The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-07
HOT WORDS FROM DAVI4T
He Reads Ensilshmsn caustic Lsoturs
& onIheir devious u.
4. ~ - :..sAe Asethods. ..-.s' So.
rHE WAYS OF AueLo.sAxoflsI
John But Sadly ueceiv. ng Himself
kbout American
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When Jameson's forces were defeated
and captured at Krugersdorp it is related
that the victorious Beers did. not put
l1andcuffs upon the subordinate officers.
| nor compel Dr. Jim to place his head
between the feet of the commander in
charge of the Transyaal troops, writes
Michel Dayitt in the Westminster Ga
zette. Nay, more; all the reports agree
n testifying to the kindness and hospital
| ity of the ignorant burghers and the
.dirty' Dutch toward their vannuished
English foes. Even the Westminster
| Gazette in, its Studies of Krugerism,
has to admit that Dom Paul, though not a
saint. has shown a wise generosity III
his lenient treatment of those VINO al :
tempted to destroy the Transvaal repuo-
! iic
Turn we now to a "Stndy OF Anglo
Saxonism." as a contrast, at Coomassle.
There You were the victims. Not a sho1
had been fired at your forces. The Britt
ish troops occupied the capital OF Ashan-
tee without experiencing a single CASUAL
tv. But how did YOU act toward your
conquered enemy? Exactly as You al
| ways do when a weak foe is at your
mercy. A Ny. Maxwell, your governor,
required King Prempeh literally to kiss;
/ his boots. in presence OF the assembled
chiefs and people! 1t is recorded also
that the An9ahs were Immediately az
rested and handcuffed" on some trumped-
up charge of having forged credentials
! Even if ais accusation were. true 1t
would only go to show the anxiety OF
! these native princes in undertaking
tourney TO London, to avert great ca
larnity from their country. Their pres
euce at the submission of Prempeh Is
proof that they were not afraid to re-
turn to the court OF the king whose en-
voys it is now declared they had no au-
| thority to represent themselves 10 be.
1t is wei! to remember in this connec-
| ton, however, that the two Indunas who
were sent as messengers OF peace by lo-
bengula were Killed by those conquer
| ing Anglo-Saxons. who were. not i'll search
OF peace, but of a pretext to grab loFen-
gula's country. The charges against the
Ansahs and the brutal treatment to
which they have been subjected is IN
keeping with the plundering policy which
was pursued toward the Matabe4es,
while both incidents afford excellent ex-
amples of the merciless nature OF Anglo
Saxon ''pushfulness" when weak foemen
stand N the path Of imperial land grab"
| bling.
| Another study OF Anglo-Saxonism, in
| it's present relations with the United
States, is equally instructive. All Anglo
Saxondon, from the Times upward Tor
downward), from Mr.. Balfour to- the
Peace Society, are now in favor of arb
tration of some kind over the Venezuela
non hn 6nllhf 1hGllt
! that. any more than there can be doubt
as to the bellicose language of Lord Sails
bury and the leading journal toward
| Uncle Sam month ago. 1t is now ,dls-
covered Through Mr.. Smalley and. Mr..
Goikin of New Yorx) that the Cleveland
! cabinet is most anxious to find "a way
| OUT of the position which they have
taken upon the Venezuela question.
Therefore, and solely to accommodate
the secret yearn:ng of the President and
| Mr. Olney for Lord Saiisbury's generous
| forbearance. England. the Times, and
| Mr.. Balfour, will now consent either to
buy peace with cash at Caracas, or by
| way of arbitration with all the parties
concerned.
| 1t is also discovered that all America is
| "Anglo -Saxon," every bit of it. For do
not the Mugwump papers Of New York
declare it? And is it not altogether in
| keeping with the modest, self-denylng
spirit of the "pushful' imperialist at
home to assert this when he finds that
, he must, either back down OF fight a
| kiusman who has licked him twice be-
| fore?
You are not aware OF the true state OF
American feeling over this trouble with
Venezuela. The Democratic adninistra-
ton will not dare to back down to Eng
land in this matter. You are deceived by
the views which obtain in Wall street and
among New York Mugwump press men.
There are at least $4,000 newspapers in
the United States, and it would be over
stating the case to- say THAT fifty Of these
were against Clevelands vigorous asser-
| ton of Monroeism.e There are 20 900, 900
people in Uncle Sans family. and l. am
| within the mark in asserting that. as yet,
not 100 900 Of those have spoken. through
any recognized channel. against the at
titude and meaning Of the Presidents
message. -
| Don't be deceived by this ridiculous
| talk of "a common Anglo Saxon race. !"
| The thing is fiction. There is not Is per
cent. of Angle-Saxen blood in the whole
Of the United States at this moment.
Count the Irish, German, Norwegian,
French, Dutch, Portuguese. Italian, Span
| ish and other European races out Of your
"Anglo-Saxon" republic. and you viii
/ find that my estimate is above, rather
than below, the actual figure.
Go West, Or. North, or South iii the
States and you will find out what the
real American sentiment is on All issue Of
this kind. New York is partly pro-Eng
! lish. / admit. But there are at least $780,
900 IRISH there who are not to be counted
as Anglo-Saxons I hope Senator VOL
oott's speech the other day was as Mug
wumpish as Mr.. Smalley would wish, but
place against its British tendencies the
declaration which Senator j. j. Ingalls,
made few weeks ago, and you will come
nearer to what the: prevalent feeling of
America is toward England at the pres
ent time
$500. 10000. q
/: 1--WE divide on protection" said Mr. +:
/: ingalls,, con silver, on the ratio ques- F:
F.: ton, but in our hatred of England we
/: are unanimous. The sloppy diploma
): tic twaddle about kindred blood and
!: common language, deceiyes nobody. T:
We feel that England Is our only
: enemy now among the great powers !:
: Of the earth. At every crisis in our /:
/: affairs we have encountered the secret
Is: or open hostility Of England. and the
: tone Of her press has been always
: cynical. sneering1 and contemptnous. !:
:. B1lt there will be no war. ike all !.