Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-12-30
Though Sympathizing With the
Beers and Ready to Aid
Them.
Futile Attempts of Angloman-
iacs to Belittle the Loyalty
of Irishmen.
MANY FAKES GOING THE ROUNDS.

During the past week the daily papers
have been giving place in their columns
to dispatches from the larger cities rela-
tive to the attitude of the Irish in the
United States toward the Government of
Great Britain in its unjust war upon the
South African republics, the majority of
which come from the fertile imagination
of some reporter whose knowledge of
public affairs does not extend beyond the
precinct or ward in which he resides, and
invariably impute that the American
sympathizers with the Beers purpose the
transgression of the laws of our country.
One dispatch from New York publishes
an interview with an alleged prominent
officer of the Gamma Gael, vino is made
to say:
England can only be made to feel by
physical force and we are now going to
give her some Boer treatment. We did
intend going out and sinking that first
expedition from Canada to South Africa,
but thought 1t better to wait little. We
can mobolize our men without much
difficulty for an attack on Canada, and
we are fairly we'll armed-as we'll as the
United States troops in the Spanish war.
We have lots of Springfield rifles and are
handy with the bayonet. No decision
has been arrived at yet. Everything will
depend on the immediate future We
have either regiments or companies all
over the United States, and they are fair
ly well drilled, and a great many of our
men are in the militia. The Ancient
Order of Hibernians has really nothing
to do with this. II numksrs. about
100000, and a majority =
belong 7osx organization. All rs
officers do, and so, of course, it will act
with u.s. We have lots of men in the
regular army-camps or clubs in every
post-and even if they we're sent against
us to stop us on the border they would
either march across with us or give us
blank cartridges"
No name is given, and Irishmen who
know anything of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians or Clan-na-G Gael at once recog-
nize its righteousness and animus.
From Philadelphia, Chicago, Omaha.
st. Louis, Boston and Cincinnati the pro-
British have sent out like reports, that
from the first named saying an order
had been issued for a special assessment
on every Hibernian in the United States.
Such action can only be taken by the
National Board of officers with the con-
sent of the membership, and there has
been no meeting of the board for sone
time past, whose headquarters are in
Chicago.
Were there any such movement on
foot the fact would be we'll known here,
where men who have been prominent in
all movements in Ireland's behalf reside,
among them Pat Bannon, James Hyland,
John Kelly, Jeremiah Kavanaugh, Barney
Campbell, James Rogers, Mike Keaney
and many others. The Irishmen Of this
country are ready at any time to oppose
England for the benefit of Ireland
or any country oppressed by that cruel
Government, but always within the law
of their adopted land, and little attention
should be paid to the unauthentic tele-
grams rejecting upon their loyalty to the
stars and stripes. The foregoing is the
consensus of opinion of large number
interviewed this week.