The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-02
BRITISH BLUSTER.


The London Globe. a lingo organ Of
the Salisbury government. recently pro-
is not afraid of fourthrate power like
the United States" Perhaps 1t is not
Eut how does 1t make the United States
a fourth-rate power? Is 1t in popula /,
ton? No, 0or the population Of the
United States at the present time is
about double that CT the disuniteu king
uom
Is it in its army and navy? Probably
it is. They are both small, it is true
but has the Globe considered the mil
itary and naval resources of this coun
try in time Of war? England knows
that the United States is a first-rate
power and that it is considered such b.
all the great nations of the world. If
this country is not first rate power
why is England so unwilling to have any
war with it? Why Is Ambassador
fauncefote working tooth and nail with
the aid of Mugwumpian Anglomaniacs
to effect treaty Of peace between the
two English speaking nations:"
Why is 1t that England did not try
to enforce her fraudulent claims in Ven
ezuela after Grover Cleveland issued his
famous message on the Monroe Doc
trine in 1895?
The idea" says the London Globe.
..f 1nip frai IF |, n,
power like the United States could only
have occurred to sufferers from severe
attack Of swellel head" IL England
is not afraid of us. 1t surely though
in the Venezuelan affair. If it hat
rights. why did it not maintain them in
defiance of the Monroe Doctrine" The
fact is that John Bull is very much
that pndgy individual knows from sad
experience that Uncle Sam is more :ha1
his match when his anger Is provoked.
The beligerent writer on the Globe
further says I'VE hope our relation!
with America will hereafter be distn.
guished by Il firmer tone. as the only
way to avoid trouble is to make her
plainly understand that we are derc1'.
rights" What rights has he reference
to? He has no rights on this continent
that Uncle Sam wants to deprive him of.
If he imngines that he can cncroa"h on
ri u,bf ha fl,x
rights OF semi-civiliZed people in Asia
and Africa, he rcckOns without his host.
Does this braggart Of the Globe re-
member how the red coats of England
and their mercenary allies. the Hes,
SLAMS, surrendered to the American yeo
many in the war of the revolution.
when the entire population Of the col
onies did not exceed 100000? Docs
best troops OF England bit the dust
when Jackson routed them at New Or
leans and that the remnant nf the Brit
ish army was glad to get home after
the whipping? The proud Saxon who
thinks he can lntimidate tile Americans
by his bellowings in the London Globe
has no idea Of the military strength OF
the United States. through it's standing
army is merely a handful.
But he may think that the fighting be-
tween the two countries would be wagcd
on the ocean. and that the navy OF the
United States is insignificant as COM
NIL hot Of o., wi -
in the two previous wars when Paul
Jones and John Barry. a McDonough
and a Perry routed and captured the
yaunted British men of-war, both on sea
better moderate his boisterous tones.
The military and naval strength Of the
United States is formidable TO John
Bull. and if he is spelling for fight and
modated. There are thousands upon
thousands of his former subjects from
Ireland who would hail with delight the
opportunity Of meeting him in battle ar
ray. AS in Fenian days they would
again invade Canada and in few
months conquer that British province
for Uncle Sam. The Queens Own" Of
Toronto. would remember Ridgway and
surrender without shot when overtak.
en- in their mad flight. The Anglo
American war would not cease until
Ireland would he released from the gall
ing yoke of centuries. A war with this