The Irish standard., 1898-03-19
FULsOME FRIENDSHIP.

The st. Paul Globe published last
Sunday dispatch from London headed
"Anglo-SaXons Against the World" be-
ing an extract from an editorial in the
st. James Gazette, an organ of the
Salisbury government This same Brit
ISM sheet, which, on several occasions
bellttled the United States and declar-
ed it an insignificant power in case of
war, has changed it's contemptuous tone
and pours out it's friendship to Uncle
Sam In nauseating style. 1t favors an
Anglo-American alliance, and says the
American people can now, by speaking
word in regard to China, make clear to
the world that the two Anglo-Saxon
countries are prepared to act together"
In China says the Tory sheet,
mo doubt it is we who are chiefly con-
cerncd; but the United States have
genuine interests there. and they are
Identical with ours" The substance of
all this is that Great Britain would aid
the United States against Spain If the
United States would reciprocate by
joining England against Russian ell
croachment in the Orient Of course,
Uncle Sam is we'll able to cope with
Spain without any assistance from John
Bull but the latter cannot tackle Rus
STA without an ally, and he. would like
Uncle Sam to act in that capacity.
The Minneapolis Tribune is short
sighted enough to take stock in such
twaddlc as we have quoted from the
London paper. In last Sundays issue
our local contemporary tries to show
that England is the only friend this
country has among the European ma
tons, and says that "our government
would be very foolish to disregard Great
Britains good offices in it's behalf or 10
reject its proposals of an alliance of all
speaking people for mutual de-
Tense and benefit" Ye gods! what is
the Tribune coming to-? The editor Of
1t is an old soldier who ought to know
the trcachery of England to the Union,
for which he risked his life during the
late war. Lest our neighbor may ac-
cnse the Irish Standard of being preju
diced against England. we will reproduce
for it's benefit the following facts from
the Peoria Journal:
"ln the dark days of the nation, when
the North and South were arrayad
against each other. Mr.. Bull never once
intimatcd that he loved us Il little bit
He not only did not love us then, but on
the contrary. nothing was too mean for
him to say about us and nothing was
too contemplate for him to do. There
was no assistance which he could render
the enemies of the country that he did
not render"
Having quoted from Lord Sa!ishurys
speech made On March {, 1862, in which
he declared that England and the North
ern States were rivals, politically and
commercially. and would continue to be
so. the Peoria Journal says that the
friendship of England is hypocritical
and selfish in the last degree. and then
gees on as follows:
There is no question about the
friendly feeling between the United
States and Russia. In fact it has cx-
tended back for two or three genera
lions. Russia showed her friendship
for us when Car Nicholas ii sent his
ships to this country during the war Of
the rebellion. at the time England and
France were on the point of recognizing
the independence of the confcderacl.
| Not only did Russia send fleet, but mott
! fled the powers that they would be fol-
| lowed by soldiers if it were necessary
| From that day to this there has been
no special love between England and
| Russia. 1t was England who cheated
| Russia out of the fruits of victory over
| the Turks at Plevna. 1t is English dip
| lomacy that is now trying to jugglc
| Russia out of the rights and conces-
sons she has obtained from China It
| is English diplomacy that is now trying
to form an alliance with Uncle Sam, now
that the United States are threatened
with war by Spain over Cuban affairs
She knows that with the aid of the
United States and Japan she could bid
! defiance almost to the balance OF the
world. But English professions Of friend
ship will bear very close watching"
! The Minneapolis Tribune sadly needs
a tonic to strengthen It's enervatri
American spirit and to Danish Its sirk;y
love of the mother country" Whea