New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26

the command Of the seas could be maintained
and not a German troopship allowed to ap-
proach South Africa The eagerress or Officers
and sailors in responding to the call for DUTY
was not keener than the interest and enthusi-
assn OF all classes in supporting the Govern
ment's defensive measures Party divls;ohs uis
appeared There was Il united England. proud
resolute and fully prepared to defend the IN
terests Of worldwide Empire.
Sir John fenniel. with his usual discernment,
expresses the national feeling in to-days
Punch" Britannia stands looking out over
stormy sea, with her helmet and armor on her
shield by her side, and her mighty SWORD
strongly grasped. Ready" Is the word. ana
the motto from King John is hardly needed
as an accompaniment That mastery cartoon
embodies the spirit Of the lingo songs which
are sung In the concert halls. and OF the patri-
otc lyrics which appearing in the news
papers. War with Germany is a contingency
when nobody seriously contemplates. The Fly
ing Squadron will have as little prospect of
encountcri1g the risks of modern warfare as
"a painted ship upon painted ocean but
the ornaments a sign that the bow OF
Ulysses is net unstrung. and that the nation
which has planted colonies in all quarters or the
earth is ready to make a show of fighting on
the slightest provocation. and is never unpre-
pared for defending her proud title of mistress
Of the seas"
HEALTHY PATRIOTISM.
Whether pitched high in the concert-halls or
ripping low in Lydian measures in the fashion
able talk of the West End, Jingoism as 1t Is
sounded to-day in London is a good od-fash-
toned, patriotic tune. and nobody is the worse
for hearing it When one perceives the bracng,
invigorating effect Of outburst OF patriotism
like this upon the English people, he is AT n loss
to understand why the word has been used as
term of reprOach against America 1t was only
a few weeks ago that American Jingoism was
lampooned throughout England as the last re-
source of Fenansm and Of scOundrely poll
ticians. Did anybody in America object to MI
Bayard's abuse of American policies and pi1n-
ciples? That was JinGoism Did the American
press unite in UNFOLDING the Monroe Doctrine as
the traditional and necessary policy OF the Ma
ton? That too. was Jingoism, Were there signs
that the American people were ready to night. II
necessary, for principles which had been silently
operating for seventy years to deliver the West
ern hemisphere from European spOliation! Ihat,
too was Jngoismi How loud this English de-
nunciation Of Cheap Jack American patriotism
has been. and what an uprOar there Is to-day III
every London cOncert-hall when a patriotic tune
is sung,
In this as In other respects, the two nations are
now in closer sympathy and are beginning To
understand each other Alright. II the Monroe
Doctrine be q principle which the English them
selves are enbodying in their Imperial policies all
over the world ii IS entitled 10 more respectful
treatment than Il eceived at the hands Of Lord
Salisbury. II there be the same patriotic spirit
in America as in England in upholdinG the dig
pltv and honor Of the nation and in responding
to the magnetic touch of love Of country what
is n virtue here cannot be vice there. AS the
acute observer remarked underneath Nelson's
column: "Englishmen and Americans are, after
all very much alike J. y. F.