Article May 4, 1899 Issue

England and Imperialism

The Rev. William Cunningham, the English economist, addressed the members of the Twentieth Century Club in the hall of the Boston University Law School, on "Imperialism." He began with a sketch of the English national character. This was supplemented with a statement of the historical events and conditions which led England to substitute for the old national policy her modern cosmopolitan policy, in the pursuance of which she regards it as her duty to keep neutral markets open to cosmopolitan trade.

The economical policy of the English government to-day, he said, is never to grasp at excessive advantage for England's consumers and producers, but simply to maintain fair play for all. This policy leaves all others free to tal advantage of all the markets and all the industrial opportunities which any district under our control affords. Our policy in Egypt, for example, is just as beneficial to the American as to the English manufacturer, and you are reaping advantage from our imperialism.

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