New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20
THE NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON.
THE FRIENDSHIP OF INDUSTRIAL. Eng
LAND FOR AMERICA.
THIS COUNTRY WARNED AGAINST RE
ECHOES OF THE HooLEy SCANDALS
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBr

IOr6Cn,
tant mood. without being exposed TO any imm-
rent risk Of war. Cynics like Mr.. Labouchere
describe public opinion as in a very dangerous
condition since the nation IS angry. irritable,
eager to kick somebody and disposed to regard
war es football match. in which England Is
certain 10 win. There is something deeper than
,-,cklv sensitive Jingosm astr In England:
here IS a new consciousness Of the potency OF
sea power Captain Mahan first taught the
English people theoretically the secret OF their
strength in the modern world by anayzing the
effects Of naval resources upon the development
~ nations The fuli force Of his reasoning
from the new point Of view was not felt In
nractical way until the flying squadron was
ordored ont as O. challenge 10 Germany. and the
backwards and naval stations put into
vhirl Of activity as warning to France.
To Mr. Labouchere this means nothing but
unreasoning belligerency and bluster; less
superfclal view is that England has begun 10
Yealize that sea power, with ships. commerce
and colonies. and q navy behind them, serves
70 keep peace and illumine the course or
National destiny This new consciousness OF
power will not menace the peace OF the worid
90 long as it is held under restraint by the
Anglo-Saxon sense Of responsibility.
nne Illustration Of the SOLDERING effect OF
ton has been offered by Mr.. Chamberlain,
whose speeches in Manchester have been dis
cussed on the Continent quite seriously as
Lord SaNsburys recent addresses. They were
perfect examples Of diplomatic phrasng and
temperate exposition The German estimate OF
these speeches is more correct than the French.
They were plain spoken. but not aggressive'
they revealed with admirable lucidity and
moderation the real temper Of the English peo-
ple respecting the Nile Valley and the harass-
ing tactics to which the nation had been ex-
posed IN MANY parts Of the world in its recent
career Of over-sea expansion They also con-
tanned a comprehensive study Of what he grinlly
described as the progress Of geography, by
which blank spaces the map have been con-
verted into potential markets, exciting jealous
rivalries among maritime nations, and the frank
confession that the best guarantee Of an open
door principle in China was the basis Of the
common interests Of England, japan. Germany
and the United States.
The only surprise which Mr.. Chamberlain had
IN reserve for his Lancashire audiences was the
complete revelation Of his capacity 10 discuss
all large questions affecting the empire with the
judicious gravity beftting an English Prime
Minister rather than a partisan leader. Mrs.
Chamberlain shared her husbands welcome at
the Free Trade Hail. and heartily cheered
when the Marquis OF Iorne paid her a well-de-
Served compliment.
The noticeable feature Of these Lancashire
meetings was the remarkable heartiness with
which every reference to America was ap-
plauded. Industrial England is brimming full
Of good feeling for the United States. Lanca-
shire. with its vast cotton trade in the Far East,
may have practical reasons for favoring policy
which will carry America into the Philippine
group. and into diplomatic alliance with Eng
land on the China question: but even where
self-interest is not apparent. as in the Bradford
district. there is a strong current of good feel
ing for America. Bradfords trade with the
United States has been cut down from
s25, 100000 TO s7Ooo0O0 annually by the new
tariff. a bitter feeling Of resentment might
naturally be expected there when business in
terests had been affected unfavorably. but it
does not exist. Industrial workaday England
IS the real stronghold of Anglo-Amercan unity.
Oxford may be cool and contemptuous, official
London patronizing in tone, and the fashionable
West End listess and cynical but working
England and Scotland are ardent and earnest
IN their expression of fraterna feeling for
Americans.
The work OF peacemakng now In progress IN
Paris is not discussed in detail here. dead
lock is not expected by the English press, since
the circumstances are considered too strong for
Spain; nor is there any real apprehension that
Germany will intervene. whatever may be the
motives inducing the Emperor 10 hasten his
return 10 Berlin. The questions which the most
thoughtful journals here take up are those con
nected with the future of Spain when both the
Cuban and Philippine debts thrown upon
her in addition to her own. One view is that
Spain Will be compelled to ropudiate tho Cuban
debt outright; another view is that she VIII be
reduced TO the condition Of a dependency OF
France
There is a discussion in certain journals or
the open-door prircI le applied 10 Cuba ana
Porto Rico as well as TO Manila The Birming
ham Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead
in asking the Foreign Office 20 protect mer-
camille interests by preventing the imposition Of
tariffs in Cuba discriminating against British
merchandise: but this example is not generally
followed by similar bodies. Journals like The
Yorkshire Post" warn the United States that
there can be no proper development Of colonies
under restrictive tariffs which prevent their
satisfying their necessities as cheaply as pos
s!ble and that a wide, statesmanllke policy IN
the new American Indies is essential to their
Prosperity The bearing Of this advice is not
clear The British West Indies are not pros
porous under existing policies, surely Americans
cannot be expected 10 apply policies TO CUBA
Porto Rico and Hawaii which have failed IN
Jamaica and The Leeward and Windward groups
and British Guiana. Whatever may be said or
written by commercial exchanges and Enghsh
journals this subject, there VIII be neither re-
sentiment nor surpris" If American tarih policies
are applied to Hawaii. Cuba and Porto Rico.
English opinion VIII be satisfied If the open
door principle be introduced in ghe Philippines
The series Of Kitchener dinners and receptions
Is still in progress and next week the Siroar
Will receive a degree from Cambridge. Inc
Princess Christian and the Duchess OF Albany
are the most prominent royalties whose services
are required for public functions charltaole