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The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
LACK OF MILITARY STRENGTH.

The hcsitancy with which Lord Sails
bury undertakes to confront Russia in the
far East is explained very clearly by MIR.
Arthur Dosy, the ice-chairman OF the
Japan Society of London. The reason
why Great Britain would like an alliance
with the United States, and doubtless
urged the administration at Washington
to seize and hold the Philippine islands
against the consent Of the inhabitants can
also be readily surmscd The secret OF
the whole matter is divulged in the lack
of England's military strength to meet
the land forces of Russia in Chinese ter
ritory. If the result OF a war between
England and Russia depended on the ma
Wy, the former would surely be the victor
in very short time. but in an encounter
on land Russia would soon wipe the Brit
ish army out OF existence AS the New
York Sun puts it: "The moment the
Manchurian branch OF the Trans-Siberian
railway and the line from Tonquin to
Yunnan are completed, Russia and
France will be able to pour into China
such numbers OF trained soldiers as Eng
land with her present military establish
ment would be quite unable to cope
with" Ay, there is the rub.
The present standing army OF Great
Britain is only 22o86o, while that of Rus
STA is 868.672. and OF France 5so,s5o.
Mr.. Diosy admits that British ironclads
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
THE DAY JUST CELEBRATED.

The anniversary OF Ireland's apostle oc-
CURED yesterday and was celebrated with
religious solemnity and eclat by his chill
dren in the faith both at home and in for
e'gn lands. On every 18TH of March until
the crack OF doom the scadivided Gaels in
every civilized country will honor the
memory OF their patron saint In veal or
in woe, i'll prosperity or in adversely, in
slavery or in freedom, the people OF the
Green Isle and their descendants will
never forget to reverence the name OF the
great evangelist who in the fifth century
converted their pagan ancestors from the
supcrstitions of idolatry to the truths OF
the Christian religion. For fifteen hundred
years the children of Erin have adhered
with marvellous tenacity to the holy faith
implanted i'll their hearts by the good St.
Patrick, and today it is as fresh and green
as the shamrock upon the hill sides OF the
Emerald Isle. They have suffered untold
prosecutions for that MISREPRESENTATION
which, according to DR.. johnson, sur-
passed in severity those OF the early
Christians by the Roman cmpcrors, but
despite every oppression they have pre-
served and cherished the faith in all its
pristine purity. The most atrocious laws
were enacted by Protcstants to banisl, the
faith from Ireland. but without avail. In
1873 DR.. johnson, as recorded by Bos-
we'll Indignantly exclaimed: "Thc Irish
are in the most unnatural state, for we see
there the minority prevailing over the
majority. There is no instance, even, in
the ten prosecutions, OF such severity as
that which the Protcstants OF ireland
have exercised against the Catholics. Ed
mund Burke declared that the laws were
the most odious that ever proceeded from
'thc perverted ingenuity of man." Arthur
Young, an English traveller, dwells upon
the laws with righteous indignation and
says "tlcy have crushed all the industry
and wrcstcd most OF the property from
the Catholics; but the religion triumphs;
it is thought to increase" Bancroft, the
American historian, says OF them: "By
the laws of William and Anne, St. Pat
rick himself, in ireland, in the eighteenth
century. would have. been fclon." And
Thomas Davis. the Protestant patriot OF
'4S, refers to the infamous penal code in
the following lines:
Oh! weep those days, tho penal days,
When goddess prosecutions reigned:
When, year by year,
For serf and peer,
Fresh crueltes were made by law,
And, filled with hate,
Our senate safe
To weld anew each letters flaw;
Oh! weep those days, those penal days
Their memory still on ireland weighs.
The object and purpose OF the British
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

