New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-06
ENGLAND AND MKINLEY.
OF THE ENACTMENT o.
A STRONG PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

.@eHoLAND KNOWS WHAT SHE HAS TO En-
PNCr"-laE BRITISH PRESS is DIsPLEAsED
wIrH.rHE pREsInsNrs REMARKS on THE
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
(sY CABLE To TRIBrNEl
London. March 1.-THE English public is pre-
occupied with the defiant conduct OF the GREEKS
and with the emharrassments under which Eu-
rope will labor in attempting TO enforce coerciVe
measures; but McKinley's Inaugural address
holds the field the leading topic of the day
The judgment of the London press upon IL Is
, favorable the passage respecting foreign AFFAIRS
and the arbitration treaty being cordiaiiE re-
ceived by every journal.
THE ST. James's Gazette" having strong pro-
xectionist leaninss itself naturally taun's the
Golden Club and the Free Trade doctrinaires
. with the prospect of an American tariff avowediy
for protection. totwind up the century which was
, 10 witness Cobdens economic millennium.
The Times.'s while recognizing the conserva-
tive tone of THE address, laments the pronn'-
ncnce given'to proteCtionist ideas in their most
uncompronising form. and expresses DOUBT
whether the new Presidents hard money con-
victions sare mora than skin-deep. THE Times
correctly represents the bulk of the provincial
press, which praises the arbitration passage
and the conspicuous absence of Jingoism but is
flled with disquietude over the prospect of a
speedy return to high protection.
>'Uncompromising' is the adjective generally
Applied 10 McKinley's tariff utterance. Every
English exporting industry. remarks THE Man.
chester Courier" now knows what it has to ex-
,Iect and the opinion is echoed far and wide In
every manufacturing centre. McKneys ad-
- ocacy of the interests of the merchant marine
is also resented by many provincial journals.
The Birmingham Post considers this another
indication that England must reckon with COM
merca rivalry under the Mckinley regime, and
declares that the warning must be needed II
this country is to maintain its lead in the trade
and commerce OF the world The Liverpool
Mercury deplores the initiation of fresh protec-
ton legislation. while admitting that Mckinley
rakes effective use OF the argument for stop
sing the Treasury deficits 10y increased revenues.
II also dsmisses the declaration against trusts
as insincere and party shibboeth, and con-
dennis with fire irony the passage respecting
Civil Service reform
His declaration concerning bimetallism at
tracts the largest degree of attention in Lanca-
shire where journal pronounces ii the most
Important passage of the address, disclosing
strong and definite policy. While nearly every
journal praises President Mckinley's utterances
on foreign policy and currency reform, dis
quietude and uneasiness generally expressed
by the provincial press respecting the tariff
passages and an extra session Of Congress. No
attempt Is made TO reconcile these eppTehensonS
with the t.newofn Free Trade assumption, sane
toned by Mr. Gladstone himself. that so long as
:. ynerica continues her protectionst system
Engfand's commercial supremacy is secure. APP
Parently this dictum has been rejected and the
fact generally recognized that American protec-
tion is a menace to English prosperity.
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