The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-15
PRAISES FOR M'k|hltY.
THE LONDON TINES PAYS TRIBCTE
- HIS srATEsMA
4 ThouGhffuI Article, From n Euro
peam Standpoint, Upon the Pos
sible Eject which the Results of

LONDON, Aug. iz-The Times this
morning comm hts e6Itor.ally upon the
generous. universal recognition OF the part
~n-ch President Mckinley mas played
throughout the war between the United
States and Spain. and says:
TX Foreign observers might presume II
nave q n opinion upon bis conduct. il would
probably be that President Mckinley nas
kept his finger constantly upon the ma
tlonai pulse. and has known how 20 stinu
late the direct national thought without
TOO markedly outrunning ks movement.
Everything has been done in the open.
every move has been discussed as a posi-
oi4iy ali over the United States before
the government, was lrrey0ca5ly committed
one way or the other. and the result OF
the cautious. tentative policy Is tina.
where he stands at this UcEsat the p-esl-
dent aas the whole American people d. his
back
We DO not know that there can be any
higher craftsmanship for president gov-
erning under the constitution OF the Uni
ted States. II is noteworthy that while
the Span.aris. who are usually regarded
as chivalrous, romantic and medieval.
have turned first 10 the financial aspect Of
the situation, the Americans. who are usu-
ally supposed 10 be intensely patriotic,
have yet hardly given thought 10 the
financial or economic side of the question.
What occupies the American people at
this moment is not the cost OF The war.
but the value OF their acquisitions: not the
balance Of profit and loss account. but the
moral result OF the struggle and the ma
ture of the ideas IL stimulates. Whether
Organism Is dead or only sleeping. wheth
er the smaller issues of party warfare are
suppressed by large and worthy concep-
tons OF national policy, or only thrown for
the time into the background, there can
hsaf .irla4f. yE.2x has had nd xxs5fi
have a profound effect upon American
IDEAS and aims Not only has IL renovated
the idea Of national unity. impaired by the
great civil struggle. but II has fnppl.ed
that sense'of contact with external forces
which is probably one of the most potent
influences in favor of maintaining the ma
tional spirit.
The Antilles introduce a novel element
into American life. and open up questions
upon which parties may differ greatly and
worth:iy. This in itself is a gain. and one
which was more or less conscientiously
sought when the war was undertaken.
The periious unrest spoken OF by the New
York Times was real national evil,
which sprang directly. so far as foreign
ers can judge. from the disappearance of
clear. intelligent party issues. That un-
rest. We may assume, has vanished, and
been replaced by new anxieties or solicit
tudes. which may become acute. but are
very unlikely 10 become morbid.
Beyond the Antilles lies a more difficult
questionable Ph.iippnss-and that ques-
ton does not end with the Philippines
themselves These islands may be taken
now as symbol OF American awakening
and of the entry of the republic upon a
new career. which. Philippines or no Phil
ippines, she is henceforth bound 10 follow.