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The Irish standard., 1898-06-18
JOE CHAmBERLA!N.S INSULT

The Liberal renegade from Birminy-
ham. who is acting as secretary of state
for the colonies in the Salisbury cabinet,
was criticised in the British parliament
last week by Sir William Vernon Har-
court. the leader of the opposition for
the pitiable spectacle he had made OF
himself before the powers of Europe in
seeking all Anglo American alliance for
the special benefit Of Great Britain. On
rising to reply, Mr.. Chamberlain was
vigorously Kissed by the Irish National
lists. Turning fcrcely upon them he
vehemently exclaimed: Anglo Saxon
America will turn deaf ear in the flu
ture to the promptings of Irish Amer
leans The Tories applauded the utter
ance and the Irish members ironically
cheered in return. Amid great Interrupt
ton from the Tories. John Dillon re
piled to Chamberlain. saving that what
ever chance there had been Of an Anglo
American alliance it had now been IT.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18
FOR CONQUEST OR HUMANITY.

This is humanitarian war and not
a war of conquest. The joint resoIu-
ton passed by both branches of con-
gress clearly sets forth the fact that
the intention of the United States when
ordering Spain out of Cuba was to paci-
fly the island and let the inhabitants
thereof govern themselves. The
United States by its declaration gave the
world to understand that its action was
taken from phlanthropic motives and
not prompted by selfish considerations
European nations like England, Ger
many and Russia were astonished that
Il war would be undertaken by the
United States purely in the interest
them have ever gone to war but for con-
quest and spoliation. The fixed policy
OF this republic from its very begin
ming has been to avoid extending our
territorial limits by conquest. and so
strictly have we adhered to this policy
that when we conquered an empire from
Mexico VIC paid for the territory We had
acquired by force of arms. No other
power has ever been SO magnanimous to
a defeated foe.
We have, however J set of men in
this republic WHO have monarchial
ideas and who desire to gobble mp
everything in sight. Since the extlaor-
binary achievement of dewey at Manil-
la. these Republican jinsoes and their
organs are loudly advocating territorial
expansion. They are not satisfied with
our vast possessions on the American
continent, but they want the Philippine
Islands whether the inhabitants like it
or not "' -"
Gen. Merritt, who is going with the
expedition to the Philippines. declared
the other day at Banquet in San Fran
cisco that what the navy has won The
army will hold. The strong hand OF
the government on those islands," said
the military man. ought never to be
looscncd.' and he was rapturously ap-
plauded Gen. Merritt may understand
the science of war, but he certainly is
not recognized as statesman. He has
not been appointed to a military COM
mand to arrogate to himself the duty
| of congress. and such all utterance as
| the above coming from him is in ex.
tremely bad taste. to say the least of it
Even ex-senator ingalls, does not In.
dorse him. He says that Europe viii
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

certainly hold us to account on the SOL
emn declarations at the opening of the
war disavowing any purpose of terri
torial acquisition.
Frederick r. Coudert, the celebrated
international lawyer of New York, says
that the insurgents of the Philippine ISL
ands are the proper persons to settle all
questions as to the future government
Of their archipelago. Our sincerity
i'll our philanthropic professions is the
only possible excuse for the war;" he
says, and to maintain good faith and
our reputation with the rest of .ae
world is worth dozen Philippines, and
millions of Coolies, Cinnamon and
Malays."
William j. Bryan, who is going to the
Philippines in command of Nebraska
regiment, objects vigorously to a war of
conquest in the Orient. In speech
at Omaha last Tuesday he said: IF a
contest undertaken for the sake of I'LL
mainly degenerates into war of con-
quest, we shall find it difficult to meet
the charge of having added hypocrisy to
greed. Is our national character so
weak That we cannot withstand the
temptation to appropriate the first piece
or land which comes into our reach.
10 infict upon the enemy all possible
harm is legitimate warfare, but shall we
contemplate a scheme for the coloniza-
ton OF the Orient merely because our
meet won remarkable victory iii the
harbor Of Manila? Our guns destroy
Ell Spanish fleet but can they destroy
self-evident truth that the govern
ment derives its just power-not from
superior force-but from the consent of
the governed. Shall we abandon a.
Just resistance to European encroach-
ment upon the western hemisphere, in
order to mingle in the controversies Of
Europe and Asia? II some dream
OF the splendors of a hcterogen-
GUS empire encircling the GLOBE,
we shall be content to aid in
bringing enduring happiness to homo
senous people, consecrated to the pur-
pose of maintaining "a government Of
the people by the people and for the
people,"
We notice that the class of Americans
VINO favor war Of conquest instead
or humanitarian war is the same class
VINO favor an alliance with England
These gentlemen seem to have Inherit
ed the piratical instinct of the race thev
boast so much about. They have no
sense OF national honor They desire
that America shall initiate England in
her professions-England that never
Kept treaty when it was safe to breal,
IL, and that repudiated her solemn dec
larations when circumstances gave her
the upper hand Let not our beloved
country with its spotless escutcheon
ever copy after ''pertidious Albion :"
Which has lost the confidence of all the
nations of the earth.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Justin Mccarthy, in the article in the
New York Independent, from which the
Northwestern Chronicle quotes, shows
that there is no Unanimous and I'M
divided sympathy" for America among
the Johnny Bulls. He says: Among
some sections Of what is called society
there is a sort of sensational feeling for
Spain as grand, old historic state; ana
Spain is very picturesque country in
which certain classes of English peor.a
are fond of making holiday and from
which they generally come back enrap-
tured with the cathedrals and ALEXANDRIA
and Seville and the Gate OF the Sun at
Madrid, and the Escurial, and all The
other signs that Spain has to show. to
say nothing of tie bull fights. Then
there are some of the middle classes
here who hold that the Spaniards are
more gentlemanlike and picturesque set
Of fellows than the Yankee traders: and
there are men in the ranks of commerce.
who think it would not be at all Da.,
thing II these too-pushing Yankees had
little of the conceit taken out of Them"
what does our censorious St. Pau. con-
temporary think Of that? {:
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

