Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-25
TO INVADE CANADA
Alleged Plan Of 6ympathizers With
the Beers.
TO REPEAT RAIDS OF The FENIANS
Four Armies to Cross the Border
at Different Points.
WHAT IS SAID AT OMAHA


on good authority that plan is on foot
among the members of a number of HoI-
land organizations and Hibernian societies
in this country to organize raids on the
Dominion Of Canada. similar to those which
startled the civilized world in 1860
This plan, the story goes, first
suggested by avowed Boer sympathizers in
Washington, and word has been passed
along to other cities 1t is asserted that
agents have been obtained in Pittsburg
Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and several
other large cities to organize restless dar-
ing spirits for the purpose of making a
dash on the Canadian border. The men
behind the movement are also said to have
opened up a correspondence with some of
the avowed annexationlsts in Canada and
the results have been startling.
The men interested in the proposed raid
assert that the anti-imperialist feeling in
Canada has been found to be stronger than
ever before, and that many replies have
been received showing that there is wide
spread belief that now or never is the
time for Canada to achieve her independ-
ence." Most of the replies. it is stated.
have been received from the districts where
the French predominant. but Manitoba,
where the old bitterness of feeling still
exists over the settlement of the public
school question, which for many years
turned that province into two hostile
camps. has also sent many favorable re-
sponses.
The promoters of these latter-day Fenian
raids assert that the hardy miners of the
KlondiI1e. most of them Americans and all
of them men of action, oppressed as they
claim they are by unjust mining laws. can
be relied upon to keep the Alaskan border
in a state of turmoil, and it is alleged that
if necessary they will furnish the men and
the money for an invasion of British Co
IUmbia and Manitoba from the north and
the west.
Invasion of Manitoba.
Briefly stated, the alleged plans of the
promoters of the "Fenian raids are for
the organization of four armies of invasion
from the United States. The first of these
armies, in size and Importance the one
upon which the hopes of those interested
Will be centered. is that now said to be or
ganizing in Chicago, Minnesota and the
DakCtas In addition to the men from the
cities it is expected to enroll large num-
Der Of the cowboys and adventurous young
men from the farms of the prairie states
1t is believed that an army of invasion
moving north to Winnipeg through the
valley of the Red River of the North, un-
protected as it is by strong Notifications
been dispatched to the Transvaal. meet
with little or no opposition. 1t is also
ticipated that half the people of Manitoba
will unite with the army as the
Canadian border is reached. Even if op-
position is encountered in the shape of a
few British regulars remaining in Canada,
1t is figured that, man for man, the cow
boys of the west, the Adventures of the
western cities and several companies of
miners from the Rocky mountain regions
can whip their weight in wild cats in
country with which they are thoroughly
familiar
Invasion of Eastern Canada.
The second army, it is expected, viii be
organized in Ohio or Michigan. crossing the
Detroit river or the st. Clair river quietly,
and with the ostensible program of hunting
in the Georgian bay country. AS soon as
the rivers are crossed. however, these men,
it is asserted will be met by sympathizers
on the Canadian side Of the line and the
standard OF revolt is to be set up In the
cities and towns of the Province of On
tario.
In a similar fashion Quebec is to be
rnenaced from northern New York and
northern Maine-the men being dispa tched
to these regions disguised as hunters and
backwcOdsmen. The northern New York
movement will constitute the third body:
the northern Maine will comprise the
fourth company. 1t is said that the plans
do not contemplate the attack of strongly
fortified cities like Halifax, Quebec, or the
Esquinault fortifcations the western
shore Of British Columbia but it Is figured
that much impetus can be given to the
raids in the rural regions that the move
ment will soon spread to the cities and
towns.
Tactics to BE Adopted.
The men behind the movement are too
shrewd to even put themselves in a posi-
ton of being arrested by the Mckinley ad-
ministration for violating the neutrality
laws. But, 1t is said. tactics similar to
those adopted by the Cuban junta before
the outbreak of the war with Spain will
be employed. In fact, the men who ac-
Quired hlibUSterinS experience in the
waters Of Cuba are, it is asserted, even
now being approached and asked how they
would like 10 take hunting trips into
northern Maine. northern New York and
northern Wisconsin and Minnesota II
they agree to make the trip, and generally
they are willing to go. they are given good
guns and tickets to points where their
presence is most desired.
Important if True
When it IS remembered that the Cuban
rebellion was largely started by the cigar
makers Of Tampa and Key West the sig
nificance Of these proposed Fenian raids
into Canada. If the story will bear the
light OF day. cannot be overestimated. All
the members of the Holland societies and
patriotic Irish organizations are aware Of
the fact that large sums are being raised
Tor the TransVaaL Sometimes these sub
sCrlptODS are VOlunIary-SOmetimes they
are raised by an assessment upon the vari-
Gus members. In the west alone $4,000
has been raised for the South African re-
public. 1t is generally understood among
the members OF these organizations that
this money Is sent to Pretoria via Hol-
land. As a matter of fact ii is freely as
serted. the money was first sent TO kruger's
government in this way. But the warships
in South African waters and the presence
of large bodies of British troops in Cane
Colony and Natal have made 1t difficult
to communicate with Kruger and danger
Gus to attempt the dispatch OF large
amounts of money through the channels
formerly employed Some adventurous
spirits were even sent to South Africa to
the aid OF the Beers: but, it Is stated
II was quickly discovered that 1t cost at
least 500 per man to send men in that
way, whereas so $50 would buy an out
fit and put man on the Canadian borders
And promoters of the movement are al