The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

I an offense where the methods were not
resented" (Cheers)
These are the people whom your
press maligns, who are libeled in this
house, against whom you are waging
this relentless and wanton war.
Against the defamation of brave
race we Irish members protest from
these benches. and denounce it as
mean and dishonorable to the last de-
gree. (Cheers.)
1t was hoped that, in the face of the
exposure of the wholesale lying against
these foes which was made here last
the campaign of calumny by which
they forced on the war. Some of them
have, but the lowest of them have not.
On yesterday at noon, coming down TO
this house. noticed that paper called
the Sun" owned, believe, by a mem
type with the words: '.Boers firing on
British wounded Cloud cries of
'.Shame'D AT quarter to four, in
this house, on the same day, the under
secretary for war, who has said no
word in this house Of this kind, de-
clared that the Beers would, in his
judgment, treat the English wounded
as humanely as the British would look
after their disabled foes. cloud and
general cheering) Who was the liar in
this instance? (Cheers.) And this is
called journalism. (Cheers.) 1t is not
Journalism. (Cheers.) It represents the
moral tone and spirit of the stock ex-
change offal of journalism Qoud
cheering), but it is a filthy libel upon
the reputation of a great profession.
But it is papers of the stamp and
character of this sheet which poured
out columns of falsehoods for months
against the Beers and the Dutch race,
Wy n 1o1 rof !, mi 1n 1
the public into this the meanest war
this country has ever waged against
civilized race. (Cheers.)
When will this feeling of shame pre-
vail over the shamelessness of repeated
falsehood? Listen to this: English
ception. Their husbands set free.
Kimberley Oct. 21-On Tuesday two
ladies visited the Boer camp They
We're courteously received and their in
tercesson on behalf of their husbands
was favorably entertained. When the
commandant returned to camp the men
We're released They have now arrived
here and report that they We're well
treated. They also state that 800 bags
of mealies which had been commando err.
| ed were restored to their owners by the
Beers" (Cheers.) These are the foes
that are maligned and denounced for
manufactured brutal qualities to-day
by the lingo press.
Yes; the coWardly lying is one of the
ugliest features Of this war for which
this bill is to provide the money out of
the taxpayers pockets.
These editors and stockholders
ought in penance to be compelled to
walk past the inquiry room at the war
office every day to witness the scenes
which this policy is responsible for
tCheers) This is what they would wit
ness, as described by correspondent
in one of the London papers:
AS one stands by the door of the
room with it's cold official surround
inss and looks towards the corner
where upon an easel are displayed
names of those who have given their
lives for their country. there is an I'M
| conquerable feeling that one is act
ually in the presence of the dead. The
suggestion is heightened by the coming
and going Of the mourners. They pass
in silently. Ladies in their furs, and
their humber sisters in sorrow from
the striving quarters of the city, each
is turning a strained white face to the
lists and praying silently that nothing
will be revealed. Side by side daintly
gloved hand and a grimy finger move
! slowly down the roll. The gloved hand
| stops midway in list of killed, and the
| agoniZed eyes tell the remainder of the
story of DEATH" (Sensation.)
| This is one side of the picture On
another page on the same paper this
| was justified and described in the fol-
| lowing manner: