Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-05
Doing Honor to the Memory of the
Great Protector.
STRONGEST OF FO5EiGN MINISTER'S
What the English Think of Capt
CoghIans Speech.
THE RUSSIAN CALENDAR
Special Core spcndence Of The Evening star.

LONDON. April -. 1899.
Today is the three hun1redth anniversary
of the birth Of Oliver Cromwell, and all
England is celebrating it in a manner un
precede::ted y marvellous change has been
quietly. though slowly. wrought with
gard To this great EnSIishman during the
last forty years. and the spirit which is
manifest today i'll England about Cromwell
marks complete reversal of historic
judgment Every history AMI every teacher
of history in England reviled the memory
of Cromwell AMI taught that ne
reSiciie and usurper. Their conception
of the protectors life that of disso-
lutte youth folio, ed by d manhood of re-
hSious fanaticisn. which finally merged
into ungOvcrnabIe ambition. Scott kept the
fable alive But with all his political and
religious prejudices Sir Walter gener
GUS And the faculty that enabled him to
create with marvellous if largely uncon-
scious sympathy the characters of his
Scotch Puritans did not wholly desert him
when he came to deal with Cromwell 1t
adds life and reality to mis- portrait. carl
cature though it be
II was Carlyle's labor of faithful love and
conviction that finally placed Cromwell on
his rightful PEDESTAL History has been ac
tive since the early fur,its III degree I'M
known before The annals of the seven
teenth century have been written by men
who have left no essential fact in obSCurity.
The result has been. if not absolute
| vin1icatirn Of the protectors character and
| policy. at all events judgment which
places him on the score of greatness first
among the men of English race, and on the
| score OF character finds him to he the mir
Tor of national faults and virtues.
Scant Justice Done Him.
1t is now proposed to erect d memorial of
| Cromwell at Huntingdon, where he was
born, for beyond an indifferent statue of
| him at Manchester and the bust recently
| place! in the house OF commons. no public
memorial exists of the lord protector in
| England.
title to a national memorial VIII hardly he
disputed As a dscipinarian and a tacu-
clan. and as a strategist. he holds high
rank among commanders, and the time is
past when the recognition OF his merit
general * imreiei by differences of judg
meut to the cause which he served.
Oliver CronweH was the strongest for
eign minister England has ever had. His
greatest monument is Englands freedom.
His next greatest is EngIand's mastery e
the seas. lie abolished the throne. tn
house of lords and the state church. They
have all come back. hut subdued. 1t is
only within the last few years that the
Established Church has lifted its head as
high as ii did in The days of Laud. The
IuTftans took IdEd's head of; their de-
Sc .ndants may Yet be compelled to resort
to different, but equally strong. measures.
Did His Best.
Cromwell added Jamaica to the empire
and conquered scotland. in far as that
sturdy country has ever been conquered
by the English. He attempted to conquer
the Irish. but ultimately had to content
himself with sending them Ito hell or Con-
naught." Those who had the choice chose
the latter place To this day the curse O
e'-,.rrruIeIi' frIprooe, lions
in the mouth Of an Irishman- Various
places il ireland are still named after him.
'CromweIs Rock is yet to b. seen over
looking the SUR opposite Waterford. and
in the city of Waterford itself the little
cannon bullets with which Cromwell bonn
barded the town still visible sticking
in the strong walls of the Tower of Regi-
maid the Dane. built SOC years ago by one
OF the wild NOrsemen who are the an
cestors Of the seaboard population in Ire
land.
The Jews are among those who revere the
name of the great protector. more especial
~ for his policy Of freedom Of conscience.
The Old Testament was the fount Of Crom-
wells inspiration, and he was not guilty
OF ingra tltud@. 1t was during the prOtecto-
rate that the return of the Jews to Eng
land was rendered possible. owing to the
personal protection extended by Cromwell
howard those Of the nation who visited
these shores.
Jewish Petition.
In the current issue Of the Jewish Chron-
addressed 70 the protector from Hebrews
az present residing in this city of London"
IL prays that he would be pleased to con-
firm in writing the favor already granted
b. Jewish subject Of meeting privately for
kievOtiOn in their own houses. Moreover.
being wee ar all mortal wee allsoe Hum
bly, pray you're HighueSSe to grant Us Lii
ssnce that those which may dey Of owr ma
ion may he buried in such place out of
he Cittye as We shall thinck convenient
The interesting feature about today's Gel
fbratiOIS lies in the fact that all parties
and all CreeGS haVe come to join in hon
bring the memory Of one who but
recently execrated by all those of demo-
cratic tendencies
Unconventional CandOr.
Captain COghIan's indiscrettons at the
Union League Club have afforded three
days sensation to our English friends.
4 Amid all the homilies on the lack of disci-
pine in the American navy and the wonder
that the incident has caused, it is impossi-
BILE not 10 detect a strong undercurrent OF
delight that Germany should be rounded
and that the captain had the courage 10 do
It. Love for Germany is not leading
feature of English do, trine. and however
shocked our cousins seem 10 be over the
affair Yet the way in which they dwell on
the event and the excuses which many put
forth for Capt. CoghIan's conduct lead to
the supPJSiJiOn that they would willingly
he shocked again in the same way. The
Times in speaking Of Secretary Longs
buke To The captain. says: 1T would be
difficult 10 imagine more signal token of
the displeasUre Of his superiors. or a clearer
proof that the Washington government
know Wha- is due To themselves and TO the
other great powers with whom they stand
in aGliC;th,s relations The -promptness of
the rebuke administered To Capt. COghIan
and the approval il meets with from public
opinion are remarkable signs of the great
change wrought in America by the events
Of the past year There have been times,
aud times not Vet remote when II is more
than doubtful II such OfferSe would have
been visited by sue a punishment. The
American people have ever prided them
selves with good cause. on the enjoyment
of unfettereI liberty Of speech. and their
Statesmen and diplomats. To say nothing of
blum sailors and soldiers. have not infre-
| gu, tIy imported into the formal inter
course between nations degree OF unc0n-
veutiouai caudpr which has justly hurt the
Representatives. II others