The sun., 1900-11-08
FOREIGN COMMENT VARIED.
Some London Newspaper Have q Kind word
Hr,au,
.sp,e,aI Gable D,,patche, TO THE Sun.


sp,cfdI Gable Ds,rgtehes 10 THE SUN
JoNpoS, Nov THE expected having hap
pened In the American elections the result Ia
received quietly In England
The Pan Mall Gazette says that England.
both for selfish and broader reasons, wished
Mckinley we'll
The 1iobe says there Will be momentous
consequences to all countries now that the
young giant of the West has entered the coun-
oils of nations
The Evening Ners saws that the defeat Of
Croker and Tammany l. the best feature Of the
result
The star declares that an unsound money
policy was not count"rbalanced by Bryans
good social programme.
The Wsstvinrer Gazette. referring TO the
exit ~ BRYAN az the possible President of the
United States. saws he has brought into public
life something new and real which will survive
his defeat
LONDON Nov. Accommodating upon the
elections In the United States the Morning
Poet says that President Mckinley may boast
that he 10 the elect Of the whole people in
larger sense than any President since the war.
The reduction Of the Republican vote in tho
older centres OF the party will. it may be hoped.
warn the Administration 10 resume the best
traditions ~ the party and assume a decided
attitude in the conduct Of public affairs Not
the least advantage Of the election is that the
control Of the senate Il likely 10 he In the hands
Of the more Intellectual and soterer portion
Of the American politicians, and the enlivht-
ened spirit shown by Mr. Hay In the manage
ment Of the State Department will be further
exhibited
The Post fears that little wisdom ls to be e1-
pected from tie victors in reducing taSation
and says that their obviously IroIer course
would be 10 lower import duties. but this is inn
probable
The Graph,c thinks the fact that Mr.. Bryan
polled as heavily as he did despite his disad-
vantaaes l. an ugly omen ior the future OF TIE
country. Ii SAYS II Ia clear that In the nited
States, "a In Germany, France Austria ana
Italy. the tendencies OF what used 70 be hh"rai-
Ism are toward -pciHli.tic extremes. From the
English standpoint 1t adds. there eisevery reason
To welcome the result.
The IrIv Nsus says the ee, ti'ns mark the
end Of Bryausn and record the electorat-'s
approval Of the policy Of expansion Mr. Bryan
was impo-~lulo some Of nj, principles are
excellent and be Is straightforward and sincere.
but he l. the victim OF a hopeless iuiatAtion
and has acquired the fatal reputation OF being
a crank
The Standard makes the same re omnenda-
tons that il made on the eN" o. tie election,
and concludes We Congratulnte President
McKinley uron obtaining a second term be-
cause We believe that on the whole. he repre-
sents tho causes and pnncir les which make
for tho prosperity and advancement OF his
country"
The Telegraph draws parallel with the
Engllsh elections and saws Upon both sides
Of the ocean the Arglo-SaNon spirit was con-
frontei with an apepoch-naKine choice between
, advance or retreat 1t RESPONDED with the
suue instinct TO the same issue. America.
/ oncs for ALL has chosen To 20 forward, ana
thsre cannot be a doubt In the minds OF saue
observers in any country. whether the fact
itself is welcomed or dsilked, that waen Amer
lca, above all other nations chooses to 80 for
ward she must 90 far.
The Ttn,s saws: 1T Is a victory of sound
morals and sober common 4ense over uiirIy
veiled rerudiation and other anu-sociaI and
unconstitutional doctrines. II j. n victory
npon which all who wish well FOR the people Of
the United stnres NAV without imrertnenoe
repeat the worls Of Lord Salisbury ad iressed
N The American AmbassAdor at The G md
hal banau.t after Mr. Mcklllevs sue
o.sl in 1924, and conSratulats them
uron thir -Ilen q prononncement IN be-
half Of principles VIII ch lie Il the base
Of all human society. The vital importance
ofthe pronouncement, not for the nltedStates
only, but for civilized mankind, lies In the fact
that IL posses-es this character and not IA the
secondary. contingent. and remote c"ns"-
ouenc.. il may exercise upon International
politics in a narrow sense.
IN. ,hrOucie regards the election as max
inc for stability and TINT confidence which IS
the basis OF trade. but IL thinks that British
TratiNcn,ion Is mainly based on the fact that
tie greatest hope OF reciprocity and cordial
relations lies In n Republican Cabinet 1t
recalls Mr. Ceveland~ prunouncr'0rut
on the Venezuela matter. and contends
that one ~ the main planks Of the
Bryante programme was hostility TO Great
Brit ain. Moreover. England Is anxious to
enlist the intervention of the United States
in the Chinese settlement. and she could not
have looked for aid In this direction from MIR.
Bryan.