There is one spirited Irislman in
Gotham who will not hereafter be invited
as guest to an Anglo-Saxon love feast.
He is Chief Justice Wauhope Lynn. AT
the banquet Of the St. .David's Society
one of the speakers INDUCED in spread
cagleism over the growing friendship of
this country for Mother England. "The
signs are multiplying" exclaimed the
orator, "that we are now about to go out
into the world and share with England
the glorious mission of elevating human
ity. Against the coming storm let both
countries fearlcssly sail with the Star
Spangled Banner flying from the mast
head of the one and the Union Jack fly
ing from the masthead of the other, each
symbolizing the common empire of the
English speaking race" This proved too
much for Justice Lynn and his wife, and
when the Queens health was proposed
they left the hall. "Ask me. to drink to
the Queen! Drink to that woman? She
who cast thousands of my people into
prison, confscating their lands and tear
ing down their miserable homes over
their heads? Not if it put me in Jail for
twenty years would stand up and drink
to the health Of the Queen Of England"
So saying, the patriotic jurist with his
charming wife, took carriage and
reached home long before the banquet
was over
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
THE HISTORY OF THE A. o. H.

1t will be matter OF intense interest to
the patriotic members of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians in the Northwest to
learn that the story OF the organization
from authentic sources has at last been
published for their instruction. The pub
LEGATION of such work has been long
felt want, and the thanks OF the order are
due to Thomas Francis McGrath, presi-
dent of Division No. 10, A. o. H., Of
Cleveland, O., for his laborious research
es in compiling true history OF the great
organization from the earliest period to
the present time 1t was a labor OF love
on his part. and we'll has he performed
the task undertaken by him. According
to his book, the order is upward OF three
hundred years old and is entitled to be
called ancient" comparatively speaking.
1t had its origin during the gloomy days
Of the penal laws in Ireland when Cath
Ole was prescribed as felon and an
outlaw, and price was placed upon the
head OF the priest and the schoolmaster
" NSSp lllC pSOplC III oAo HAsShSSs-
,,al darkness. 1t was at this period that
the noble organization sprang into exist
ence for the preservation of religion and
education and the undying spirit Of Irish
nationality How it performed its merit
orious work Mr.. McGrath relates in an
interesting and eloquent manner. When
the Earl OF Sussex issued proclamation
in 1865 making it death penalty for any
priest to be found in the province Of
Ulster, Mr.. McGrath says that:
ut was then that Rory Oge O'Moore
organized the Defenders. He made ar
engagements with the clergy to erect rude
affairs in the mountain Businesses, and
there have the people attend the Holy
Sacrifice OF the Mass. Without printed
constitutions or code OF laws for their
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
INVESTIGATING EMBALMED, BEEF.

The court of inquiry appointed to as
certain the truth of Gen. Miles charges
concerning the quality of beef supplied to
his men in the Porto Rican campaign is
now in session in Chicago, and from
reading the proceedings we are led to
think that the object of the investigation
is to censure Miles and exonerate the
beef syndicates from all blame in the mat
ter. If the charges are proved to be true
that the meat sold to the government by
Chicago packers was not fit to be eaten
there is no doubt that the meat industry
in the Windy City would get considera-
bic set back not only here at home but i'll
foreign countries to which it is exported
in large quantities for army purposes. The
Miles-Eagan controversy has become a
topic for discussion in Germany, and the
Kreuz Zeitung, of Berlin, recently ex-
pressed its views of it as follows: "Since
the testimony OF General Miles has
to their own soldiers at the front thev
proved that the packers are SO con-
scienceless as to furnish totally unfit meat
would certainly not scrupe to sell similar
meat to foreigners. We hope these facts
will not be lost sight OF when the new
meat inspection bill is considered in the
Reichstag."
1t therefore occasions no surprise tc
have the Times Herald, of Chicago, the
organ of the administration, predict that
the court Of inquiry will report thai the
charges OF Gen. Miles are entirely grount
less, and that the Chicago packers neve,
shipped any "embalmed beef from theil
establishments, but were scrupulousl,
careful about canning only the best ane
most nutritious quality of roast beef 70,
military consumption. From the way ii
which the investigating commission ha!
acted it appears to be more interested il
indicating the packers and disprovine
Miles allegations than in obtaining thu
real facts. The idea of visiting the pack
ing establishments now after the mischie
has been all done is like locking thu
stable door after the steed is stolen. TIL,
proprietors of these concerns knew tina
the commission was coming to inspec
them and had plenty OF time to get things
in good shape for the visitors. The Au
gean slaughter houses had been cleaned
out and made ready for their receptio,
and during their stay they saw nothing
but good meat prepared and canned. Thu
agents OF these firms have been with tn
members OF the commission from the be
ginning and kept their employers wei
posted from day to day. Everything wa
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
j. M. scallen Home on a Furloueh.

