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The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

sible, and Kruger laughed his threat to
scorn. The intrepid Kruger will not
be intimidated by British bluster, and
for awhile, at least, the Africanders
will not be executed for disloyalty to
the queen.
The Beers are far from being de-
feated. The British troops will yet
have to wade knee-deep in blood be-
fore the union jack is hoisted at Pre-
toria. johannesburg will undoubtedly
be destroyed by the Beers to prevent
the British from occupying it as base
of supplies. The mining plants which
belong to foreigners may also be de-
stroyed The French and the Germans
own some OF the mining property, and
they are already alarmed. But their
governments have looked on with in
difference at the unequal contest be-
tween a big empire and two little re-
publics, and the burghers owe them no
gratitude. The fate of Johannesburg
will be similar to that of Moscow and
stragetically speaking, the Beers are
amply justified in razing it to the
ground and compelling the British to
seek shelter elsewhere.
The Beers will make their last stand
at Pretoria, the fortified capital of the
South African Republic. Roberts has
boosted that he will reach the city by
the first of May, while Kruger has pos
itively declared that he will never
march that far without being annihi-
lated. If ever the British reach the
beautiful little city on the plateau they
will find it prepared to stand pro-
longed siege. 1t is protected by seven
forts with powerful guns and furnished
with all the requirements of modern
warfare. A searchlight in each fort is
capable of sweeping the surrounding
| country for many miles. The town is
we'll provisioned. The approaches to
the forts are mined in several direc-
tons, and there is communication by
means of underground passages be-
tween the forts and the ammunition
stores and magazines. 1t is second
Gibraltar, and military authorities have
said it cannot be taken by any force
brought against it. Despite the jubi-
lation of the British the war is far from
being over. 1t is safe to assert that
England will lose heavily once the
Transyaal is invaded She has already
acknowledged her losses to be more
than 10000; before the end of the war
they will be quadrupled.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
JOHN REDMOND AS A LEADER.

The Irish World in last weeks issue
under the caption of Treason to Ire
land,' flags John Redmond and his re-
organized party for expressing gratifi-
cation at the announcement that Queen
Victoria was graciously pleased to per-
nit the Irish soldiers in her service to
wear the shamrock on Patricks Day
in recognition of their valor in South
Africa. Our esteemed contemporary
Falso severely rebukes them for having
said that the Irish people were exceed
ingly glad that her majesty was to
visit Ireland after the lapse of forty
years, and that her visit would be OF
enormous benefit to that country and
would warmly touch the hearts and
imaginations of the inhabitants and help
to bring them nearer to their fellow
subjects in other parts of the United
Kingdom"
The Irish Standard is slow to believe
that the Irish parliamentary party with
John Redmond at its head is capable
of acting as sycophantically as is re-
ported by the lying newspaper CORE
spondents in London. We are willing
to wait for veri6cation of the report
transmitted by cable before we brand
the Irish representatives as traitors to
their country. We believe, however
that there is an element of truth in the
cablegram to which the Irish World
refers, Judging from the special cable
on Patrick's Day sent by John E. Red.
mond to the New York World in which
he says:
"The position of the Irish National
lists is quite clearly defined. They are
strongly against this war, and would
rejoice to see the defeat Of England
But at the same time they find it i'm
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The St. Patrick's Day sermon in Car
dinal Vaughans cathedral in London
was preached by Father Aidan who re-
marked that both friend and foe were
unstintedly 'praising Irish bravery, he
roism, and generalship, just now so con-
spicuous on the battlefield and that
the wearing of the shamrock, the en-
blem of Irish nationality and Catho-
licity, had become, by the gracious act
Of our most revered sovereign, an &C
acknowledgement of the heroism and valor
Of Irish sons in the war"
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The other day at Longford, ireland,
q widow who is license-holder for the
sale of liquid refreshments was fined
ten dollars for having foated a green
flag from her premises on the occasion
Of a United Irish League demonstra-
ton in the town. While the Widow
Victim, alias Queen Victoria, ordered
Erin's emblem of nationality to be hon
ored in England, Gerald Balfour, her
satrap in Ireland, banned the green
banner and caused an Irish woman to
be fined for displaying it on her own
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

St. Patrick's day was celebrated with
extraordinary enthusiasm throughout
South Africa. In reply to message
from the Irishmen of Cape Town the
queen sent the following: II have al
ways felt confident that the spirit, cour-
age, and allegiance which have dis
tinguished the Irish soldiers in the face
OF the enemy would be shared by their
brethren in the colony in support of the
authority of my government" There
is no news of how the Irish Brigade in
the Boer army celebrated the day, but
it is certain they did not forget to OBJ
serve the national festival of Ireland
in a patriotic manner.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
The Irish In Buffers Armv.

The queens "1rish boys" with Butler
suffered severely on the last march from
the Tugela to Ladysmith. The follow
ing is the list of casualties among the
Irish and Scotch:
The Inniskilling Fusileers Lost
Killed, 81; wounded, 162; missing e:
The Dublin Fusiliers-Killed, IS;
wounded, 81; missing, 10.
The Connaught Rangers-Killed, 10;
wounded, los; missing, 8.
The Royal Irish Fusiliers-Killed, IT,
wounded, g; missing, 2.
The Scotch Fusiliers-Killed, 49,
wounded g.; missing, O.
Total Losses-Killed, 1873; wounded
573; missing, 81.
Not single Englishman was killed,
wounded or captured on the way. The
fact that Irishmen and Scotchmen were
in the van is tribute to their fighting
qualities. OF the Irish Go were killed
and wounded, and 81 were captured
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

In the sketch OF Sir William Rowan
Hamilton in the Britannica" his biog-
rapher says: "He was one of the re-
ally great mathematicians of the pres
ent century and was born in Dublin
Aug. 4, 1905. His father emigrated
from Scotland in his youth. A branch
of the Scottish family to which he be-
longed had settled in the north of Ire
land in the time of James L., and this
fact seems to have given rise to the
common impression that Hamilton
was an 1rfshman." His biographer
wants to pass him off for a Scotchman
in spite of the fact that he was native
OF Dublin. Why not make a Scotch
Irishman out of him and let it 20 at
that?
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

In his lecture in this city recently
Dr. De Costa said that Protestants call
the Catholic church an intruder in Min
nesota An anonymous writer in the
Minneapolis Times challenged the
statement and declared that Protestants
say nothing OF the kind. We find that
Bishop Seymour, Of Springfield, ILL.,, an
Anglican prelate OF narrow views, de-
liberately says that the Catholic church
is "a foreign communion on our soil"
What an Episcopalian bishop says in
Illinois is apt to be repeated in Mime
sofa, and no man knows it better than
the distinguished Catholic convert who
got tired OF Episcopalianism and its
pretensions.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Secretary Hay is watching every ut
terance OF Montagu White, the Boer
representative, and has detectives fol-
lowing him wherever he goes So says
a dispatch from Washington. His OBJ
ject is to get some cause for ordering
him out of this country. John Hay
would revive the "alien and sedition
laws OF the Adams administration in
order to aid Mother England in de-
stroying two weak republics. How
long will the American people tolerate
this British Turnkey?
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Richard P. Leary, OF the United
States navy, has abolished peonage in
Guam by proclamation couched in
bombastic language. He refers to "tle
facred privileges granted by the consti-
tuition OF the United States" to the ma
tives. II the Guamites are to be gov
erned in accordance with the American
constitution, why not the Porto Ricans
and the Filipinos? If dick" does not
take care Mckinney viii recall him.
The man from Canton does not believe
that the constitution should follow the
flag into Our new possessions.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
WHITE FLAGS AND Dun-DuMs.

