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who is called a great diplomat
by the same correspondents who belittle
Mr. na,,;s

who is called a great diplomat
by the same correspondents who belittle
Mr.. Davis.
In his speech of last Sunday, which
was mutilated by the Mckinley organs,
Mr.. Davis strongly intimated that the
present administration had not preserved
neutrality in the Anglo-Boer war. He
declared that British journals and cor
respondents had impressed the Euro
peans with the idea that the United
States was on the side of England in the
war. That is substantially what Bourke
Cochran said in his remarkable speech
IN New York on the 4th of last March
when he emphatically asserted that this
country has not kept neutral. He said
there was not an alliance, but surren-
der OF the control OF our foreign policy
into the hands OF the foreign office i'll
London. Nobody doubts that McKin-
ley and Hay desire the destruction OF
the Boer republics, and that they have
aided and abetted Great Britain in the
preparation OF the biggest crime of the
century. Mr.. Davis entertains the same
views of Bourke Cochran in this regard,
He knows how the administration stands
on the question and he cut loose from
it. He calls upon the American people
to give their sympathies to the Beers
and to let the world know that their
sympathies are not with Great Britain
in this unjustifable war of grab and
conquest. "We should let the world
know" he says, "that such an unholy
war should stop, and stop at once" Had
we another man in place OF Mckinley
the war would soon come to an end.
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may be that "Bobs" has sent the news

may be that "Bobs" has sent the news
to the war Office, but that it is kept
back to prevent another panic on the
stock exchange and among the excitable
cockneys. 1t is certain, however, that
the Beers are on the offensive and are
pushing things vigorously in all direc-
tons. The British generals are show
ing themselves to be boobies incapable
OF leading brave men safely into or out
OF battle. They have been selected be-
cause of their social standing and pres
tige, while the Boer commandments have
been chosen on their military merits.
Plumer, Gatacre and Methuen are
blockheads who ought to have been kept
at home, and Butler is not whit better.
1t is hard for Roberts to gain victories
with such blockheads in command.
The hero of Kandahar never had a
harder problem to solve than the one
which confronts him at Bloemfontein.
With his water supply cut off, his men
suffering from climatic diseases, his
horses dying by the hundreds, his OUT
posts continually attacked, his troopers
insuf6ciently clad, what is he to do?
Whatever he may do it is now admitted
by the most sanguine of British jingoes
that the war will not be over this year.
If Roberts is not careful in guarding
his communications he may soon find
himself in the same predicament as
Baden-Powell at Mafeking. He has
pitted against him the victor OF Spion
Kop and the veteran officers and men
OF the main Boer army who held Gen
eral Butler so long at the Tugela and
rendered him almost worthless during
the rest of the campaign. Roberts
chief of staff, the much-lauded Kitchen
er, will not be of much use to him, judg-
ing from the blunder he committed in
rushing his men in the open and within
a thousand yards of Cronje's sharp
shooters at Paardeberg as if they were
Dervishes with spears. On the whole,
the Beers are more than holding their
own as we go to press, and long time
is likely to elapse before Roberts re-
sunles his march to Pretoria. Webster
Davis confirms Paul Kruger in saying
that he will never reach there at the
head of victorious army.
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dukes may be all right" declares

Dukes may be all right" declares
Mrs. Hetty Green, denying the reported
engagement of her daughter to Span
ish grandee, 'but for my part I'd rather
Sylvia would marry a good, wideawake
newspaper reporter than any duke in
the world" AS Hetty has some $50, ooo,-
600, she should not experience much
difficulty in securing some wideawake
newspaper reporter as husbandefor her
daughter. There are several of the boys
i'll Minneapolis who are eligible for the
hand OF Miss Green, so far as the
"wideawake" qualification goes.
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ANNOYS THE 1MPER1AL1STS.

