New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26
ENGLISH JINGOlSM.
WITH SOME COMMENTS ON WHAT HAS
BEEN LAMPOONED AND DENOUNCED
AS AMERICAN JINGOISM.
London, January 10.

mobilization or the 11ylnS SQuduioh GA A-i'e''--'
man stopped an American under the shadow OF
the Nelson column and said abruptly; Io-oa!
news shows the force of American example.
What impressed US few weeks ago Wheh t"e
Venezuela message was sent out was the APP
narent readiness of the American people to stand
and fight for their principles. There might DC
politics in the message. but there was palilo'iS'"
in the attitude Of the American people, ana with
It there was Indifference to immediate results
We have prohted by your example. the German
Emperor affronted and we are reaoy 10 he"'
for our Empire Our new squadron VIII soon De
afoat and another will follow 1t, II II De heedeu
Our people are aroused just as the Americans
wore Enrl,shuoen and Americans are. after ALL
very much alike
That remark implied that the relations in
,hmpbt and opinion between the two countries
were so intimate that an anti-Engsh wave IN
America was closely followed by an anti-German
wave in England Ii Illustrated a truth which
ordinarily ESCAPES Overwhelmingly. tnat
while the two nations are constantly misuhder-
standing and misjudging each other 'hey nave
a common stock Of race instinct ana i"eilhs'
Anparenty divided as they have been during re-
cent weeks with an urgent need OF sooriety OF
Judgment on each side for preventing the out
break of a calamitous war, they nave been
swayed by the same impulses ana motives anu
have been drawn together in common 1eehhs
avon when they seemed to be drifting widely
apart
Certainly the analoges Of recent events have
,oan numerous and striking. There is close
correspondence between the revelation OF aroused
national feeling in America IN defence or Time
honorcd traditions and principles. and the evil
dences Of profound patriotism in England uhder
tbs. Indictment of sudden. unproVoKeo ileil"Ve
from Germany The American "Hands on 10
England in Venezuela has been followed Dy lhe
English Glands off, to Germany in South Al
RIGA. and the Monroe Doctrine. instead OF pelhs
a yagary of Yankee braggadocio. has oeeh Ie-
vealed as good old English principle srouhueu
unon instincts Of self-preservatlOn ana upon eH-
ughtened self-interest. which the Engllsh '!ie"i-
calves have been acting upon wherever they have
established their Empire. If the EngHsh Were
aston,shed not long ago by evidences Of resent
nent and warlike feeling in America. so also the
Germans have been amazed by the sudden out
break Of hostile opinion III EhglaAu an" ~ ~
preparatons for war.
To would he too much TO say that II you
sc-atcb an American you will find an English
man. or that an Englishman Is only an uhde-
veloped American. who happened to be porn Oh
an island instead of a continent; but IL Is true
that in the recent crisis one nation mas power
fully influenced the other, and that they nave
never been so much alike as when they nave
been or the verge Of war; yet have never been
so closely in touch with each other ana never
more completely under the restraining hhu-
ences of sturdy. homely common-sense' rer-
hans the best proofs Of this sympathy are the
tokens Of American appreciation OF the hohor-
able conduct of England in its dealings with
the Transvaal and of American admiration for
the prompt decisive measures taken in the
mobilization of the Flying Squadron to give
warning to Germany that Intervention In South
Africa would be direct challenge TO war.
-..-.' A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.
Certainly II has been an illustration OF the
,ronv Of contemporaneous history that nation
which was itself amazed few weeks ago by
what were regarded as the vasaries OF Amerl-
can Jingoism and the outbreak of anti-Englsh
feeling In the United States, should nave out
Americaned the Americans in manifestations OF
resentment and wrath against powerful Gov
eminent with which it had previously been on
the friendliest terms There Is touch Oh
humor in this new and Unforeseen development
of the original English Jngoism when the INK
of the TRADES against American Jingoism was
hardly dry. One has only to go back to Christ
mas week In order to find the homilies on the
lack of restraint in America, the excitability OF
the people and the folly and wickedness or
Jingoism; and within single week all Eng
land has been fairly aflame with excitement
over preparations for a naval duel with Ger
many which was known to be Impossible from
the outset. and Jingoism has been noisy ana
rampant not only in concert halls and theatres
but also in clubs, exchanges streets and social
circles.
All the poets, from the laureate up 10 the
song-writers for the theatres and jingle-ringers
for the daily and weekly press. have caught the
has cot *
ample by publishing "Jameson's Ride" in its
largest type. and English journalism fairly
bristIes with patriotic odes and lyrics. The
musical comedies are enl vened with skits at
the German Emperor. and gibes at the unman-
nerly "Deutscher." The Queen of the Seas
is produced at the Pavilion, with panorama
OF battle-ships and torpedo-boats. and Rule
Britannia" sung by tuneful Nora Girton In the
full uniform of admiral of the fleet; and in every
concert hall there patriotic songs with such
sentiment as, What Is our own we'll hold; or.
1--WE seek help from fathless friends; from
foes we ask no grace" Whether in theatre or
In music hall, the audience will spring 10 its
feet at the mention Of Jameson's name and join
in singing God Save the Queen at the slightest
provocation. This is jngoism-a tremendous ex-
plosion Of it--and it is popular and not confined
to places Of amusement. where thrifty managers
know the tricks Of the trade and are ready 70
increase their cash receipts by catering TO the
public taste. The prevailing mood. even among
the most sober-minded Englishmen. Is one OF
satisfaction over the naval ornaments and jubi-
lation over the humiliation Of the German En-
peror. ..- x,...
At the same time there has not been at any
time any serious risk Of war. Mr.. Chamberlain
forestalled European complications and opened
The way for the pacifcation of South Africa
By his courageous and inflexible defence OF
treaty law. Before the German Emperors dis
patch was sent to President Kruger Or. Jane