New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-04


,,n,e Of Studies making. the whole an i"-
.,.s+i1c and illuminating analysis of conaluol,s
an tne various greater so-called colonial uePei@
ences' of Great Britain. lie clearly MARKS '''o
growth OF the national spirit in each ana uel,7S
his idea of the policy 10 be adopted pS ~
mother country toward her oVerEroWh CH'.u' "a
IN order 10 retain their support and sooo WILL a
well as strengthen the hohos o. -
hetUec1 herself and them and among item
-, a. .beir ,,ut,al advantage ana protec-
80, The hook was written piecemeal so 10
eresl 5priny and as the result OF three years
4rsvel and residence in Canada, Australasia anu
other psrts OF the empire not lhc'UNiiie
South Africa The author investigated Win
an omen mind and came away with MS pre-
conceived notions largely changed oS 'Ne "
.,.,a+a observations he was able TO make OF
She +ernper and development o. the peoples win
whom he had associated. His altered atutuoe
..r5 nv Chamberlain indeed. IS so notice
t,o that he mentions it in his preface Up
= ,ta date Of the Colonial SeCretary's resigna-
zion in 1908. by which time most of the CHAP
4ers were drafted and the volume was taxing
shane Mr. Jebb states that Mr. chamberlain
..vss identified with the policy hereinafter oe-
scrtbed as official Imperialism which was not
@ba raaI reason of his extraordinary popularity
beyond the seas. The secret Of his success was
ste ,,nnrecedented energy and sympathy as an
Standardization and his enthusiasm for the gen
e-aI idea OF closer union rather than his ad-
vocacy Of particular methods. The new policy,
launched by Mr.. Chamberlain, marks fresh
enoch AT length a practical method is proposed
which Is approved cordially by imperalists be-
yond the seas, because IT admits and promotes
their own ultimate ideal. whatever may be ex-
pected from It by imperialists in England
The author thus puts himself record as IA
voring a programme which substitutes the
colonial ideal for the English ideal, the guild
ing principle Of closer conference between the
smother country and the self-governing colonies.
IN other words he believes in recognizing the
facts and shaping the imperial policy upon them.
rather than upon outgrown sentiment. He be-
aisves not only in recognizing, but in fostering.
the Epirit of natonalisrn, which, If restrained,
may LEAD to definite detection, with disin-
xesrztfns and weakening effects. One important
lesson that Mr. Jebb has learned in his travels
IS that in mo two of the four great sef-govern-
sng colonies is the predominant Imperialism
quite the same thing" and he lifts a warning
voice against the policy, however liberal, that
would attempt 10 treat them as a whole. Each,
he has found and carefully establishes. is at a
different stage on the Journey from colonialism
10 nafioraIisn, and the progress OF each is &C
celebrated or retarded by varying circumstances
chronological. geographical social, which are
different for each" It would be the part of a
Visionary he considers, 10 think that vital com
mon measures can be devised until the last of
the procession is further the road 10 national
maturity Meanwhile" he adds. sit is the part
of imperial craftsmanship to note the unalter-
sble direction Of the road. 70 remember the in
+ernaI friction and TO realize that if concen-
trstion Is desirable it IS easier TO quicken the
followers than 20 turn back the leaders"
Mr. Jebb has little faith in any ultimate anal
esmation OF Canada with the United States,
observing that Canadian nationansn was
founded on repugnance TO American national
ism" and that the French Canadians would be
una BILE 10 preserve the rights and privileges &C
corded them under their present government If
they were brought within the control of our
written Constitution. He devotes two chapters
10 a discussion of the Alaska Boundary award /
which. he believes has not tended to endear the
United States 10 the Dominion, and he does not
hesitate TO accuse US Of playing q game Of
blur and Of downright breach Of faith. Be
cause" he states. the sense Of national dignity
forbade Canada to cry out with The petulance
OF a colony, the English people. accustomed to
think only of colonies, imagined the sense of
injury was Insignificant" That It was not he
proves by quotations from the Canadian press
and the utterances of public officials and he
maintains that the result will be not only to
strengthen the determination Of the Cana
dams to manage their affairs-in the words
OF Sir W1lfrid Laurier so that, If ever we
have 70 deal with matters Of a similar nature
again, we shall deal with them IN our own fashion
and according to the best light We have'-but
also to increase the dissemination to a closer
association with the United States.
The author traces the history Of the Aus
tralian commonwealth with perspicuous brevity,
accounting for the slower development of the
national spirit in those remote and isolated
colonies than in Canada by the fact of their
Of Of irnr ,,r7jfx
nal pressure. In a chapter entitled 'The Case
of the Small Nation" the author analyses the
influence of imperial connection on New-Zea-
land and Newfoundland. which has enabled
these two smaller colonies TO hold aloof from
absorption by their larger neighbors One in
teresting point brought out in relation to New
Zealand's opposition to entering the Australian
confederation is the fact that a a State of the
commonwealth she would have had to send
about twenty representatives to the federal par
lament ITO some the withdrawal Of so many
of the ablest politicians seemed to threaten the
further degradation Of colonial political life al
ready demoraIzed by parochialism" After re- !
viewing the events Of the South African war !
and it's effects on the growth of a national SEN
timent 1dr. Jeob takes up at some length a |
consideration Of the colonial conference of 1902
and devotes two chapters TO 'Nationalism in |
Tariffs. The whole trend OF his work Is to /
establish the theory Of a partnership between |
England and her sef-governing colonies ~, /
fhe same basis that a father. recognizing the |!
independence Of his sons as they successfully /
grow into manhood, admits them into his busi
ness on equal terms; where each, retaining his |
Individuality forms an alliance with the others |
for mutual profit.
aFATHER OF STEREOTPTERS" DEAD. |
re funeral Of william Bartlett Lewis who had
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