The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-06
LONDON DISAPPOINTED.
Commendation and Criticism From
the English Press.


London, Dec. 6.-Much having been
expected, there is a certain tone of dis
appointment in the morning paper edit
orials on President McKinley's mes
sage. Its non-committal character is
attributed to the fact that the negotia-
tons of the peace commissioners at
Paris are not finished.
Considerable satisfaction is expressed
at the references to Anglo-American re-
lations and at the GOODNESS displayed
toward Russia.
The Daily News complains of the
ambiguity of the message on CONNER
cial and currency matters" and the
conspicuous absence of any allusion to
free trade"
The Times says: TT is creditable to
both the dignity and good sense of the
American people that a message an
nouncing the victorious ending of the
great war, the acquisition of territory
and the initiation of an imperialist
policy is sober in tone and moderate in
recommendations. The war has finally
healed the half closed wounds left by
the titanic contests of the secession,
and we hope it has exercised a healing
influence to be felt even more widely
and deeply in another direction Not
since England recognized the United
States government power has an Amer
lean president alluded to the mother
country in language so cordial and
friendly as Mr.. McKinley's.
Discussing the message, approving
the details and referring to British
rights in Nicaragua under the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, the Times says: IF the
freedom of the waterway is secured to
the ships of all nations, we shall not
need to stand strictly upon claims
which originated when the circum-
stances were altogether different"
The Daily Chronicle also pays a
tribute to the sober, sound common
sense and straightforward language of
the message, pointing out that Presi-
dent McKinley's reference to the mill
tary occupation of Cuba virtually out
lines a policy precisely the same as
Great Britain in Egypt and likely to
have the same effect"
Commenting on the presidents sur
prising language concerning the Mica
ragua canal, which utterly ignores
British treaty rights, the Daily Chron-
icle says that this matter will arise
ere long in a more acute form"
The editorial highly approves Mr.
McKinley'S references to China and
Great Britain.
The Standard says: Few could have
foretold that the war would work sc
solute the metamorphosis is may best
be gathered from comparison with
previous messages. 1t is not rash to
predict that the United States will ad-
vance in the path upon which their feet
are firmly set"
The Standard construes Mr.. McKin-
ley's references to China as declara-
ton that, had the open door been closed
| or INSTRUCTED, America would have in
| terfered actively. 1t adds, upon this
point:
For all purposes of British policy,
no intimation could be more welcome
than that the United States will an
point committee to study the condi-
tiens in China.
The Daily Telegraph, which regards
the announcement that the United
States will support the open door in
China as the weightiest which the
message contains, says:
% with such common interests to unite
us, formal alliances are necessary"
The Daily Mail says: 1--WE are disap-
pointed and surprised at this attempt
to set aside the Clayton Bulwer treaty
especially in view of the Anglo-Ameri-
can entente.''
The Morning Post, on the other hand
says: circumstances have changed
and the American attitude toward the
treaty is quite ineligible. but the i'm
mediate task awaiting Mr. Chamber.
/ lain is the assimilation into his admir-
! able sentimental view of the Anglo
American relations of the thorny prob
| lem associated with the Clayton-BuI-
Wer treatyn