New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND.
EVIDENCES Of GOOD FEELING IN LAM
CAsHIRE TOWARD AMERICA-TRADE
WITH THE PHILIPPINES.
Manchester. November

tors from York: rs English feeling tow
ard America as friendly in Lancashire. York
,hire and oher industrial sections of the North
ss Il is IN London" Possibly the inquiry is
inspired by a consciousness that New-York does
~. alway. know what is going on underneath
,n surface in the West and the South and
tina, London may be equally prcoccupied with
rs own metropolitan interests and its relations
with foreign capitals. and in the habit OF over
looking the provinces except when n great po-
ri,al leader horors them with public addresses
on the issues Of the day as Mr. Chamberlain
has done this week in Lancashire. For my
mart l would frankly confess that l never visit
the Midland or Northern counties without be-
,nc Impressed with the fact that Londoners,
who read their morning journals. frequent their
cuhs and dine in the West End. know little Of
the real progressive life busting industrial rival
RES and currents Of thought in the provinces.
never return 10 London after a week fort
night in the great provincial municipalities the
hest governed local communities IN the world,
without a conviction that there are more things
IN Industrial England than are dreamed of in
tn cynical philosophy Of the metropolis
The answer to the American inquiry is more
important than irrelevant surmises respecting
the motives behind IT, have no hesitation in
saving that English feeling toward America is
even more cordial and less reserved in the prov
inces than il is In London. This is particularly
true of the Northern counties. the strongholds
~ English industry. Lancashire and Yorkshire
were in sympathy with America in the Cuban
var from the outset. Nowhere else in the
Tinted kingdom except possibly in Scotland.
have the rejoicngs over the victories Of Dewey
and Sampson and the triumphsl close Of just
and necessary war been equally sincere and
Nowhere else has there been O
hearty and vigorous a development Of the fra
,erral spirit Of Anglo-American fellowship.
London opinion takes its tone and color either
from the West End. where earnts tness is bad
form. or from the official class which. from
sheer force OF habit is prone 10 patronize friend
ana foe. colonials and blood relations. In the
busy Industrial world Of the Midlands and the
North there IS less affeCtation and more down
right sincerity and good feeling Afinities for
the workaday. enterprisng American world are
closer. prejudices against republican institu-
tons and a new order Of Western civilization
are >eaker than in the metropolis of the British
Empire.
A practical illustration will enforce this point
Through the kind offices OF Mr.. William F.
Grinnell. the capable and efficient American
Consul in Manchester, I am enabled to quote
the opinion Of one Of the richest and most enter
rrisine manufacturers Of Lancashire respecting
the war with Spain:
consider the war the greatest political event
OF the century. The Americans. enuced by hu-
manitarian sympathies. were forced 10 put On
armor and fight The result has astonshed
them and they find themselves with far greater
responsibilities than they anticipated They
/. cannot throw off their armor They must sus-
tain great Army and great Navy SO as 10
assist i'm the furtheranCe Of civilization. Eng
land has extended her influences over the world
10 a great extent. No old European nation APP
he's Where
benefited Her work has been constant and
colossal. She has been Gods greatest agent IN
The civilization Of the world. America has now
been called 10 act She will benefit Cuba. Porto
Rico and the Philippines she no doubt VIII
sfrenuousy combat extending h@fsri, hu' sh'
WIFI fail. she must act further. God requires
more workers she is confident. selt-reliant and
Powerful. The matured child Of great mother
has been called on TO begin her great work Her
sylnpathies will lead her
some people in this country not blessed with
great brains call her cheeky and presumlnS.
She is not cheeky, but original. she works &C
cording 20 her own views. She WIZ do great
things Why should she not be called on No
doubt Emperors with divine nantlos may look
eskance 10 sec q republic entering Tho lists.
which can place at her head men once Of low
estate. but our dear old country viii smile and
feel happy that her offspring has become a fol-
low worker with nor in the cause Of good and
may God speed her.
TRIBUTES TO MATJAN AND AMERICA.
wish that had space TO supplement these
unaffected expressions of sympathy by extended
quotations from the inaugural address Of Mr..
histin TAYLOR president Of the venerable Liver
rool Philopathic Society. His subject was Cap
tain Nahan." and he enabled that learned s"
c,otv 70 spend An evening In critical eNamina'
lion Of tho works Of "the most potent writer
whom America has SO far produced captain
Mahan's influence in shaping the evolution .
ra,iors debating the policies Of governments
ATrrC hold nT6
throughout tho world was described as stupen-
cous Quotations from his works were also cited
70 move that the policy Of expansion upon which
America was entering was anticipated n not
,nspirod. 10y him and the following significant
comment WAS added. 1T seems harsh 10 say
,ba, the possessions Of Spain IN the Caribbean
SEA- aud tho Pacific Ocean have heretofore been
lost to ci,-iIjzation vet ~ Is impossible 10 deny
that fheir transfer TO America may pr'paDly
man their entrance into the common her'as'
~ civilized states. good government "a" "ho
order and peaceful development. II may give
eoroA Americans a new thrill 10 learn that theH
ros. influential writer and their new policies are
apr~aoiated and discussed in this enthusiasu'
vsy ir so conservative an English stronsho'u aS
Liverpool
u &c & mistake to assume that American com
petition i'm trade which is felt win lh'le's'"s
free IN England. has the erect OF 'i'''''S ~
path for the cause Of Anglo-Amercah ui''''
German competition has excited hoSu"'S Nv,
but American enterprise Is moi rese"''4 ~ ~,
same spirit Complaints against inc ,-s
tariff policy ere confined prihoiPaNS ~ -.
,ord woollen district ana 10 inc " g" .,,o.
section. and the lamentations and rcproac"eS
ere not loud even there. the IRON "'u"'.'' -
Midlands and the North is menaced with ac'''
coro,e,,,ior from America, and commercial trdV'
euers are making the rounds Of English towns
with characteristic stir and energy; but 'here Il
no recruitment over the Yankee invasion Oh 'h'
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