The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-23
TRIBUTE TO THE COLONIES.
Their Premiers and Troops Receive a
Most Enthusiastic Greeting.
THERE WAS PATHos ALSO.
All Felt II Might 30 q Farewell to the
Almost Sightiess 0ueen.

uot for Iears HAS the Queen Appeared 30 Well
She Heard and velt. but, Aiss, Raw Llttie
sniIes and Others Tears on Her vace-Hn-
ees,ant Roar rrou Millions or Threats Tor
Three Hours-Soldiers from Every Conner
or the Enp,ro Made = Magnificent Pageant
lit Was ..0aeeo'n Wsathsr." Tos-Hot =
mitch Sasrrea the Daytime Crowds Mako
Merry All N~isht-Forty searchiights Thrown
On St PauIs Dome Were the Most Bril-
Ian, or Many Observation-Disclosures LIZ
On ali the neiGhts 90 Great Rrstsin and
UTERINE Qaeen's Message 20 her Peeple
-Celebrations In Every Town OF EnGiand
ana Scotland. but usarninG In Ireland
Au,rtcan Enppoussons % she Mighty snow.
speoIal Gable DssDateh to TIM Sun.
LONDON. June 22.-wheu Q crowd Of jubilee
d~shtseers flung well-dressed stranger into Q
fountain in Trafalgar square the other day be-
cause he yenturcd Q remark that was eighty
disparaging to Queen Victoria, they symbolizcd
the spirit which has made to-day's celebration
an event transcendent in all human annals.
Tho intense personal loyalty Of the British peo-
pie to their sovereign 10 tho one fact above
all others which this marvellous spectacle
In the streets Of London has impressed
s-rfte all else, the procession. decorations. and
Nominations. but this ~stupsndous thing, this
majestic tonnage, Of many millioaa. spoken In
one mighty inarticulase yoics. cannot DO put
into words. know nothing with which to COM
pare It. 1t was not hero worship. It was not
mere devotion to o favorite ruler. 1t was not
even patriotism. It was moro personal. moro
human than that. It was the deepest and
varmest heart tribute to the womanliness of
The Queen and the que~enliness Of the woman.
Most significant of all. this spirit found its
most fervent expression in what Lincoln loved
10 call the common people. All tho eordidness,
~DstttneAs. and Official muddling which made
the preparations for tho Jubilee o national
scandal banished into nothlngness whom the
masses which still arc the bone and sinew of
England got q chance to make their voice heard.
Thslr yoloa. DO It understood. and not the well.
bred applause and cheero Of the occupants OF
tsnBuinea seats. which furnished the keynote
Of todAy's festival. The mighty roar from mil,
Hons Of threats never ceased from the moment
the Queen left the palace until she was helped
ironA her carriage at the end Of the trying ordeal
three hours later.
fin some respects It was tho gayest. It WA in
othsrS the saddest national festival England
has ever celebrated. Those who had speciaI
knowledge knew, and many others suspected
that 1t was q public farewell which victoria
was taking Of her beloved people," as oh.
called them in the brief message she caused tt
b telesraphed TO the four quarters of the earth
wherever the British nag floats. as she set out
from the palace this morning.
1t was a pitiful fact also that she was able t.
sec little. II anything. of those massed ant
massive millions gathered TO greet her. Thii
was known only to q small proportion OF thos,
who offered their congratulations and homage
Twas we'll that these painful truths were helt
back, Tho popular emotion was sufficiently In
tense without the SORROW which this knowledg,
would have added for the woman herself.
However, especially with her known sensi tive
ness To grief, what must the occasion have beel
10 her. Her countenance during that loni
'hree hours WAS a mirror OF conflicting emo
"o''' Some saw smiles upon It. others tears
Aaa still others a gentle dignity and touch o
resignation.
The jubilee was not simply and solely tn
queens b. az 1t should have been. While the eel
e'fAuon' hESt OF all, was u personal tribute :
u sovereign, there was no lack of emphasl
w significance OF the second great feature
us was the new IMPERIAL spirit which has onl,
recently had its birth. II took tho form of
magnificent popular ovation 70 the represents
"eA OF the colonies which was astonishing 1
'ervor and intensity. 1t was all the NOR
''e"'"tous perhaps because there was a publt
Impression that the official treatment OF tn
'''Nhg colonial troops was not a. cordial a.
should have been.
mere has been an almost national protcs
%S'nst the Admiralty for their failure To prt
'he colonial soldiers an opportunity 10 wi
Tue naval parade ON next Saturday. It hA
"ea'' been pointed out In TIE Sun that th
'"'"ea' purposes OF the Government, iu col
"''''o" with the jubilee. are two fold. Ono wa
'"SusuFate a new imperial policy, and tn
e' I" make an imposing display OF power 1
''" 10 the ~anti'EnRlish attitude OF almol
-A"S" Europe These two purposes. instead