Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-01-07

land in this matter and in sympathy with
the South African patriots"
Mr.. Sulzer then went into history of |
the South African troubles, winding up
this line with a quotation from Lowell,
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong
forever on the throne" applied to South
Africa. Mr.. Sulzer declared that under
the treaty.of 1884 England gave up her
last right to dictate to the South Afri can
Republic, and speaking of the alleged
grievances of English subjects in the
Transvaal declared that they were not
half as bad as the extortion which Ameri-
can miners in the Klondike were obliged
to submit to at the hands of the Canadian
Government
1.-THE war England is waging,' he
went on, 'is a criminal war for gold.
The Beers at all times were willing to
concede every fair and just demand Eng
land made. Nothing would satisfy
Rhodes and Chamberlain. They wanted
the land of the Beers because it contained
gold, and all the other incidental de-
mands were merely pretexts. AS soon as
one was conceded another and harder
one was made. The truth is, and history
will soon record it, that England wanted
the control of this country because 1t is
the richest in gold in the world. England
has made gold the standard of value and
wants to own the supply and regulate the
output in order to control the commerce
and dictate the destiny of the world"
Mr.. Suffers eulogies of Paul Kruger and
his sweeping condemnation of the war,
and all Englishmen' identified with it,
were received with violent demonstra-
tons of approval He sneered at Eng
lish friendship for the United States, and
condemned the Administration for trying
to foster an alliance that is distasteful to
the American people. There is no doubt
in the world, he said, that there is
secret understanding between the White
House and Downing street. 1t should
not be so, but hereby make this charge
publicly and in my position as a Repre-
sentative of the people
Mr.. Sulzer wound up his speech by say
ing that South Africa would be the tomb
of the Boer Republic and the tomb of the
British Empire, but that in his own opin-
ion it was soon to be the birthplace of
another great power, the United States of
South Africa.
Senator Mason. the next speaker re-
ceived royal welcome. He said:
1--WE are all here tonight for one pur-
pose-to send our sympathy across the
waters to the heroic farmers of South
Africa. This is not partisan meeting
unless, it is partisan to love our own in
situations, for what we fought for in the
years gone by the Beers are fighting for
now and there's no denying that fact
I He related IN detail how England had
by treaty in 1884 relinquished all rights
to interfere with the Boer republic; how
the former had violated that and other
treaties, declaring England's action a
piece of impertinence only equaled by
her attempt to steal the northern bound
airy of our own country. He also stated
that the very man who tried to arrange
things with Paul Kruger for the English
admitted in June last that his country
had no right to dictate to the Beers on
the question of suffrage or anything else.
Seventy years ago President Monroe
was not afraid to give the sympathy of
one republic to another, when he sent his
message to the struggling Greeks. We
can not do better than follow this exam
pie today. But they tell us that we
shouldn't sympathize with the Beers be-
cause England was good to us in the
Spanish war. Well, suppose she wasi
We were not fighting to rob people Of
their homes, but for suffering women
and children, and furthermore to helr
make a republic at the footstool of oui
own country, and if she is not sensible
enough to keep her greedy hands of
what doesn't belong to her, why it's hei
own fault. Public opinion is the con
ocience of the world, and now is the
chance to make our opinions on this wal
heard.
S ENGLAND lodged every effort to settle
e her trouble with the Beers. She wanted
e an excuse to subdue them by force o.
arms. She wanted war. she went dowr
!, there for war and, my friends, l want t.
> tell you right now that she got just wha
she went down there for" The conclu
: sion was received with roars Of applause
r men and women in the galleries anS
n boxes waving aloft hats and handker
> chiefs.
;, Congressman Amos Cummings mad'
the final speech of the evening. afte
: which Capt. Augustin Costello presentes
o the resolutions Of sympathy, which wer'
t adopted.