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The strands of Imperialist ideology 1880-1900.
"Iwo are all Irnperiuliats now.. " 'a writer in Jul reflected
in , October 1898, By 1900 it could, be asserted, "The differences
between "Liberal Imperialism", "Sann Imperialism""Comron. conso
Importalism'l and "Jingo Imperialism" may not be quite unreal or
academic. It they savour of hair-oplitting they tend also to
party. eplitting. But Imperialism transcends our political
distinctions and distractions.. "
(1)
Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerman speaking in T+ovombor 1899 observed ".. that every one
nowadays appears to cultivate come peculiar species of his own
of what is called Imperialism and to try to got cone qualifying
adjective of bin own before the word. "
(2)
The majority of
articulate opinion debuted not whether Empire in the abstract was
a good thing, but what kind of Empire was most desirable in
practice.
As against Jingo Imperialism, most Liberals by the and of
the century affected to believe in Vale Zmporialicn, -a contrast
"between the coarse and souliooa patriotinn of the hour and that
nobler Imperialism in which an true Engliohmon, to whatever
political camp they may belong for the time being, nutet still
(1) Fortnightly Revier 1900, "The literary inspiration of
Iz perialict .ua.
26ä2,
(2) J. f. Spouder, The life of the Ri ht Pion Sir Henn Cam, bell»
Dnnnerr nn. t . C. B. London 19230 Vol 19 p. 2 7.