New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-13


crsior Of their views. both Colonel
Roosevelt and the State Legislatures.
| Which are the English 60 believe
Which are We ourselves 90 believe? Re
devoted his admirdbls speech 90 the
development Of this thesis OF Anglo
american friendship. he quotes. on
the one hand. writers like Mrs. Troll
lope and Dickens. who Iampooncd me-.
and on the other. Mr. Lowell. with his
| Essay on a Certain Condcsccnsiou iu
Foreigners. quotes them 10 dismiss
them as obsolete. we have come 90
long way since then" he rcbukc
good -naturcdly. but still rtbukes- Mr.
Price Collier tor alleging that English
and Americans DO not like each other.
He contradicts him. 70, denies that
they do not like each other. Ne says.
1--WE do like YOU and are very much
Ike YOU" Mr.. Collier was present.
Then Mr. Page asks What makes
England England" and answers.
"lt Is your skill in ruling men. and
. the British Empire is the unfathomabis
wonder OF the world standing astride
the Seven Seas
The speech OF the American Amuas-
sador was made ON Friday. June q.
Nh Rcdmond's speech IN the House Of
| Commons was made on TUESDAY. jane
, no. four days later. But hr gnor,s. he
does not mention or refer 10. the speech
of the American Ambassador. He
harks back 10 Colonel Roosevelt pri-
vate citizen. and 90 state Legislatures.
giving as mo- dates and mo- particulars
and wholly rcglccts the latcs, anthem
tic and decisive declaration of Amor
can opinion Mr.. Page has knocked
tho bottom out of hi, argument
Naturally. he does not like that
But that rs a sample ~ the argu-
ments by which this bill Is defended
They are arguments which ever since
. Mir Gladstone first employed them in
1856 have been rcfuted over and over
again
Mr. Page. 5, is 90 he noted cstah-
ushcd his position IN England ny this
, Pilgrim address u is impossible 10
/ suppose that Mr.. Redmond was un-
aware Of il. n was reported IN full
I n was discussed and heartily approved
/ by tho British press The Times not
orly reported .t in fun but Is leading
editorial article tho next morning vas
\ devoted 90 THE New American Am
I uaysador." ~ said n hts speech
| "ArgIo-Amoriean relations md The
/ bonds that unite the two peoples were
| handled as every man Of sense would
/ like 10 sec them handled. without any
! Ia bored scntimcntauty and in spirit
! Of critical sympathy and mutual Tee
/ spcct'
Truthfuny putting aside the susges-
| ton that Mr.. 'ago was known BOZ Eng
land as Mr.. Lowell and Mr. Hay. Mr.
/ Choatc and y. Reid re known. The
. Times" cxprcsscs IFS conviction that his
reputation here will stand as high as
/ u stands A. HON, with 2 record OF
national service behind him. ! can
/ think ~ but ono recent instance. the
/ late German Ambassador Baron Mar
/ schaH Won Bicbcrstein. who came here
with n European celebrity In which
Tho Times has paid any Ambassador
} the compliment 81 a leading article
/ II impressed everybody. But 10 did not
suffice TO attract Mr.. Redmonds stten-
. lion.
The American "Stote Parliament
arc In favor. says NJ 3cdmond, not
merely Of the principle ~ Home Rule
! bit ~ this particular BILL The Parlia-
ments and their distinguished states
mcr commit themselves 10 that How
many Of them have read the Biii or
know what II is? How many ~ thcm
know that n makes ireland pcnsIoncr
Of England? 10 they know that Ire
land. whose politicians want her 10 he
a nation. admittedly cannot pay h"r
own way? Has Mr.. Redmond tod
/ them that. for one reason or another.
( this Bill rs dislikcd by an parties In
Ireland and only accepted by the Ma
| uonalists az the best they can get for
! the moment DO they know that l.
Irish members are still 60 SIT IN the
Parliament AT Westminster with fun
powcr 10 vote on English and lmpe-
rial measures. number sufiicicpt I'm
many cases 10 hold the balance Of
power between English parties; Have
thcy ever heard Of Ulster and the u
stcr Covenant. md the declared resolve
Of that great Protestant community to
resist. by force " need be. the domino
lion OF Dublin r,oman Catholic Par
/ lament? Mr.. Balfour said In the
1 House Of Commons on Monday that
! the Kingdom IS on the verge Of great
national tragedy lie meant Civil War.
! 10 man who knows Ulster believes she
wu endure TO be driven out Of the
Union without fighting. VIII that con-
tribute 10 A better state Of feeling be-
tween Protestant England and Protes-
tant America
We all know how and why such res
olutions as these 81 Mr. Redmond
state Parliaments" are proposed and
passcd They are so many acts Of def
,repce 10 the militant Irish VINO abuse
tho tolerant hospitality Of the country
~ which they have fed. some Of them
from Justice They are perhaps the
measure of the influence Of Mr.. Patrick