Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-02-04
INsIDIous ENGLISH MOTIVES.

hard raps. 1t points out where the
Republican party of today is alien
ating many votes by its pro-British
policy. 1t tells us that the great
Daniel O'Connell, when pleading
the cause of his country in hostile
legislature, declared that whenever
the London Times complimented
him upon his words or actions he
felt like making an act of contrition
for something of which he was in
voluntarily guilty. The late Wen
dell Phillips, the silver-tongued or
ator of America, was wont to say
that it was quite safe for the United
States on every occasion to oppose
any policy advocated by the British
Government in international affairs.
Many patriotic Instantaneous
agreed with Mr.. Phillips and
joined the Republican party be-
cause it was opposed to free trade.
The Republican party in later days
has abandoned its policy of protec-
ton, as we'll as its policy of bi-met-
allism, and is today the pro-British
party in this country. The Irish
Americans are deserving it as rats
desert a sinking ship, for they see
that the grand party of the past,
which stood for patriotism and
Americanism, has changed its prin-
ciples and is going to inevitable
destruction. Nobody will deny that
England is quite anxious that the
United States shall retain perma-
nent occupation of the Philippines.
The islands have been ceded to the
-Iuited States by a country whose
authority was disputed at the point
of the sword, and which was never
recognized by millions of the in
habitants. AT the suggestion of
British statesmen the Mckinley
Administrator took the islands
from Spain for the paltry sum of
$40, 900, 900, and if the President
produced his confidential instruc-
tons to the Peace Commissioners,
as requested by the Senate, it would
be found that Great Britain took an
active part in the negotiations. Lest
we may be accused of Anglophobia
for making that assertion, we pro-
duce the following from the New
York World to show the motives
that have actuated England: "Ad-
vocates of the policy of expansion,
both of the class that endeavors to
finds serious arguments in favor of
the scheme, as we'll as the gutter
snipe class which imagines that the |
case is to be settled by childish |
vituperation of opponents are
equally rejoiced over the fact that
our projected advance into the Pa
cifc is regarded with favor in Eng
land. This favor was again ex-
pressed in Joseph Chamberlain's
speech in which we congratulated
his hearers that Great Britain's OPP
position to the French proposal for
an extension of the settlement at
Shanghai had been strenuously sup
ported by the representative of the
United States.
"But can any one suppose that
England's motive is pure regard
for our welfarel 1t is not neces-
sary to go so far as to assume that
we should instinctively avoid
policy that might be so agreeable
to another power. 1t is enough to
consider England's very obvious
motive, which is to put into the
scale of those great Oriental
schemes the weight of one first
class power that is not her neces- (
sary and inevitable enemy. s
England in the East is face to
face with Russia, with Germany. I
and with France. She has been I
almost in hostile contact with !
every one of them. They are
I'll Jealous of her ond fhax, al hate :