New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-25
ENGLISH SYMPATHY.
SOME INFORMAL VIEWS OF THE PREsI-
DENTS COURsE-INTERNATIO
RELATIONS AND THE CUBAN
QUESTION.

London. April Il.
The utterances Of the English press and Of
,ublic men on the Cuban crisis and Anglo
American relations are 80 fully reported in cable
6ispatches that references to them in mail CORE
spondence are superfluous. There are many IN
dications Of sympathy and good feeling in Eng
land with the American cause which cannot he
adequately summarized in general press dis
matches or special cable letters. There
nroors coming within the experience of any
American resident of good standing In London
that his country is honored. respected and adj
o,-ed by Englishmen with greater heartiness
snd with less reserve than II has ever been be-
fore. The cable tells much. but not everything.
y repeats the comments Of to-day's journals
,he debates in Congress on the Cuban resou-
lions and the critical remarks OF Mr.. Courtney
on the expediency Of having vital question Of
nesce or war decided by popular assembly.
IN, II does not reveal the touch Of Anglo Saxon
svmpathy with which Americans thrilled
here every dav In their intercourse with Eng
ushnen. Il feel the Cuban question tngling to
The tips Of the fingers" remarks one loyal Amer
,can whenever an Engshman shakes hands
with me-
Criticism Of President Mckinley excites al
most as much resentment here as IT would in
New-York The accusation that ne has ahan-
doned his Constitutional position and surren-
dered 10 Congress has been answered with
sr,r,t and force by many journals but the
comments made IN conversation are even more
sympathetic than these public utterances
en- tempted to reproduce one OF these rejoinders.
because II involves a parallel which is striking
and has escaped observation
president Mckinley being swayed by an over
mastering sense Of responsibility has acted with
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IN his dealings with Spain AS a brave soldier
who had known the unutterable horrors OF war.
hs has struggled manfully 10 maintain peace by
keeping q bridge open for Spanish retreat
and by avoiding language OF menace and intimi-
datton His position has been like that OF the
Younger Pitt after the French Revolution who
continued TO labor for peace when the nation
had despaired OF IT, Historians now agree that
no other hour OF his life was so great AS the
hour In which the Peace Minister stood almost
alone hoping against hope and nerving himself
FOR a final effort Of self-restraint When France
declared war he had other alternative except
TO Join the league against her: and great as he
had been a champion Of peace he became the
master genius Of the coalitions against Ma
roleon when war became inevitable. and he
rallied all England around him
Precisely as Pitts abors and sacrifices In the
interests peace
a, a war Minister. so will President Mckinley
be strong and irresistible when the resources OF
diplomacy are exhausted and war is inevitable
There will be however. one important lint OF
divergence between these two historic instances
pitt was so infatuated with the chances OF
neace that he reduced the military forces. cut
down his budget and RENTED taxation. Presi-
dent Mckinley has abored strenuously FOR
peace but he has not neglected TO prepare for
war by obtaining the vote Of credit for 40 oO0-
900 In good time"
A MARKED CHANGE IN SENTIMENT.
When President Mckinley has earned the dis
tinction Of being compared with one Of the great
est English Prime Ministers It Is hardly neces-
sar,y for Americans TO defend him against the
preposterous charge Of abdicating his Constitu-
ttonaI prerogatives and surrendering 70 wicked
Jingoes and war-rnakers In England fun JUS
tice 10 done to a President whose name when ne
vas elected was obnoxious TO the mercantile
and manufacturing classes as the champion OF
un-English policies. He Is now held IN the
highest honor here statesman who has
been sobered by the responsibilities Of power
and who has carried the silent. rejecting men
OF the Nation with him by withstandng public
pressure and exhaustng the resources Of patient
d,nlomacy before abandoning the hope Of peace
Only tributes Of praise are heard here when the
Presidents name is mentioned. There Is not
breath OF censorous criticism Of his course re-
srect!ng Spain and Cuba. He Is commended at
once as a high minded Executive who. IN MI
Courtney's phrase, has not ventured to urge war
without the deepest meditation and prolonged
hesitation and also as an adroit and practical
leader who has shown himself capable OF dis
aiming two sets OF extremists. the ultra -peace
and the ultra-war men. and OF keeping the con-
troll OF the situation In his own hands. as
writer in The Pail Mall Gazette" felicitousy
points out
a stanch Tory was frank enough few days
ago 70 express this view 10 me: 'One OF the com
pensa,,ons for th.. war over Cuba. which now
seems inevitable. is the feeling OF kinship which
/, is already promoting between your country
and mine Our sympathies are entirely with
YOU There II no anti-Amercan bias here as
there ia unouestionably on the Continent span
;sh rule In Cuba has become 80 revolving and
atrocous that not a word can be said In Jusu-
fcation OF It. American Intervention Is moraIiy
right and appeals 10 the English conscience IL
comes your country will not be exposed
70 European interference. but It's motives VIII
be misunderstood on the Continent Here you
will have full justice. and when the Struggle
ends England and America will be drawn into
the friendest possible relations. Americans
will find out where their real friends are, ana
they will not only be grateful to England for
moral support but anxious 10 return the 1aVor
in full measure The Cuban war will promote
Anglo-American concord
1T will he the natural effect OF English sym
PATTY FOR good cause" continued this rehect-
ing Conservative. AT the same time those OF
who have thought deeply about the matter
know that nothing can be more important 70
England in future contingencies than American