New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13

Within the Wonderland abide
We deck the porch, we dress the SILL
And n.ng the portal open "ide'
Bu, unto all Of British blood
Whether they cling to Egberts lhrone'
Or far beyond the Western noou'
Havs reared a Sceptre of their own
And. half-rcgretful. yearn TO win
Their way back home. and fonoiy c'"'i'
The rightful share OF kith and KIN
In Alfred's glory, Shakespeare's fame-
We nile the logs. we troll the stave'
w. watt the tidngs wide and iar'
And speed the WISH on wind and wave
To Southern Cross and Northern S's''
Yes, Peace on Earth. Atlantic s'rand'
Peace and goodwill. Pacific shore
Across the waters stretch your hano'
And be our brothers more ana hhoiv'
blood Of our blood. in every cline!
Race Of our race. by every sea-
ro,ou ~. sing the Christmas rhyme.
For YOU W, light the Christmas tree
Christmas Is no time to bethink oneself OF the
division or strife Of parties yet 1t VIII not Sur
nrisa YOU to hear that Mr.. Alfred Ausuh Is VI
that political company which In TINS laho i
.a,,ad conservative His verses more proof
NJ the cioseness OF the feeling which or ia'e years
has hound together those II that faith In Eng
No doubt IL was otherwise. To-day you all
.h,rL COO and some of you are beginning TO ad-
NIT that our best friends in the old country are
% no looked for among those on whom we nave
long fastened the name OF IoIy de " wv "
like II not Of contempt.
what tho Radicals and Socialists think or us
mo have lately been hearing from the acrd lips
y, Mr. John Burns. 1t may not very ihuO''
waiter in one way what such man as MT Johh
x,rrs thinks or SAYS 1t matters however
u,.,e In this way: What he says IS caueh' uP
~ the cable and sent over here in ALL or per
hans more than all, its curt cruueneSs Vi 10
norant contumely. SO 1t does. TO some eN,e"''
affect English opinion unfaVorapi!. MI '0'
BURNS has notoriety enough 10 insure d uee'e
:. attention 10 what he says. especially wheh
=. oor,es nv the costly medium OF the Atanuc
o,a,.,ranb and so gets itself printed In Londoh
orars in big type All his co-religonarles re-
,o,ca IN his testimony to the corrupihess VI lne
country which declines to find saivatioh III "o-
c,a,sm Not all Of them pause long enough "
th,nk.-indeed who stops TO think serious'! over
.n,.,h,,p in a daily newspaper?-to think say
how long Mr.. John Burns has oeeh III ''0"
~ what title he has to express an opinion on
condition Of society the surface VI "''N' -
has SKINNED in fortnight.
man ~ letters. student Of human nature
",-.a ord accurate observer lately spent eight
months in the United States. al the END OF "hch
ne frankly ayowed he had only begun TO uhuer-
.,.nd IT'S neople or TO penetrate the mystery OF
a.. National life A little OF NJ. Paul Bourgeois
modest discretion might not be thrown away on
NJ John Rurns 1t is idle to suggest anything
~ the sort 10 him. nor do l. 1t Is the swallow
nh, are most confident and the ignorant VINO
feel sure tfst knowledge beyond the coh'ines u
their own intelligence Is not worth knowing
M Rurns stands for little or nothing OF what
+bere Is best or most competent In this country
and certainly for nothing Of what is most SYM
..,.,,c 70 ne At best he Is the representa-
tive not OF n community but OF class-a CLASS
nowerful in numbers very narrow IN us views
very selfish in It's aims. very nuch at
the mercy Of demagogues ike MI JUN"
Rurns. There we come near to the secret OF It's
antinathy TO what is most American. Inc
masses in this country want great many
things and want them at once IheF pa! niue
heed or none to the welfare OF the Nauoh OF Vi
.,o rnn,re as a whole They want laws passed
70 improve their own condition ana u "o'se'
,ha condition Of other people. They know that
tho lesson Of America Is against tneni' ana MI
John Burns. who knows 1t better than most IS
methods are rebuke 10 him.
GO. his caIumnies down to calculation He
won, IN America think. partly TO find material
Tor ,nvectiye He wanted to bear witness against
,b,, country He wanted TO be able to say on
his return 10 England that. hateful as America
and American institutions have long been 10
him and his comrades in Socialism. the nan hao
not been told. America is to serve 70 them not
az an example. but as warning. Ihahks 10
the irrepressible appetite OF portion OF tne
American press for sensations, he mas got an
earlier opportunity. Their interviews. their re-
norris their lust censures even. have become 80
much material for cable dispatches All TINS
vrat,fes the mans ruling passion as we'll as MS
interested calculation.
An Englishman who knows Mr.. Burns well.
and knows his associates we'll. was commenting
last week on the unwisdom OF the authors or
these messages. I asked him what the eHect or
American criticism on Mr.. Burns would be. OH
nc answered your people don't unoerstano
purns or they would let him alone. He is a
.,,n u.,o cares only TO see his name in print and
No cares little what sort OF an adjective Is
oo,ned with II. good or bad He is eaten up
u,,h concet." This does not much differ from
tho re,orted summary OF Mr. Burns by his CO.
ae,ega,e Mr. Holmes SO there are two wit
Macao. IN the eminent mans real character.
Well let Mr. Burns go. / have SAID more
about him than / meant TO- only "anted MIN
A A contrast TO those Conservatives whom he oe-
tests. be they English or American he mas
probably learnt. II he did not know II BEFORE
that America II. in truth, the most conservative
country In the world. ard the one In which
schcanes Of Socialistic revolution have least
chance There are some OF at home who
seem not yet TO have mastered this rudimentary
lesson There are some OF us who still talk of
Liberalism In England II It were the Lib
eralism OF earlier days. the Liberalism which
won our sympathies and was entitled TO them
II has ceased to exist. II there are still men
who profess 1t they men who keep the word
81 promise to the ear and break It TO the heart