At recent meeting in London, John
Dillon, the leader Of the Irish paria-
mentary party, said: when it came TO
be question of looking into the red eve
Of battle in defense of America it was
not the Anglo-Saxon alliance men who
would be found in the 'front.' it would
lie very lively regiment that would get
in front Of the Irish regiments on the
field of battle (cheers). He had read
description in the London Times of the
landing of a small body of American
troops in Cuba, in which it was stated
that the first American officer to land
was a grand nephew of Daniel O'Con-
nell, who won his epaulets in the pres
ence of the enemy in the civil war
(cheers). Tho Irish were too busy at
present getting to the front to take
much interest in this Anglo-Saxon al
lance, but he would venture to say that
when the war was over they would want
to know and insist on knowing, how
things stood in old Ireland before they
considered this Anglo-Saxon alliance
(cheers)."
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Has our st. Paul contemporary, the
Northwestern Chronicle changed its
politics and gone back to the Republican
fold which it abandoned in 1896, for the
first time in its chequered career, to adj
vocate the cause of Bryan and bimetall-
ism? If not, will it's sapient editor ex-
plain what he means by saying in his
article on "Abolishing the Canteen:"
In discussing the same matter the
other day, the Chicago Chronicle, whose
Democratic principles and proclivities
remove any question of bias against
strong drink says thus and SO. We
submit that the writer of such words cam
not be Democrat, or he would not have
flung such an aspersion on an organ OF
Democracy, even though it is a GOLD
organ at that. The manager of the
Chronicle should use his blue pencil
judiciously on such editorial copy" as
that above quoted
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

that the dangers in which England is
placed force her to look outside Of
Europe for an ally that would help her
TO combat her enemies. They never
really showed their enmity, and their
unanimity in thar enmity, until the Rus
sian seizure of Port Arthur was a reality
and not rumor. At that moment it
was necessary to flatter the Americans.
They were told that in taking Zip arms
for Cuba they had right on their side,
and the sympathy of all lovers Of free
dom. The Salisbury party, that left the
Armenians, an old and Christian people,
to their fate, suddenly discovered that
the colcred natives Of Cuba were lot
self-governing Then commenced the
crusade against Spain, which has been
carried on by the usual methods of
wholesale lying. persistent misrepresen-
tation, appeals to religious hate, and all
the other infamies which are the stock
in-trade of Mr.. Bull When he has any
foul and unholy work to do And for
all this fattery of the United States, and
for all this hypocritical approval of the
jingoes at Washington, the price is de-
manded, and it is nothing less than an
alliance between the two nations
Whether it's accomplishment is near or
not we have little means Of knowing.
Our information on the matter, as on the
incidents of the wa, is got from sources
polluted by English prejudice, bit it is
are being gulled, with all their sharp
ness, by the buttery words Of English
men, and the negotiations for an alliance
are not as unsuccessful as we would
wish.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

