The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-06-11

was that in the event of war between
England and tho European powers the
United States would help England as an
ally in return for the so-caled British
sympathy expressed fov this country III
its war with Spain. Col. Taylor and
his Anglo-Saxon brethren have obtained
tho impression from British news agents
that were 1t not for England there
would be a concert of the European
powers against this republic and in fav-
or of the effete Spanish monarchy. But
he and they are egregiously mistaken.
There is no proof outside of British
sources to satisfy any one but an Anglo
maniac that tho European enemies of
, Great Britain intended to assume an
! attitude OF hostility or unfrieniliness
to the United States because of declar-
Ing war against Spain. Any amount OF
repetition on the part of the Anglo
American and British lress AMI people
to convey that impression will utterly
:ai! tc convince any ONO of good COM
mon sense that such IL thing was con-
tpmplated.
Now as to the kindred races" spoken
OF so hilariously at the London ban
Guet, it can be seen from the following
that the "Anglo-Saxon" cuts but Il sorry
figure in the composition of the voiun-
teer regiments Of this country in the
present Wal. Take the Second regiment
Of Iliincls volunteers, for instance. 1T
shows says the Chicago Tribune,
what typical American regiment is.
and indicates the cosmopolitan charac-
ter or the great American army now
united IN the love Of common country
/ rad in the attack upcE = common ell
| envy" After giving the average age
and the stature Of the 1,0OS privatcs in
the regiment. the Tribune continues:
| Most significant is the analysis of
the nationality OF the regiment. It's
members were bern in no less thar 21
different countries, though all arc now
naturaliZed American citizens. The
United States is the birthplace of 773
Of the men and 10 Of the officers: Ger
many comes next with II of the men;
Canada follows with 2S and Norway
With 81; England and Sweden each give
n; Ireland -: Scotland. and Denmark
! & each; while smalIe.' quotas hail from
Russia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland,
Italy, Mexico, Bohemia. Palestine, ln-
da. South Africa, Poland, Belgium,
servia, and Cuba. Three of the officers
OF tho regiment come from Scotland,
Canada, and Servia, respectively. The
whole is a remarkable and noteworthy
example Of true Americanism. 1t is
not in the marrow sense United States
! regiment. or even an Anglo-SaXon regi-
I ment; it is something Of larger meaning
still-an American regiment. No more
striking Chiect lesson cudl anywhere be
/ found to show the fusins and unifying
effect OF American citizenship and IF the
ideas ana institutions for which the
Stars and Stripes stand. The Second
Illinois typilies tho army, and tho army
typliies the nation, both in cosmopolitan
origin and in American PATRIOTISM"
Tho Heterogeneous elements. racally
speaking that enter into the compost
ton OF this one regiment OF citizen SOL
, diers ought to be enough to silence the
/ cackling Of the Ango-Saxon alliance
promoters on both sides of the ocean
kindred races indcel' That kind of
clap trap does not go in this grand re-
nlb':r. The AngloSaXons are numsri-
cal.y small and whan it comes to fight
ing they are not in it. The small per-
csntagr Of lrishmen in this particular
regiment is owing to the we'll known
fact that the Seventh illllos, command
"d by Col, Marcus Navanagh, is COM
posed entirely OF Irish Americans and
that another Illinois regiment, the Clan
ma Gael guards, is distinctivey Irish.