The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-26
FENIANS.
They Are Preparing For an In
VasiOn of Canada.
Entire Country Will Furnish
$4,000 Men.
Five Hundred Already Muster
ed In at Dunkirk.
HAVEARMS CONCEALED
Two Carloads of Munitions of
War on Hand.
Long Looked For Opportunity
Has Arrived.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec ga special
from Dun1irk says the Fenians are said
to be organizing here for an invasion
of Canada. A man known to have
knowledge of the condition of Fenian
affairs in Dunkirk says this city has
been called upon to raise 900 men to
form a part of New Yorks quota of the
125.OOO men that are to be enrolled
throughout the country.
At the present time 500 men are
known to be mustered with the Fenians
here, the remaining 100 will be obtain
ed with little difficulty. 1t is currently
reported and extensively credited that
the FenianS have two carloads of arms
and munitions of war in cOncealment
in or near this city. This material is
said to have been in the possession of
the Dunldrk F'enians for some years.
DOUBT AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Dec. 26.-The alleged at
tempts in different parts of the country
to organize Fenians for raid into
Canada have not as yet been drawn to
the attention of the state department
and nothing is known upon the subject
beyond the matters set out in the news
paper publications. The officials do not
give the smallest credence to the stories
and are of opinion that the purpose in
setting them afloat is to frighten the
Canadians into keeping their soldiers at
home and failing to answer the appeal
of England for volunteers for the Afri-
can campaign.
LORD PaunceIOCe, the BRITISH amDaS-
sador, is too well experienced in Amer
lean methods to make this matter the
basis of official representations at, this
stage, and, indeed, it is said at the state
department that he has not even found
it necessary to demonstrate against the
alleged violation of neutrality involved
in the recruiting of soldiers for the
Boer army within the limits of the
United States. 1t is suggested that the
explanation for this attitude IS {. prefer
ence on the part of the British to deal
Tse-A
for the Boer army after they leave the
boundaries of the United States. And
it is not doubted that all of these move
mentS that really promise to amount to
anything are being carefully watched
with a view to catching the volunteers
at some convenient point by a heet
cruiser.
Should it turn out that a Fenian
movement of this kind alleged to exist
is actually discovered and brought to
the attention of the United States gov
ernment sharp and prompt repressive
action will be taken not only to pre-
vent the violation of the neutrality
laws, but also to save the raiders them
selves from such consequences of their
actions as befell the unfortunate Fen
ian raiders of 1865.
The talk of a, Fenian raid is well call
culated to cause alarm on the Canad-
ian side of the border, as the people of
that section We're greatly agitated dur
ing the former Fenian excitement. AL
though an actual movement occurred
then, the chief trouble occurred over
alarming reports of invaSiOns which
never took place.
Something of a panic took possession
of the Canadians on the border and
many women buried their valuables on
the islands of the border rivers. On the
American side the excitement was in
tensified by local Fenian organizations
which drilled in apparent anticipation
of a. movement, although these proved
to be purely local bodies, more or less
sympathizing with the movement, but
wholly without systematic connection
with the head of the organization.