a lying correspondent sends special
cablegram from Rome to the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat saying that the Pope is
very i'll and that his chief physician
warned him to prepare for the worst.
He adds that the present war is regard
ed by the Pope as a conflict between,
Professionalism and Catholicism, and
that his condition is SO alarming that
the news of any great Spanish disaster,
or Of revolution at Madrid, might be
followed by fatal results. lie forgets to
say that the pontitf is daily praying
for the success of Spanish arms, but he
is careful to remark that the sacred
college is unfriendly to the Yankee na-
ton. Who is the Apaist who cables
such stuff?
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The New York World banteringly
says: 1t is not too much to say that
society as we admire it would not exist
without those finer touches of British
Importation. We could neither hunt
the aniseed bag correctly, nor play polo,
nor wear golf stockings without English
teaching We should not know how 10
carry our canes wrong end up or to roll
I'D our trousers at the bottom, or to call
our shoes our boots and our stores
shops and clerks clarks. In fact, moth
ing in American society is correct except
what the higher civilization of England
has developed, and the slight return we
have made in marrying our heiresses
into the British peerage still leaves us
hopeless debtor for benefits conferred.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The Northwestern Chronicle gets into
bad lit Of Mysteries for being mildly
reproved by The Irish Standard because
OF its unreasonablencss in expecting
the Unanimous and undivided sympa-
thy OF the Catholics of Ireland for
America in this war with Spain. In
stead of observing an eloquent silence
when it cannot sustain its position by
facts Or arguments, it grows peeYish and
ll-tempered and talks back at us like an
old woman. 1t quotes from Justin Nc
earthly, but that famous Irishman only
explains why there is not unanimity
x OF sentiment among Irish Catholics for
the United States. He does not blame
them for being divided, but merely ex-
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Last Tuesday Mr. Edward OBricn,
the editor OF the Irish Standard, start
cd Oh his annual trip to the Pacific
coast, via the Northern Pacific railway.
lie Will visit the subscribers of this
paper in the various towns and cities
along the main line and its ramilica-
tons and i'll his travels, besides taking
in cash. he will furnish items of interest
about persons and things for pnbica-
ton. In his absence the Irish Stand
ard will keep up to the times and serve
fresh, hot mental pabulum to its ellen
tele in the far West. We bespeak for
Mr.. OBrien a liberal encouragement
from the patrons of this paper along the
entire route
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Some Orangemen met at Howard Lake,
Mimi, on Decoration Day to laud the
principles of their noble order. The
Waverly Tribune does not seem to ap-
preciato their patriotic uttcranccs. 1t
refers to the eloqucnce Of one of the
orators as the braying Of an ignoramus
who is nearly century behind the
times. Could not the editor of our es-
teemed contemporary induce the fol-
lowers of King William to enlist in the
war against Spain? Ii they cannot be
forced to go against the Spanish Dons in
the cause of humanity they ought to
keep silent. If they don't keep silent,
turn hose on them. There is plenty of
water in Howard Lake.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The Scotch Highlanders OF Illinois
asked Andrew Carnegie, who is now in
England, to equip a regiment of High
landers to serve in the war against
Spain. Andy replied that the war would
is not needed. The Chicago Chronicle
truly says: Carnegie belongs to that
type of patriots who demonstrate their
loyalty to the American government in
long-winded interviews, but when the
opportunity for substantial aid arrives
are minus quantity" What Andy is
trying to do abroad is to bring about an
Anslo-SaHon alliance to help Mother
England in her imperial troubles.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Hon. John Lind, of New Ulm, was
nominated by reclamation for govern
or Of Minnesota by the Democrats,
Populists and Silver Republicans of the
state who met in convention in Minne-
apolis last Wednesday. Mr.. Lind is Off
to the war as quartermaster, but he
will accept the honor conferred upon
him and make better run than if he
to be David NJ. Clough, the present gov
ernor, but the popularity of honest Johil
Lind and the fierce opposition against
Clough in the Republican party, will
certainly insure the election of the peo-
pies choice
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The Irish Standard asked lgnatius
Donnelly his authority for stating that
the wife Of Brian Boru was a Scardina~
Wan. In this weeks Representative"
he replies at considerable length and
quotes as follows from THE History of
the Viceroys of Ireland" by the late Sir J.
7. Gilbert: The intimate connections
existing between the Irish and the
Scandinavians, in the eleventh century,
are exemplitied in the marriage of Mel
sachlin III, monarch of Ireland. to the
daughter of Olaf, Morse king of Dublin.
After Olafs death. his widow, Gormly,
or Kormolda, married Melsachljn, and
subsequently became the wife of Brian
Borumha, who espoused his own
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Lieut.. Melville j. Shaw, of the United
States marine corps, who led the 30
advance pickets on Cuban soil last Satur-
day and fought CALAMITY against superior
spanish forces for is hours, is the son
OF Major Geo: X. Shaw, the patriotic
editor of the Minneapolis Tribune.
Lieut.. Shaw is IS years old and has been
receiving both naval and military train
ing for the past eight years. For his
bravery in fighting the first land battle
OF the war he was publicly thanked, and
he richly merits promotion. The young
hero is a fine specimen of physical man
hood. Of which Minnesota is extremely
proud.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Judge &. b. Gerald, the new editor of
an impartial jury of the charge of kill
ing the two Harris brothers in a shoot
ing match in Waco. He acted in self
defense and got the better of his mur-
derous assailants. The trouble arose
out of the article in the Iconoclast re.
ftecting on the morality OF the students
of the Baylor Baptist University. for the
writing and publishing of which in his
magazine the lamented w. C. Brann
fell at the hands OF an assassin. We
congratulate Judge Gerald on his just
acquittal and suggest that he be cale-
full of his future safety in the mids. of
enemies.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The Duke and Duchess of York will
visit Ireland again this fall to the great
delight of all Irish nuukcys and tuft-
hunters. They will be the guests of the
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at
Lismore Castle, Waterford. They will
have an opportunity of witnessing the
restitution of the poor cotticrs in the
South and West of ireland, but it is
certain they will not contribute anything
to alleviate their distress.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Says the London correspondent of IL
New York paper: The sympathins of
high English society are enlisted I'M
doubtedly on the side of Spain III the
present war, as shown among Other
things. by the list of subscribers to The
Countess Casa Valcncia's sick and
wounded fund. it's latest additions in
Guiding Lord Balfonr, of Burlcigh. a
cabinet minister. and a cousin of Lord
Salisbury; the Marques Butte, and five
British adnlirals.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The following is the oath admins
tered to and taken by the soldiers of the
United States: you do solemny swear
that you will bear true faith and allegi-
ance to the United States of America,
and that you will serve them honestly
and faithfully against all their enemies,
whatsoever; and that you will obey the
orders Of the president and of the Of
ticers appointed over you according to
the rules and articles Of war, so help
you God"
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The New York Sun stigmatizes James
Gordon Bennett, OF the Herald, as "a man
without country" and says he volun
tarily eXiles himself by residing in
France, and uses his paper in New York
to aid the cause of Spain. Young Ben
think he is not quite SO bad as he is
represented to be by his journalistic
rival, the younger Dana.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