Corporal Joseph M. Scalen, Co. B.
18th Minnesota volunteers, arrived in the
city from the Philippine islands last
Wednesday afternoon on sixty-day fur
Tough. He left Manila in January and
reached San Francisco on the transport
Valencia about the middle of February,
as announced at the time in the daily
press. There he remained confined in
hospital and suffering from rheumatism,
until he was able to resume his journey
homeward. Corporal Scallen is the cid
est son Of the inspector of pawnshops
under the Gray administration and is
we'll and favorably known among the
young people of the city. He is fine
young man, standing over six feet, and
possesses considerable intelligence. He
says that majority Of the members of
his regiment would be glad to be muster
cd out and to get home from the Phil
ippines. He speaks highly of the captain
and officers of his company. He brought
back with him mementoes OF Manila for
his Minneapolis friends. After the ex-
piration Of his furlough he may return
to the Orient to subdue Aguinaldo and
his fierce Filipinos, but as the legislature
OF Minnesota has demanded of President
Mckinley to muster his regiment out of
service he may remain at home for good.
His many friends in the city are glad of
his safe return, though somewhat debil-
itated in health from climatic causes.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

1t must be surprise to President Nc
kinley and Secretary Long after their
experience with the ambitious Sampson
that Rear Admiral Higginson declined
promotion over Rear Admiral kcmpff
for galantry off Santiago. 81 do not re-
gard my own services as so conspicuous
as to warrant my advancement while the
other commanding officers nominated at
the same time as myself go unrcwardcd,'
said the brave hero. II Sampson had
taken that view OF the matter he would
not be ranked second class, while Schley
is in the first class with higher salary
than his jealous rival.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

The democratic" banquet to be given
i'll New York on April IL, in honor Of
Jefferson's birthday, will not be attended
by William ]. Bryan The affair will be
under the auspices OF Dick Croker and
Perry Belmont. On receiving an invita-
ton to be present Col, Bryan desired to
know if Perry had publicly announced his
conversion to the principles of the Chi
cago platform since openly repudiating
them in the campaign OF GO. Having re-
ceived an evasive answer, the gallant Ne
braskan will not dignity the occasion
with his eloquence. The less he has to
do with Croker, Belmont and Co., the
more the Democracy OF the West and
South will admire him.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

The following cities have now Demo
cratic mayors: New York, Boston, Gin
cinnati. Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, San
Francisco. New Orleans, Richmond. Sa-
vannah, Rochester, Columbus, O., Mil
waukee, Memphis, Minneapolis, Newark,
Indianapolis, Jersey City and Peoria. The
following cities have Republican mayors:
Philadelphia. St. Louis, Omaha, Pitts
burg, Toledo, Cleveland, Baltimore, ST..
Paul and New Haven, Louisville and
Providence, too, have Democratic may
ors. Haverhill, Mass, has a socialist ma
or, recently elected, and is the only
municipality in the United States which
has one;
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18
K1pL1NG,s POETIC INSPIRATION.