Two subordinate officials of the Nc
<inley administration, both loyal Re
,ublicans, have lost their positions or
ccount of the peculiar attitude OF thei
government on the Anglo-Boer war
'harles E. Macrum, the United States
'onsul at Pretoria, was summarly dis
hargcd because he refused to act as
British spy after being insulted by tn,
gents of England who opened his mai
md prevented him from corresponding
With the state department at Washing
ton. He sympathized with the Beers
| and that made him persona non gratis
not only with the British government
but with his own. The poor boy was
branded as liar and coward, and
John Hay got the imperalistic press to
hound him as if he were criminal.
The other official is Webster Davis.
assistant secretary of the interior. He
knew the fate of young Macrum and
did not wait to be discharged, but ten
dered his resignation after returning
from South Africa. While away he Wis.
tied the camps of the Beers and British
and witnessed the battle of Spion Kop.
He investigated the cause of the war
and became convinced that the Beers
are in the right and the British in the
wrong. Like true American he re-
solved to plead the cause of the brave
Dutchmen and solicit the sympathy of
his countrymen for gallant people
battling for life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness on the veldts of the dark
continent. As in the case OF Macrum
the servile correspondents in Washing
ton Immediately pounced on Mr.. Davis,
and represented him as good-for-noth-
ing fellow whom the administration was
glad to get rid of. He was only bla-
tant demagogue from Kansas City who
rose from obscurity to prominence by
his gift of CAB. And yet Mr.. Davis,
during the national campaign of go,
was an effective stump orator and a
leader of the Republican party in his
section of the country. In recognition
OF his ability he received the appoint
ment he flung away in order that he
may be free to speak for the Beers on
the public platform and refute the false
hoods of John Hays Hammond and
other pseudo-Americans concerning
them. That Mr.. Davis is an eloquent
and forcible speaker is evidenced in his
speech at Washington last Sunday even
ing in the presence OF senators and con-
gressmen of the United States, who ap-
plauded him to the echo. A distorted
version of his address was cabled to
London, and George w. Smalley- told
the British that he was quite worth
less fellow. But the British think other
wise, else he would not have filled such
la responsible position under the Nc
Kinley administration. They know he
is head and shoulders above young Hay,
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That noble German-American, Carl
Schurz, who has been the advocate OF
liberty at home and abroad, will speak
for Bryan in the approaching cam
paign. In 1896 he spoke against him,
but in that year the American Constitu-
ton and the Declaration of Indepen-
dence were not an issue as they will be
this year. Like true patriot, Carl
Schurz will place country above party
in this years contest.
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A lot Of London thieves followed in
the wake of Queen Victoria to pick the
pockets and burglarize the houses of her
loyal subjects in ireland. The first
evening of their arrival they stole $751;
600 worth of jewelry from a Grafton
street establishment. They also took
$1,000 worth of jewels from the Count
ess of Munster and $4,000 worth from
the wife of an ex-mayor of Belfast.
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Another story related of Leary of
Guam shows him to be tyrant and
bigot. 1t is told by Milton E. Smith,
a we'll known Catholic Journalist, as fol-
lows: Zone morning the ringing OF a
bell disturbed his late nap. Putting his
head out of window he demanded OF
sentinel the cause of the noise. He
was told the church bell was ringing
for a dead man.
"'To h with the dead mani Let
the dead bury the dead. Stop that
id ringing at once! was his COM
mand."
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THB HERO OF xANllA.BAY.

