The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

LONDON. March 3.-Tho accession OF
Edward MI 10 the throne has nor
brought with ii the halcyon days which
were expected Immediately alter the re-
mains of the venerable and beloved &c
1,,.;a were laid beside those of Albert the
Good. in the JHrosmorc Mausoicunl. NO
,,lane for this attaches 10 the new mon
arch He is moro popular than lie ever
,yas and time will but add to the esteem
IN which he is held, for he Is. IN eF-:N
was Tho first Of English gentlemen, IN
fact. the first gentleman in Europe III
addition, 10 that the conviction is growing
LAT in point Of ability and real states
,ranship he is the peer OF any man III
F.nrlish or even continental public lie.
,rbercfore II il that confidence in him is
becoming stronger and stronger and there
30 no apprehension that the Brltlsh ao-
,ninistration. whatever political hue 1t
may wear. will not be ahlc 10 cope sue
c.ssfullv with any combination OF INC
r.,,ropean powers which may be doTined
against il.
s-EFTRE COMES TO Us.
Tho Gloom that overshadows the finE
dom arises from enonomic causes anu
conditions that arc entirely eA'faiieouo ~
1T To be plain, the shadows which pro
ioc. themselves over Great Britain come
from the astounding industrial develop
,nents of the United States. IN nearly
every department of manufactures, conf
Incrce and trade. the feeling is spreaulhs
with the rapidity of one of your own cio-
time prairie fires. that England, "hlch
believed herself TO be supreme, lnVinciSie
and impreSnahlc, is on the eve Oh a
business revolution. i'll which she Is deS-
tined TO have her splendid prestige IN the
markets of Inc world lowered, and TO. see
the sceptre lsass away from her TO the
other side Of the Atlantic.
Germany has long been a menace. der
i.7srrense activity and persistence in seek
ing oGtlcts for her manufactured goods,
their general excellence and : cheapness
have acted as spur 10 the leaders of all
British industries. Against her there was
no fear that in the competition they
would be left behind. With the United
States il is entirely different. The ire
mendous combinations of capital which
have been there brought about have al
most appalled, the manufacturing barons
among us, and it would be useless to deny
that they are beginning TO despair of be-
ing able to make Roadway against thec.
The tyranny Of the trades unions is an
other milestone on the necks Of the manu-
facturers. and it is idle now to ATTEMPT
TO reverse the conditions on which alone
there could be any hope of successful
competition with America
ENGLA.ND'S KIND FEELING
The newspapers in every city and town
are filled with articles. letters, addresses
and speeches on the subject, but OF what
avail? No one can suggest q remedy. a
tariff is suggested by some. the abandon
,1ent OF the cherished free trade policy
which the statesmen of forty years ago
assured the British people would keep
thenl IN the front rank for ali time. True,
that policy made England what she is.
but they cannot keep her in the industrial
van of The world
1T must not be supposed because of all
any class of people against the United
States. True. our people do not relish
the idea of being outstripped in anything
they undertake by foreigners. but no Eng
listirnan now regards an American in that
light. The feeling of kinship is strong
and intense. and tho industrial victories
that are being won at England S expense
excite almost as much admiration as when
the cables ;hrobbed with the reports OF
ruinous Spanish rcpcrses from Santiago
TO Manila
THE GREAT CORONATION
Socially. London is dead. and will be
81. until the preparations for the corona
:iou Of the king begin to be made. IT IS
safe TO predict that it will be the most
spierdid pageant which England might
say the modern world. has ever seen. TO
il will come the representatives of all the
races embraced in thA most MAGNIFICENT
OF empires. India, Africa, Australia,
Ca1ada, China, Egypt. and the innumer-