The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-05-06

die that the freedom of remote fellow
being may be taken away from him."
(Applause.)
Edwin Burritt denounced the foreign
policy OF the administration and de-
cried destiny and despotism. "By what
authority" he asked, ''has Mr.. McKin-
ley sent forces to wage war against
liberty in Asia? Why send brave men
to death wondering What are we fight
ing for?" He ended by saying: ''Des-
potic power has already appeared at
Washington, there to compete with del
egated authority for final supremacy.
These forces are as old as history
They cannot exist together. Our choice
lies between them"
After an able address by Miss Jane
Adams against imperialism, Bishop
Spalding came forward amid tumultu-
Gus applause and delivered a forcible
address, which is briefly given on the
first page OF the Irish Standard. The
Times-Herald - President McKinley's
rgan-speaks highly OF the literary
finish and Evolutionary effect of the
bishops speech. His review of British
imperialism was extremely clever. AS
it did not appear in the report furnished
by the Associated Press, we will repro
duce it III part as follows:
But we are told that Imperialism has
proved blessing to Great Britain. In
this matter there is no parity between
England and the United States, Again
and again England has been CONQUERED
by Romans, Saxon, Angle, Dane and
Norman. AS her population increased
she became less and less able to feed her
people without drawing her supplies from
other countries, and to-day if she could
be blockaded for six months she would
starve. She is compelled, therefore, to
nave navy as strong almost as that of
all the other nations, and this has led
her to make conquest after conquest un-
til her empire encircles the earth. But
these widely scattered dominions, though
possibly necessary for her existence as a
tirst-class power, are for her cause of
weakness. Let her colonies but become
dissatisfied and they will fall from her as
easily as the ripe fruit falls from the
bough. She governs them wisely, be-
cause only in this way can she govern
them at all. She has not an ally in the
world, and there is probably not nation
in the world which would trust her as an
ally. She has never loved us from the
days in which she oppressed the colonies
to the dark days when by aiding the con-
federacy she sought to make the disrup-
ton Of the union permanent. She does
not love us now. We are the most dread
ed rival she has, because we threaten
her supremacy in what is nearest and
dearest to her-her finances. She is con-
fronted by difficulties and dangers of va
rious kinds from which we are free. An
alliance with her would involve us in the
difficulties and dangers by which she is
confronted and from which we are free.
We neither need her advice nor her as
sistance. The praises which she now be-
slows on us, were they sincere, would be
superduous, but since they are given with
the design of drawing us into an imperi-
alistic policy and troublesome entangle-
ments they are insidious and insulting"
In conclusion, Bishop Spalding said
that England is at the bottom of all this,
and the less we have to do with her the
better for the republic. A man in the
gallery called for second cheer for the
sentiment, and when it was given he
called to the Bishop, I'm Irish," and
the bishop led the laughter. The friends
of Mark Hanna and Major Mckinley
will try to offset the effect of the
speeches by holding meeting next
Sunday in favor OF conquest and spoil
alton.