Admiral Dewey seems to be Barkis
for the presidential nomination in oppo-
sition to William ]. Bryan. He says he
is a Democrat, though he has never
voted in his life. A year ago he was
popular hero and might have made a
formidable candidate for the highest Of
fee in the gift of his admiring country
men, but since allying himself with the
Mclean family his popularity has been
OH the wane. His ambitious wife is be-
lieved to be his prompter, and she ap-
pears to have the appreciation of her
brother in Cincinnati who was defeated
Tor governor Of Ohio last year. It is
said that Mrs. Dewey, who was Catho-
lie when she married the admiral, has
given up her seat in the church and
gone back to Presbyterianism. She
probably thinks her distinguished hus-
band could never get nominated if she
remained in the Catholic faith. Perhaps
she is right. She remembers how it was
with James G.Blaine, General Sherman
and Richard P. Bland. But has it oc-
Cured to her that there are 100000
voters in the country who would re-
member her apostacy and prevent her
from becoming the mistress of the
White House, even if Dewey received
the nomination from the Democratic
party? The late Mrs. Hazen may have
been misrepresented by the correspon-
dents, but she has had sufficient time to
deny the reports and has not done so
A woman who would trample her reli-
gious convictions under foot in order to
become the first lady in the land will
never realize her ambition.
The hero OF Manila has not the slight
est chance of carrying the nomination
against the honest Nebraskan. He
seems to have no fixed principles and is
unable to make clear statement of his
political convictions, if he has any. We
want a statesman for president and a
man who possesses backbone and dares
to do right in the face of stern opposi-
ton. We want no second Mckinley to
play the part OF webbing opportun-
list" who says one thing to-day and an
other tomorrow. Admiral Dewey has
been a plastic tool in the hands of the
imperialists and has shown himself to
be vacillating and inconsistent. He has
no qualifications for the presidency and
is making fool of himself by annonn-
cling his candidacy. 1t is said he is op-
posed to the Chicago platform, and is
"a sound-moncy man." The gold Dem
ocrats OF the East are evidently behind
him. How he stands on imperialism,
tariff, trusts, income tax and other ques-
tons we do not know, and probably lie
does not know himself. A New York
correspondent says that "he has decided
opinions from which he has never va
ried, and the stability of his purposes is
SO much greater than those of Mr.. Nc
Kinley that the two are not to be COM
pared. One has the frmness of man
and the other the fickleness of CO.
quette." That may be all true, and it
may not, but we unhesitatingly say there
is not ghost OF show for him to de-
feat Bryan for the Democratic nomina-
ton. His wife ought to take him to the
Paris exposition after his Western trip.
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through lt;-anQ the daStardS who hail
her know full we'll that, if the power of
England was not here to guard them,
they dare not mock the men of Dublin
with their flags and arches for the Fa-
mine Queen.
"She comes, as she came in 4o-to
cozen ireland. She will fail as she failed
then, when million of Irish corpses
lay at her feet. Since She assembled the
throne of England, not even ruthless
Elizabeth wrought more havoc to our
nation. Five millions of our people she
has banished; three millions more she
has driven to famine graves. But, the
nation lives, and will survive her smile,
as it survived her scowl. After sixty
three years OF her reign, we possess to-
day less able-bodied men and more ma
MACS, in proportion to our population,
than any other country in the world.
She has sought to destroy us, body and
soul.
"Know then, freemen of the world,
that it is not the people of ireland, but
the English garrison of ireland, who
will acclaim this woman-this "virtu-
Gus" woman as they call her. What,
in Gods name, have we got to do with
this woman's virtue? We care more
about one poor Irish girl, driven by
British rule to a hideous life and a
hideous death, than about the most vir-
tuous of English women. To the evicted
mother. dying in the ditch,-gazing on
her little sons and daughters,-was it
sweet to know that, though her sons
might die accursed, in a devils war, on
the devils side, and her daughters be-
come outcasts on the streets, the queen
of England, in her castle,-arrayed in
purple and fine linen,-was virtuous!
And because she is virtuous, SWIVEL the
crawlers, we should bow before her.
Pray, what were the mothers who bore
them?
"Year by year we are robbed of mil
lions OF money. We see cattle grazing
where men once dwelt,-we see the land
becoming wilderness,-we hear the
wall of the famine-stricken, and the
voices OF women weeping,-and we see
the beggar in his rags everywhere. Our
manufactures-they scarce exist;-our
trade and commerce, let Diogenes light
his lamp and find them. The queen OF
England is responsible. She is respon-
sible for every action of her ministers.
She is paid 100000 per annum to ac-
cept that responsibility. For all the
blood and tears of the past six decades,
for the artificial famines, the exodus,
and the countless evictions-she is re-
'ponsible. The men who died for Ire
and, in prison, in exile, on the scat
iold,-the poor who persisted by famine
in land of plenty,-Nice slew them all
"And now she comes, while she i'm
POSES new taxes on the Irish people to
help her to shed the blood of the Beers.
seeking amongst those whom she has
degraded new food for pewder-more
ost ones to fight for Artabazus! She
IAN come and go. She is woman,
md we are Irishmen. And when she is
gone, we shall stand together the men
we shall have seen and marked the
slaves. Like the old Attenians, believ
ng that we are the children of our coun
ry, and that slavery is more terrible
han death, we shall band together to
gain freedom or suffer humiliation"
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Fifty thousand children are said to
have visited Dublin to cheer the queen
and get dinner for their loyalty. Their
fares back and forth were paid by land
lords who are a curse to the country.
They had-a free ride and free dinner
and must have enjoyed the trip.
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John T. McCutcheon, correspondent
of the Chicago Record in Manila, says
that a bewildering number of saloons
have been started in that city during the
American occupation. An agent of an
American company sold 5000 barrels of
beer in one day to the various saloons
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

