr.. Gladstone, as scuttllng out
of India and South Africa. Lord Salisbury III
tho same way may be cynically condemned by
surviving LIMOGES for scuttling ont OF He'll
eoland and LivnGstones Africa ana giving
the signal for the dismemberment OF the CHI
pire. Ill,
Lord Salisbury's bargain with Germany VIII
no sanctioned by British opinion because the
burdens and responsibilities OF empire are 1elt
70 be intolerable. The poets Weary Iltan Is
STAGGERING under the load of Worldwide sway
English enterprise cannot be held under re-
straint. Every year there are annexa'iohs Oh
territory and expansions OF protectofa'es WIN
an increasing weight of Imperial responsibility
As the Empire is enlarged the dlrilcutieS OF
Governing if are multiplied. Ambitious colonies
ORC in omen revolt against the economic policy
&C tbo Mother State and the compromises OF
Eo,d World dipIomacv. Australia aSpreS 10
shane and direct the diplomacy of the South
Seas. Canada and Newfoundland are murmur-
ing against cmbarrassmcnts caused by the I'M
narial connection and South Africa affects to
despise the marplotS and blockheadS oil inc
Colonial Office Heavily burdened by the
thanl,less task of rcconciling diverse interests
and administering worldwide estate, Ing
land will he relieved by partition Schemc
which limits its own responsibilities IN Africa
divides the new empires and concllates the
most novcrful military State on the Continent
I,s sotisfaction will be increased if Lord Sails
burv can strike a second bargain with France
bv which existing complications III Egypt New
foundland and elsewhere may be permanently
adjusted
The Jingoism of Lord Bcaconsfcld marked
=, rooction against what was termed the Man
chester schools insuar ideas and commercial
nolicv. Complaint was made that EngliSh
nrcstirc had been lowered by deliberate an
stcntion from European affairs and by pcrSS-
toni devotion 10 the interests OF world-em-
bracing trade. Lord Bcaconshold made Ing
land for a season an aggressive Power IN Lu-
rome Asia and Africa but pubic OPINION
that was NJ first amused by his audaclty ana
dozzlcd bv his successes, speedily condemned
his policv as alike Improbable and n-tnglish.
The pendulum has now swung back IN the
direction of nOn-intcrycntlOn IN Continental
affairs and pacific occupation Of an empire
that * recognized aS sufficiently vast. England
has to-day in south America and elsewhere on
tho globe a commercial empire which l. worth
more 70 its traders and manufacturers III
mounds shillingS and pence than colonial de-
tendencies protected areas and spheres oil IN
aroncc which are a constant source of embar-
rassmcnt danger and expense. The control
and expansion OF that commercial empire con
stitute n policy worthy of the genius OF the
English people. Diplomatic arrangements IKE
Lord Saisbuiys which facilitate the pacific
DEVELOPMENT Of that policy will inevitably be
onprovcd by the sober second thought of every
practical EngiShman.