The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-02-08
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X DETESTED ENGLAND.

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FsiS ~ II DErESTED ENGLAND,
There il. no country on the face of the
earth that is held in greater detestation,
OF should so be held. than is England at
the present moment It has been her
proud boast that the instant lave land
EEetd oii, her shores he at once became free
fthat if'sbound III Irons when ne came
no. sooner did.his..f feet touch the Saelrasl
soH than thaEshia;; sha osless would sdre ~
from his limhSs5s.It was: ssat superb idea g;
worthy of eninlation throughout - tie
| world. England, 100, hazs5aEways boosted
OF her enlightened, and sadvancenent;
| OF her Christian. virtues and her love OF
humanity Such thoughts as these Were
not only indulged in by Eng1ishnen
themselves; but were shared in largely
by the outside world But alas for cher
ished dreams! 49, FL Il =. -
! = In saGspeeeh the othsr{ night Lord Sal
isbury admitted that England could do
nothing even If She would to relieve the
unhappy Armen!ans.,yeH He gave the world
to understand that she was bound hand
and foot so far as daring the Turk was
concerned. He, whined like, a, school
boy because nothing could be done and
added that under existing treaties Eng
land was NOT obliged or compelled to, do
ANYTHING. And because England,s con-
sstruction of treaties is, selfish and by that
construction she is not legally bound to
|. take any action that consequently she
will remaihj impassive.. So that England,
not being legally bound to help,the suffer-
ing Christians in Armenia, she will not
help them. AS to being morally hound
that is another matter. But what has
.Engaand to. 40 with norals?: Her moral
|3ity:is measured pyapounds, ahillings and
pence. 2'S' J. : sSS>
Salisbury says the arm Of England is
not long enough to reach after the Ar
menian offenders into the mountain
Businesses where they make their home,
but he. forgot it was. long enough tospur-
sue. tie enemy through the: East India
jungles and .iong.en ough' to pursue the
natives into their dark recessea in South
Africa. Was ever such q pitable speech
delivered by the ruler of apowerful coun-
try upon g. momentous question? He
says nothing buta military :usurpation by
England of the Ottoman empire could
be effective and that Armenia is too far
away for that purpose. But India was
not too far away for similar purpose.
t. Gladstone hasssaid that England. could
cope with half a dozen sultans, and Sal
isbury admits that it could if only the
sultans would come out on an open plain
and stand up to be shotoat. II they didn't
do that then England would be
obliged to let them Co.. -. a....,, - {. :
the English newspapers, with the ex-
ception. of the sycophant tory Times all
condemn sa1isbu1y',s puerile utterances,
placing as they do England in a most
humiliating -, light; The sultan, OF
course. ex;ulted over his speech and sent
d special message Of thanks to the. En-
glish. premier-a- premier who praised
the vile wretch who calls himself the
shadow of God. Salisbury also had the
effrontry to tell@his hearers that the sui
tan was, was. doing. all that was possible. that
the necessary reforms could not be car car:
ried out at once, such things taking time,
adding in in substance that although the
situation was horrible, still It would have
to: be. bofne-for the present. In other
words England's interests, commercially,
could not afford to baye the sultan dis
turbed.. Perfidious Albion! ~ .s-
1t is not, rash prediction when it lis
said the day is not far distant when other
powers than England will act separately
or in. combination and will finds Fl. arms
long. enough to penetrate. into whatever
recesses the murderous sKurds may so.
In that. day England will find herself
without an allyn fact she hasn't, q
friend in Europe, today--and the Otto
man empire viii be; parcelled out and
England viii: be studioalsly denied az any
participation. u: Nv. .;1ss s;s;s -. ri
4. 1tshas been whispered Of late that,sal-
isbury,s mind is growing weak Is It not
more than probalbl'le that he Is 4 pryoto '-
type ofthe nation and that already signs
of decay are beginning to show them
selves! III that empire; Upon which tie sun
never sets Co. ]. Ii. .;..,.:ss,... Il.
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HARRISON IS OUT.
Benjamin. Harrison Is out q the presi-