Webster Davis is now the subject OF
abuse and vilifcation by the Mckinley
organs of imperialism. Even G. W..
Smalley has attacked him in the col
umns of the London Times, because he
had the patriotism of referring to Lex
ington, Valley Forge and Brandywine,
and of tearing the mask of hypocrisy
off the British marauders in South
Africa.
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General Otis is relieved of his onerous
duties in the Philippines, and will leave
for home about the first of May. Gen
eral Macarthur will succeed him. Many
blame Otis for his stupidity and inefi-
cheney, but he followed the instructions
of President Mckinley in everything he
did. He has added nothing to his repu-
tation while acting as pro-consul in our
oriental dependency.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

"My New Curate," by Father Shee-
han, of Doneraile, can be had at the new
Catholic book store just opened in Min
neapolis at 12H Kasota block by Miss
Margaret A. Seaman. This delightful
novel has been aptly called the Catholic
"Vicar of Wakefield" and should be
read by every intelligent man and wo-
man of the Irish race in the Northwest,
from the Mississippi river to Puget
Sound.
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We congratulate the Buffalo Union
and Times upon completing the twenty
eighth year of, its publication. Father
Cronin, the accomplished editor of our
esteemed contemporary, has made it one
Of the very best Catholic papers in the
country.
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Senator Vest, of Missouri, eloquently
praised the Jesuits for their work among
the Indians, during debate in the
United States senate last week on the
government support of Catholic schools
among the aborigines. He severely de-
nounced the A. P. A. and declared he
was ashamed that any American should
uphold such secret political society.
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Every American who has gone to
South Africa gets hypnotized by the
burghers and disguised with the British
How funny it would be if Lord 'Ay's
son threw up his job as British consul
came home like Macrum, and took the
platform with Davis to plead the cause
Of the Beers! Stranger things have
happened.
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go into the length and breadth OF
the world" said Gladstone in 1866 in
the House of Commons, "ransack the
literature of all countries, and find a
single voice, single book, l had al
most said single newspaper article, in
which England's treatment OF Ireland is
received otherwise than in terms OF pro-
found and bitter condemnation"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

The great speech of T. M. Healy in
the British parliament on the Anglo
Boer war appears in to-day's issue of
the Irish Standard. 1t is the speech for
which the English said Healy ought to
be hanged.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

John Henry Parnel1, M. P, does not
seem to possess the patriotic spirit Of
the celebrated family of which he is a
member. AS city marshal of Dublin he
"Aunked" in the presence of royalty
He ought to have remained in his
orange groves in Georgia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