When Gen. Woodford, U. S. ambassa-
dor at Madrid, was travelling through
Spain after receiving his passports to
leave that country, he found himself in
a tight corner at one of the wayside
Spanish stations where an effort was
made by the Spanish soldiery to arrest
his secretary. A travelling companion
named Victor Collins saved him from
trouble and danger Gen. Woodford
has since said that che liked to have
an Irishman with him when caught in
a tight corner
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

New York, the empire state, has sent
forward for immediate service in the
war seven regiments of the National
Guard. The only regiment that refused
to go is composed of Anglo-maniacs
ments and send them home 10 their
mothers.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, attended
by his chaplain, his secretary, sword
bearer and mace bearer, with all the rest
of the official paraphernalia, in full
robes, attended the funeral pageant of
Mr.. Gladstone in Westminster Abbey.
They were assigned by the master of
ceremonies to the position next to the
Lord Mayor of London and his retinue.
The following day the Dublin chief
magistrate and his attendants went to
high mass to the pro-Cathedral of Ken
sington, where Cardinal Vaughan ponti-
flcated. They attracted great attention.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

Havana is said to be almost impres-
nable.' Wait till the Vesuvius fires
some of it's dynamite shot and shell at
its forts. The Spanards will flee as if
from an earthquake or an eruption Of
hot lava from volcano.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

The first annual field day of the Amer
ican-Irish Historical Society will take
place on Thursday, June 80, at historic
New Castle, N. II.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

daughter to Sigtrig of the silken beard
king of Dublin, son of Gormly by Olaf"
Mr.. Donnelly's entire contribution to-
this interesting subject will appear in
these columns next week.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18

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Canada. To any other part Of the world
the postage will be soc per year addi-
tional.
The Irish standard., 1898-06-18
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-31
Pecan q Popular Nut.

Next to the chestnuts, he pecans
are probably the greatest Of Ameri-
can nuts that are raised and used
ouite universally in most Of the
States Of the Union. Primarily found
growing chiefly in the States south
If New York. their line Of culture has
been gradually extended to all parts
Of the North. They produce larger
crons. however, in the South. In ILL
nois O native pecan tree is found
which is said to be as hardy as the
ample and fully as prolific in nuts as
the Southern trees. Even in Mlchl'
ean pecan trees are now found. Id
their wild state the trees are slow OF
growth and come into bearing only
after a lapse of ten, fifteen and twenty
vears. But those cultivated in or
ehards produce a bushel OF nuts 10
ten wears from the planting OF the
seed. and the crop increases gradually
every year thereafter. So importan,
has pecan culture become in parts OF
the South and West. that nurserymen
make a speciality Of raising the trees
from seeds. and beginner a save
time by purchasing two or three year
old trees at once for the orchard
New York Sun.