New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
,cKINLEY'S CRAFTSMANSHIP.
..rur LONDON TIMES" THINKS THERE
CAN BE NO HIGHER.
RESULTS OF THE WAR, AMERICANS
AT THE MORAL.

.,,SrARps LOOKING FIRST AT THE FINANCIAL
RESULTS OF THE WAR, AMERICANS
AT THE MORAL.
vondon Aug 15-"The Times" this morning
comments editorially upon the generous uni
versal recognition Of the part which President
Mckinley has played throughout the be-
tween the United States and Spain and says:
III foreign observers might presume to have
an opinion upon his conduct. 1t would probably
ba that President Mckinley has kept his finger
constantly upon the National pulse. and has
Known how 10 stimulate and direct National
thought withou' 100 Harkeu'y QUIZ running us
movement
Everything has been done In the open. every
r,ove has been discussed a possibility all
aver the United States before the Government
os irrevocably committed one way the
o,ber and the result of this cautious tentative
nollcv is that where he stands at this moment
.ho President has the whole American people
at his back
Eye do not know that there can be any
higher craftsmanship for President govern
,rg under the Constitution Of the United States.
oIt Is noteworthy that while the Spaniards.
u.ho are usually regarded chivalrous. ro-
mantle and medieval. have turned first to the
financial aspect Of the situation the Americans.
uho are usually supposed to be intensely prac-
teal have as yet hardly given thought to the
financial or economic side of the question
What occupies the American people at this mo-
mani Is not the cost Of the war. the value OF
their acquisitions the balance of the prciit
and loss account. but the moral result OF the
strnegle and the nature of the ideas which 1t
stimulates.
whether Organism is dead or only sleeping,
whether the smaller issues Of party warfare are
superseded by large and worthy conceptions OF
National policy or only thrown for the time INTO
the background there can he no doubt that the
war has had and will have profound effect
upon American ideas and aims. Not only has IL
renovated the idea Of National unity impaired
bv the great civil struggle. but II has suppheo
that sense Of contact with external forces which
,s nrobablv one Of the most potent influences In
favor Of maintaining the National spirit
THE Antilles themselves Introduce a novel
element into American life and open up Ques-
t,ons upon which parties may differ greatly ana
worthily. This In itself is a gain. and one whch
was more or less oonscentously sought when
the war was undertaken. The perous unrest
snoken Of nv The New-YOrll Times real
National evil, which sprang directly. 30 far as
foreigners can Judge from the disappearance
Of clear ineligible party issues. That unrest
we may assume has vanished. and been replaced
BY new anxieties or solcltudes. which may be-
come acute but are very unlikely to become
morbid
Beyond the Antilles lies more difhcult
ouestion-the Philippines-and that question
does not end with the Philippines themselves
These islands may be taken just now as sym
hol Of American awakening and OF the entry
NJ the Republic upon new career which,
Philippines or no Philippines she is henceforth
bound to follow