The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
Harsh Criticism Of His Papep in
Harper's Magazine.
ANdLoMANIAc OF The FIRST WATER
Has Proved Himself a Hessian iF
Britain's Service.

Mr.. Joseph Smith, of Lowell, Mass,
administers the following we'll merlted
castlgation to II way correspondent III
the Boston Pilot:
Perhaps no profession that man
follows brings out the true qualities
Of man any better than that Of n
war correspondent; IT makes him. il he
have the sterling metal In him; II rele-
gates him back into the journalistic day
labOrer's rank If he he unable to stand
he test. Julian Ralph is as good, or
as bnd. an Illustration of this rule as
any man now In sight; the test has
been applied and he has been found
wanting.
Julian Ralph learned his trade in a
good and II bud school--the New York
Sun; for 1t has trained in it's time n
number of men whose journalistic
style has been the best. and it has
turned out fine brood of Hessians.
and mercennries, whose pens have
been ut the service OF the highest bid
der. III we look Mt the men who have
raised wnr correspondence to the high
est plane. we find TINT honesty, can
dor. courage, tact. persistence in the
collection OF material and fearlessness
In the expression OF truth. were their
enduring characteristics. Julian
Ralph has not shown that any of these
qualities nre his, and hence he has
come back from Africa n failure, n
discre(lited failure. While Richard
IIarling Davis has returned securer
In his place and higher In the esteem
of those who admire courage and man
hood, Julian Ralph finds none so poor
rs to do him reverence.
Those who know Ralph best are not
disappointed; those only who know
him as n clever descriptive writer on
the staff of the Sun and in the pages
of the magazines are disillusioncd, for
they confidently expected him to be a
man and an American. He has shown
himself IL Hessian among Hessians; he
has slnndercd and vilifcd as brave
IL people as ever threw down the gage
of battle for freedom and human rights;
and he has done his bravo's work
with n malignity and Indifference to
truth which have turned the gorge of
even the callOus scoundrels he served.
That Mr.. Ralph feels the effect of pub
lie opinion in America there can be no
doubt, for he has written n letter to
the Sun defending his superservice-
able Britlshers and making an attempt
to be humorous. Unfortunately, Mr..
Ralph has little humor as he has
sense Of the prOprieties of the Occts-
sion; and he can not appreciate the
fact that in selling his pen and soul
to his British lingo employers he has
degraded himself, and,-what is of
vastcr imp0rtnnce--he has degraded
nm honorable profession.
In the September number Of Harper's
Magazine there is a paper by Julian
Ralph entitled "The Teuton Tug-Of-
War;" In which he touches the lowest
depths. 1t is appropriate that it should
appear in this magazine, since the
bankrupt properties of the Harper
Brothers have passed under the con-
troll of the Morgan banking interests,
a concern that is practically Brit
ish agency, working scdulously for the
projects Of the Jingo and financial in
tcrcsts of Great Britain on this Cont
inent.
Mr.. Ralph tells us that the British
are treating both rebel and enemy
Cape Dutch and Transvaalers-with
extraordinary magnanimity, for
bearance and lenicncy," and further
on states that "an ounce of blood
letting would have saved thousands
of lives" British lives it is assumed.
Here is the keynote to the paper.
1t is we'll to understand that Ralph
was with Mcthuen's army which met
with defeats as disastrous, and ex-
hibited leadership as crassly stupid, as
any in this war which has discredited
British military leadership all over the
world. He went with the army to
BloemfOntein, and it is evident from
the stories told by more active and
self-respecting correspondents that
Ralph's news and facts were received
from others, campfollowers, "scouts,"
and British officials, and were not