No Englishman of letters in recent
years has attained such popularity in both
hemispheres as Rudyard Kipling. Com
petent critics have pronounced him one OF
the greatest poets of the century, and
some have gone so far as to place him
next to Shakespeare in genius and YER
satility. Though we have no desire to de-
prive him OF his fame yet we consider
him much over-rated by his admirers, and
think he will be forgotten before the mid
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

The New York Sun calls Richard o.
ney, Cleveland's secretary OF state, all Of
iginal imperialist, because the policy OF
Imperialism was expounded, defended and
advocated by him SO long ago as the and
OF March, 1885, in an address at Harvard
College. Who cares about Olney and
his views at the present stage OF affairs?
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

Chauncey NJ. Depew is not i'll favor Of
the election of United States senator's by
the people. He knows that if he depend
ed on the popular vote for his election he
would be chosen to remain at home to at
tend to his railroad interests.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

What must Joseph H. Choate think OF
being complimented upon "the eloquence,
depth of observation and statesmanlike
tone" OF his speech at the London ban
quct last "Wednesday night by all Irish
man with rich and nellihuous brogue?
Strange. isn't it. that Baron Russell of
Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England,
an Irishman Of patriotic principles and OF
the Catholic faith, was selected to pour
barney upon the sweled head OF the
American Anglo maniac.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

A friend in Winona, Mimi, sends us a
copy of the Independent" of that city,
containing an article on St. Patrick by
William ]. Rudolph, and asks what we
think Of it. Well, there is nothing OBJ
jectionable about it, except the levity and
flippancy OF the writer. What he says of
the birthplace of the saint, OF the snakes,
and of the national color is all right.
What he says of the mitre is not He is
wrong in saying that if St. Patrick Gre
visited the glimpses of the moon" he
would recognize the Irish wolf dog That
noble animal is extinct in ireland, and so
is the wolf. Read elsewhere in this issue
Our own article on Erin's beloved apostle.
Henry Norman, the London cores
pondent OF the Anglo-American Times OF
New York, is saddencd beyond measure
over the failurebof an alliance. He says:
American critics have declared that the
United States cannot add the risk OF a
great war in the far East to its other ma
tional responsibilities. If these premises
were true, the conclusion would be ire
sistible, but this contention overlooks the
bedrock fact OF the ituation-na,nely
that if Great Britain and the United
States had simultaneously and in identi-
cal terms informed the powers Of their
formal and determined objection to the
partition of China and the exclusion Of
trade from any part of the Chinese en-
pire, neither of these things would have
taken place and there would have been no
war" Cush Davis was, and probably is
yet, OF the same opinion; but he would let
Japan join the Anglo-Saxons to gobble
UP all the land in the eastern hemisphere
north of the equator. This country is
not yet ready to become a partner in
wholesale piracy.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

Referring to Patricio Milmo paddy
Miles), the multimillionaire who recently
died in Mexico, the Anglo-Saxon press
says he was "a British subject who went
penniless to the land Of the Montezu-
mas" So he was. He hailed from Con-
naught, to which his ancestors were con-
signed by the gentle Cromwell. Paddy
was "a British subject" who would have
probably starved if lie had not emigrated,
but even when he became wealthy man
with Spanish name he never denied the
land of his nativity. He preferred being
known as an 1rishman in the days Of his
prosperity and hated the government
that made him an exile. He renowned his
allegiance to England and became a
Mexican by adoption.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

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consequently found in apple-pie order
when the inquisitors put in an appear

consequently found in apple-pie order
when the inquisitors put in an appear
ance.
The government evidently stands in
with the millionaire packers and will un-
doubtedly shield them in their nefarious
traffic. But the country will hold the ad-
ministration responsible for its white
washing investigation and believe that the
charges made by Miles are amply sus-
tanned.
The best witnesses of the putrid quality
OF the army beef are the soldiers to whom
it was served. They absolutely refused to
eat it, and tons OF it were thrown away.
The hot climate may have spoiled it to
some extent, but if the report be true that
label bearing the date of 1893 was
placed over the date of 1888 on some Of
the canned beef, it certainly left Chicago
in putrescent condition and was not
fit to be eaten when it reached its destin-
alton. The parties who furnished the rot
ten stuff should be found out and prose
cuted by the government, and they should
be compelled to refund the money they
fraudulently obtained in that rascally
manner. They are directly responsible
for the illness and death of the patriotic
young men who answered at their coun-
try's call and depended upon the govern
ment to give them nourishing and not
nauseating food while in its service. The
eyes of the country are conferred on the
court of inquiry and will hold it to strict
accountability for its findings. Its motto
should be, Let no guilty syndicate escape
by the whitewashing process.
The Irish standard., 1899-03-18

