The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-28
HER SENSE 8 !?|'| 0F JUSTICE
How England Makes Dls}lnotiop Be-
s #2ss n twson the Man in tho
s.E, Army. N
ONE 1 PRINCE. ANOTHER a. pAuPER
Living In Luxury and: Dying In tho Ditch
compared by Those Who
Know.

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glory lead but to the grave, says the Cue
bee Budget, Still ROW. widely do they
diverge before they eventually meet in
the last long home of poor humanity,
which lerels.all the Ain1sy distinctions of
this world Two cases, strikingly illus
trating THIS truth. are now seriously agi-
Eating public. attention in England and a
.sbrfsf notice.of them may also be as use
full, as it. viii be interesting on this side
of the Atlantic. Over half century or
more ago, two young men were starting
out in life in England. One Of these was
4 George, Duke Of Cambridge, a cousin of
the queens, and the other plain James
Jones Of Sheffield. Both selected the mill
irarv:c career as their vocation. BY rea-
son Of the accident Of his birth, the duke
Of Cam bridge was singled out from the
start FOR preferm ent and all the soft side
Of the soldiers life. Poor James Jones
had to do all the pipe-claying and starch
ing, the marching and fighting. He up
held the honor of England's banner at
the daily risk of his life in almost every
cline under the sun. Ie followed the
roll Of her drum around the world and if
he escaped the usual fate OF tire English
private soldier-that is to say being shot
like dog in ditch and having his name
mentioned in the dispatches in, the list
of killed--il was simply because it was
not his fate to so end his career. Yet
he faced death like a brave man thous-
and times FOR the sake of Englands glory
and aggra Indictment and ne wasted the
greater part Of his manhood and health
In the service And for all this his CRATE
full country rewarded him with the mag
nificent. pen sion of eight pence per day,
when, broken down in constitution, he
could serve her no longer. On the other
hand, George OF Cambridge, who hardly
ever heard a shot fired in anger and who
played the dishonorable part Of feather
bed soldier throughout nearly his whole
career, who never exposed his precious
skin to danger for the glory OR, the good
of his. country, and. who lorded it over
poor James Jones and his like from be-
ginnig to end, without a. title of his ex-
perience of the soldiers life or Of actual
warfare, was promoted from one exalted,
responsible and lucrative post to another
until he finally reached the commander
In -chiefship Of the British army with all
the honors and emoluments which it in
wolves and which he was permitted to
hold far beyond the allotted period and
notwithstanding his notorious incapa-
city. until public opinion in England rose
to such a pitch OF Indignation recently
=. that royalty and the Tory government in
power there thought it safe to not try to
withstand it any longer. The duke was
accordingly retired, with a pension OF ID
coo pounds sterling a year as royal
prince and honorary colonel of the
guards: 'Fhis will be admitted, we think,
to be pretty tall reward for man who
drew Immense pay already during his
whole military career and who never
shed drop Of blood for England in his
life, and it might be supposed that he and
his Tory friends might be content to let
we'll enough" alone and to cease aeecing
the British taxpayers Oh his behalf. But
such is not the case, it seems. There is
"a proposition by Mr.. Balfour actually be-
fore the British parliament to give him a
further pension Of $4,000 a, year. which
has aroused such storm OF censure that
even the London Times has been obliged
to denounce the. scandal, while Mr.. Camp
bell-Bannerman, of the Liberal opposi-
ton, has given notice of an amendment
to strike it off the paper of the house,
but this amendment will probably be de-
feated by the Tory majority and Cam
bridge will get his additional $4,000 q year
to smooth his path to the grave. Now
let us turn to the way in which poor Jas.
Jones has ended his days. , We find it
thus related in one of our English ex-
changes Just to hand:
THE death and burial as a pauper of
James Jones, the Sheffield veteran, who
retired after long and honorable service,
witt, the :princely pension Of eight pence
per diem, are announced. This; is what
Jones did to earn his trumpery eight
pence. He was present at the forcing Of
the khyber Pass, the relief Of Jellala bad,
actions at Juglulluck Pass, Tuzeen Val
ley, Khoefd, Cabool Pass. Cnbool, Mood
kee, FerozeshIh Sobraon, Ramnuggar.
Sudul1apofe, Chilltanwallah and Googer
at, and at Alma, Balkklava and Sebasto-
poll
y This miserable ending is what poor.
Jones' pursuit Of the paths of glory has
led him to and even making every allow
ance for the. disparity of birth, station,
education. and habits between him and
the duke OF Cambridge, one may we'll ask
why grateful country should make such
distinction between them when they
came to be laid on the shelf.
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