New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
Er0LUTr0N. NOT RErOLUTION.

Foreiqn comments upon the American eiec-
,ion are as q rule marked with taste ana us
erection. There IS only one diSc0rdaht hote i'll
what is otherwise a chorus OF cohsrd'u''ion
and satisfaction. 1t was not 10 be Supposeu
,hst Russia would be altogether pleased Win
The result-journalistically, we mean lor thele
is no hint that official Russia shares the aver
sion 10 America which so often unhapply ap-
nears in the press of that country. Elsewhere
s.rare,gns governments. press and people ap-
Mar 10 he well pleased with President Roose-
velt's election and TO regard it with reassur
aDre as ausnlcious of peace and good VIII 10
the world The German Emperor character
istic message was practically the keynote OF an
ali hut universal chorus. Even those who do
not approve the Presidents policy IN all Things
are reioiced at his success The Spectator Oh
London has long been cordial friend OF AMER
ica hut II has little sympathy with the recent
policy of this country. 1t cherishes some strange
views of our expansion, and # regards pro-
tectfve tariff as the very abomination OF desola-
tion II frankly confesses that ii has no speclal
liking for the Republican party, which, we
fear is a euphemism for having positive dis
like for IT. Yet that conservative and eminently
thoughtful journal believes, as confidently as do
we ourselves, that President Roosevelt's adj
ministration will leave indelible traces upon
1.-THE larger part OF the English speaking race,
'lesson in and striking example of sound, sane
government"
There are other foreign and not few do
nestle views of the subject which however
friendly and judicious they may be in most re-
spects. err strangely, as it seems 10 u.s. in re-
garding this administration as marking radi-
cal new departure amounting 10 little short
of a constitutional revolution. The President
!s spoken OF as one of new school," and as
having made q new era in American affairs.
Such views not new, and neither do they
seem TO be true. There has been no President
of mark since Washington who has not been
commented upon as an icOnOclast and revolu-
zionist. We are not sure that such talk about
President Roosevelt is any more prevalent than
II was abont some of his predecessors. In a
measure of course all such talk has been true
Every administration has had some new feat
cres. So every day that dawns upon us is
Few day. but IFS dawnng does not mark a revo-
Hation In the calendar. Progress makes necessary
necessarily recurring newness We should also
be able 10 say as we are sure we can in the
present case, that newness inevitably implies
progress. BIT what should be borne in mind, and
"hat we should see if We enjoyed the proper
perspective, is that our progress is achieved not
through revolution so much as through evou-
ton. and that the new departures of this pres
ent administration are evolutionary rather than
revolutionary. New occasions teach new
duties" But the new duties no less than the
new occasions are tremendously seouential IN
the old.
He must be poor perverse student of
American history who does not perceive this 10
be so. Talk men may Of the fickleness and
chsngefulness Of republics America nj least
Las been ccnstaut AID consistent 10 degree