The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-02-25
The HERO OF ALEXANDRIA.

Inc CulcaSO BOARD OF trade enter
tanned Lord Charles Beresford last Sat
urday night and listened to a speech by
him on the proposed commercial ALI
ance between England, Germany, Japan
and the United States for an open
door" to the Chinese empire. Cyrus H.
Mccormick, of harvester fame, presided
at the feast, and among the l60 promi-
nent citizens at table were Marshall
Field, the millionaire dry goods mer-
chant, presidents of banks and rail-
roads, directors of insurance compan-
les, and importers and exporters of mer-
chandise Of every description-the class
of men who believe in expansion, and
manifest destiny" for the uplifting Of
the inferior races of the Oriental Chimes.
In the opening sentences of his adj
dress to the Chicago plutocracy, Lord
Beresford said that this country and
England are inseparably connected in
their commercial interests, and then pro-
ceeded to assure his audience that he did
not come to America to give his own
ideas. but merely to get the views of
the chambers of commerce Of this great
country as to the future development of
China. He declared that he had moth
ing whatever to do with the British gov
eminent in an official capacity and he
made the audience laugh by saying that
as an Trishman he sometimes found fault
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great resources of China, the peaceful
opening of that vast empire, and sug-
gested that the four countries named
form a coalition, thus adding Germany
Davis, the senator from Minnesota. He
then went on to say that
My point is that the four countries that
I have mentioned should do something in
order to keep the door open with regard TO
the future. Those four countries also do
not want or wish to have any territory
whatevc'. What they want is simply COM
mcrcial freedom with regard to France and
Russia. ! do not say anything disrcspect
full to France and Russia. but IN the past
history has shown us that they are coun-
tries that seek territory. If France and
Russia want tn get territory. there is no
doubt they do it with an idea that they
will benefit that country, but the point is
that the four countries l have named do
not want territory. They want commercial
freedom. Therefore in my humble opinion
they are the four countries to argue, to
talk out what is best, with regard to keep
ing the door open i'll China"
The veriest tyro in diplomacy cannot
fail to penetrate the ,gauzy motives of
! the gallant Irishman who sometimes
finds fault with the British government,
and denies that he is, its accredited en-
voy to this country for the furtherance
of an alliance.
No better representative of the Tory
ministry could have come on a mission
to this country at the present time. He
is the most popular man in England,
next to the Prince of Wales, and though
not in sympathy with the majority of
his own countrymen for self-govern-
ment, he is we'll liked in Ireland. He is
a son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford
and represented that county in parlia-
| ment from 1874 to 1880, when he was I'M
seated by the Nationalist under Parnell
and obliged to go to England to repre-
sent rotten borough" He is the
darling of the British navy, and the
hero of Alexandria and Ehartoum.
| Conservative as he is. he prides him
self on being an Irishman, and not an
| Englishman. and gives unstinted praise
| to the Irish soldiers and sailors in the
British service. He comes Of family
that figured in the Irish rebellion Of 1898
on the government side, and one Of his