The Americana Irish Historical society
will celebrate the 12sth anniversary of
the battle of Lexington on Thursday,
April 10, in that historic town where the
first shot was fired that was heard round
the world
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

In a letter from Manila Frank G..
Carpenter regretfully says that some of
the Filipinos can repeat VIM. ]. Bryan's
speeches against Imperialism and for
native independence. We wish to in
form this travelling scribe that many
Americans can quote the speeches OF
Fox, Chatham and Burke in behalf OF
-lle independence OF the British color
lists during the American revolution.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

Editor Grif6ths of the Dublin United
1rishman is suffering Imprisonment
during Victoria's visit for publishing
Maud Comes article on her majesty.
After reading the article, which we pub
fish to-day, we endorse every word of
it. 1t has the true Irish ring to it in
every sentence.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

All English histories have been ex-
cluded from the Chicago public schools
for the reason that they are all preju-
diced in favor of the mother country"
When will Minneapolis follow the 1aud-
able example of the Windy City,.
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general is only thirty-six years old. He
recaptured Spion Kop from the British
with only $50 men and sent Buffers
troops whirling across the Tugela. He
will prevent Roberts from ever reaching
Pretoria. We risk our reputation as a
prophet on this bold assertion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

A recent fire in Dublin Castle de-
stroyed some state papers relating to
the accursed union between Great Brit
ain and ireland. The Manchester Guar
dian intimates that the historical docu-
ments were burned by the British off
Gals to prevent their publication by Mr..
Swift Mcneil and others.
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Why does not Maud Come cross over
from France~to ireland and assume the
responsibility for her article on the
queen? She ought to beard the British
viceroy in his castle and dare him to
arrest her for telling the truth. Now is
the time for her to become a real Joan
of Arc.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

General Roberts in his late dispatches
makes no mention of the Almighty be-
ing on the side of his battalions. God
is evidently with the Beers, who sincere
ly thank Him for their successes.
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says-the New York World: President
Mckinley could not do more just and
popular act than earnestly to recon-
mend to congress the repeal of at least
$5o,ooo,ooo of the taxes imposed two
years ago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

Ambassador Choate has returned to
London after an absence of few weeks
on the continent We shall soon hear
that he attended banquet and made
witty speech about the grand old Anglo
Saxons being the great pioneers of
civilization the wide world over.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

The British fondly imagined that after
the capture OF Cronje and the death OF
Joubert they could easily whip the
Beers, They have been painfully re-
minded during the past two weeks that
there are other generals left to fill the
vacant places with conspicuous ability.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

The successor OF the late Rev. Syl-
vester Malone as regent OF the state
university OF New YORK. S Rev. Thomas
a. Hendricl, learned priest Of Roches-
ter. When will the university of Mime
sofa have a Catholic priest on the board
of regents?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-14

'What do you think of the Porto Rico
tariff muddle?" asked reporter of Tom
Reed. II refuse to be quoted" an
swered the ex-speaket. II have repu-
tation for piety and chaste language to
preserve"
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The 1rish-American ambulance corps,
of Chicago, arrived in Pretoria last
week, and among the prominent men
who welcomed it to Dom Paul's forth
fled capital was Michael Davitt, of Ire
land.
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Says the Standard and Times, of
Philadelphia: "England's prime minis
ter says there is no political object in
the queens visit to Ireland. The world
is inclined to accept this bland assur-
ance cum grano Sails bury"
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"The vanguard of British civilization
is beef and beer" said an educated Hin
doc in a recent speech in Boston. An
educated Filipino can say the same
thing of the vanguard Of American
civilization in the Orient. There are 800
American beer shops in Manila.
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Brigadier-General Fred Funston, of
Kansas, has got into trouble in the
Philippines. He hanged two Filipiaos
in cold blood on his own responsibility
and is now being tried by court martial.