Call Up Meagher & Co.
If you want good dry pine wood. Every
load warranted. Tel. 1851.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-12
TINE CZAR'S ANY.
by Stcphen GWynn.

Iy 81 Dncn 'fNyHH
ITh, car on his way TO Liyada stopped at
the railway station OF Tula and sent request
that count Tolstoi would come TO meet him.
The greeting and conversation passed as de-
scribcd bclow.I
The White Car looked across the world and
saw
A tas-wrung Europe sweat I'm barren toll.
And each great power built up Of petty griefs.
And his the greatest SO thought arose.
81 am the master: surely there Is help"
The White Gar sent a message TO the COur&
And from the Courts a courtly answer came;
The White Gar sent his message TO the world,
Ana from the world "A sullen laughter came.
the White Car called his servants. and ne SAID
What help" They answered. Lord. there Is
no help:
You are the master Spend and wc safe"
The White Car pondered. "Lo" he cried. "a
help"
And southwark sped along the iron way
Built o. bear armies In his course he stayed,
And mt 10 one. no summons but prayer
lie came. the peaceful rebel, teacher OF those
Who. taught to suffer will not learn to STAY.
IIo. ~. strange saint. the new Augustin, came;
All peasant in his gdrb. rough ahecpskln-clad
Ara on his breast a wilderness OF beard,
Yet mobile. and be stood before the Car.
Then on his shoulders the White Car lad hands
Kissed him cheek and mouth. and spoke his
You heard my message. Is there any help?
Whai peace FOR Europe?" And the other said.
"I.ord you are master, bid your power disband."
The White Cars eyes before that level gaze
Dropped. and his voice: Il am not master here
You are a name in Europe. Speak Of peace"
The other answered: Lord it shall be done"
And sd they passed, crowned dreamer and I'M
crowned.
one 60 his hearth there free at his own will
To live. love. suher-free at least to dream;
Tho other guarded. fenced about with awe,
Lord OF thu swarmirg leg.Ons at whose word
All Europe quivcrs Asia shakes. and he
To the Far East lays pathways for his might:
And bids the sea be furrOwed with deaths,
Strong to lay burdens on the grooming Earth
. str"nsthess Might! impotence Of Power
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-12

pretty exhibition OF himself by preferring a
silly request OF the Government asking for an
investigation OF the relations OF British naval
engineers and the commanders OF American
Warships. The delightful creature had a dread
ful notion that We were Turing some OF the
props OF the empire from their natural duty
ana hiring them at great wages to help light
our battles. Mr.. r. Il. Cunninghame Graham
was promptly squelched But besides being An
impulsve and sometimes absurd politician. he
Is also an admirable writer. This is what The
AthenDum' mas 10 say about "MoSreD- el a cksSa
a Journey In Morocco" the book In which our
whiom enemy has described his effort TO reach
The city OF Tarudant. in thc valley OF the sur
In Southern Morocco Journey that failed be-
cause the explorer was detained by powerful
kaid OF the Atlas.
His book is sufficient evidence that he issued
from his adventure with a whole skin and q
hand capable OF holding 4 pen In truth. moth
ing very terrible nor excessively trying hap
pened 10 him throughout, and the result is but
An agreeable record OF how he did not reach
Tarudant But IL matters little what place Mr..
Cunninghame Graham set out to lind whether
Tarudant or Tinbuctoo or the Mountains Of the