The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

WIZ ~ Aul nlsl lne caDllal ana
share s 9lunder, this band Of An
glonlan.. mistakes the camor OF
boards of trade and buzz of stock OK
changes for the great palpitating heart
of the nation, the producing millions
of our land upon whom the edificc g
our republic rests and in whose custody
the destiny Of our country may be safely
confided
Ever taking their Inspiration from
london their organs on this side by per-
sistent repetition of British lies against
Franco. Germany and Russia, especially
| now as regards the attitude of these ma
tions toward us In our war With Spain,
it is hoped thereby to stampede the
country into an alliance against those
nations who have ever been our friends
10 be an American ought to satisfy
the ambition and aspirations of all true
| lovers of our country. as indeed 1t does
| an overwhelming majority, who glory IN
the name, not SO, however, With vo,1r
AnElomaniac, whose highest ambition is
to be regarded as an Anglo Saxon
cousin.
But If we must have a generic term -
our population we will insist upon ha,
Ing it based upon correct cthnoogical
terms which represents truly Il majority
OF the American people. Tho generic
term "AnSlo-SaXon," coined by Macau-
lay to tickle the puifed vanity of the
! commercialists of England in his ,Iav.
has been exploited by the British press
| and taken up and elaborated upon by
English politicians, who have used the
term as a rallying cry in their wars OF
| conquest against weak and dcfcnsclcss
nations. Tho Anglomaniacs on this side,
| i'll their ambition for an alliance with
England, have tho lnpudcncc TO aup]v
this generic term to the American nao-
pie.
The fact that Germany, Franco and
| Russia SEQ fit to go hunting for weak
ana dcfensclcss nations and succeed in
gobbing some of them up before Eng
lahd sWlpcs them all, is certainly not a
valid or exalted reason why We should
enter into an alliance with any of these
nations in such work, and least of a,I
with England the greatest plundcrcr of
them all.
I notwithstanding England's special
| professions of friendship for us in this
| war; her merchants are furnishing Spain
|
| merchant vessels arc sncakingly follow
ing tho Spanish fleets around tho ocean.
| supplying them with coal. while beyond
our northern border she harhors an or
salizcd system of spies from which
they are operating in this country.
Tho eloquent and burning words
against this proposed alliance from DR.
| Hermann Schocnfcldt, professor of Con-
'in'ntal European history at the Colum-
hian University, should be read ana
carefully considered at this time by
every lover Of the Republic TIis great
German scholar and historian, among
many reasons against the proposed ALI
ancc, gives the following: at is writ
ten in the hand Of fate that very soon
| England must meet tha powers of
! Europe to answer for her years of por-
fldy and trcachcry to each AMI every
government. Now | say that If we ally
ourselves with this tyrant whose hand
mas been against every nation and every
race we will sign our death kncll. We
| It.,,1 .1,,Il
We array the great Irish portion of our
population against the party that
rountcnanccs such Il course. The Ger
man, the Slavonic, the French and Latin
part OF our population will oppose this
alliance with all their might II will
be a national calamity | have licaru
| the most earnest advocates OF this treaty
plead the cause, and have not heard one
really logical reason for its cxpcdicncy
as far as tho United States is concerned
1t will certainly be IL good thing fo1
Engand-for us, suicide
A great danger, indeed threatening
catastrophe to our country such us that
referred to in Prof Schoenfedts SOL
cmn warning. should unite the Irish,
German, French, Scandinavian, Polish
ard other elements of our population
with those national Americans who are
opposed to the consllnlmaton of such
cntangling alliances as might involve
| our country in tho bitter quarrrls and
| jealou5ics Of European nations. The
frantic appeal made from England for
such an alliance against other nations
| on tho plea that we are, like her. an
Anglo Saxon people, and tho insidi-
ou& activity of her inspired agents on
! this side who give the same reason for
their cooperation with her in this work
Is so prcposterously false and insulting
to tho majority of this nation who are
not "AnElo- Saxon" as to call for united
and determined resistance.
We want no alliance with England or
any other nation 10 whip Spain. We are
amply able to do this alone, and no one
knows this better than England. The
advantage she Is now taking of cur war
with Spain in proposing such an all-
anco is; intended to irritatc and annoy
other nations who have ever been our