With characteristic hypocrisy the
British are accusing the Beers of ig-
noring the white flags which have been
so frequently used by Tommy Atkins
in the South African war. Gen. Rob-
crts had the effrontery of complaining
ito President Kruger that the Boer SOL
diers did not observe the usages OF civ
lized warfare, and that besides paying
no attention to white flags they were
using dum-dum bullets on his men,
The charges were Immediately denied
by Dom Paul in dispatch to "Bobs,"
in which he said: II have made per-
so1,al inquiry of General Delarey, who
was in command OF our burghers at the
place mentioned by you. He denies
entirely that Our burghers acted as
stated by you, but he says that on Sat
urday, the date being illegible, the
British troops, when they were about
fifty yards from our position, put up
their hands as we'll as white flag,
whilst at the same time your cannon
bombarded the said troops, with the
result that Commandant De Beer was
wounded" He also informed him
that the British committed similar Of
tense at Spion Kop, and that while
portion of the British troops hoisted
white flag and put up their hands, an
other portion of them fired on the
Beers while they were disarming the
British who had surrendered, and some
of the latter were killed. He also told
Roberts that at the last battle at the
Tugela English cannon fired on Boer
troops who had surrendered.
Gen. Roberts also had the audacity
to charge the Beers with using dunn
dunn bullets, while his own artillery
men were using lyddite shells with
deadly effect. In reply to this accusa-
ton Paul Kruger said: II can give
your excellency assurance that such
bullets were not purchased or allowed
by the government. l, however, have
no reason to doubt your statement, as
I know many of the burghers of this
state and of the South African republic
took a large number of Lee-Metford
rifles and dum-dum and other bullets
from British troops" The fact OF the
matter is that the British are Directing
to the same weapons they have en-
ployed on the Beers. They certainly
brought the dum-dum bullets to South
Africa and left cases of them behind
when they made precipitate retreat
from Dundee to Ladysmith. They in
tended to use them on the Beers as
they did on the Soudanese, but they
refrained from doing so through fear
of interference from civilized nations.
The dum-dum bullets of which Roberts
complained to Kruger were captured
from the British, and the Beers were
simply giving them a dose of their own
medicine.
Besides the correspondence during
the week on white flags and dum-dums
between Roberts and Kruger, in which
the latter certainly had the best of it,
dispatches passed between Salisbury
and the President OF the Transvaal in
reference to the harsh treatment of the
Africanders of Natal and Cape Colony
who had fought with the republicans.
The British authorities do not recog-
nize the Africanders as belligerents and
ARE arresting them on the charge OF
high treason. Kruger told Salisbury
that if they were punished he would re-
taliate on the British prisoners at Pre-
toria. Salisbury answered that he
would hold Kruger personally respon-
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
WHAT THE WAR COSTS IRELAND.

1t was sad day for Ireland when by
force and fraud she became partner OF
Great Britain at the beginning of the
century. DR.. Samuel Johnson, blunt
Englishman, was right when he said to
an Irishman: Don't unite with US,
sir. If you do, we will rob you. We
would have robbed the Scotch long
since, had they anything to rob them
off, From the time of the Legislative
union between Great Britain and Ire
land down to the present hour, the
predominant partner has robbed the
sister island Of almost everything she
once possessed except the desire for ma
tional independence According to the
report OF the royal commission Ireland
is being swindlcd on a gigantic scale by
overtaxation, and the British govern
ment has shown no disposition to make
amends for the injustice. In every war
waged by Great Britain for the subju-
CATION Of weak races in Asia and AZ
RIGA, Ireland not only contributes men
but money for imperial purposes. The
following article from the Dublin Free
mans Journal will show what the cost
to Ireland is for the South African war
Parliament has had already to foot
two bills for the carving on Of the war.
The first supplementary vote of f1o,-
100000 was followed by an additional
vote of fI3,ooo,ooo, while the Natal ex-
pcnditurc in connection with the war
amounts to another million. These
twenty-iour millions, which it is ex-
pectcd will swell to thirty before the
end OF March, were, however, only a
mere opening OF accounts. The pro-
posals of the war Office in connection
with the militia, the volunteers, and the
line garrisons OF old soldiers, have yet
to be paid for. Some idea OF what
these proposals will cost may be gath
cred from an examination of the finan-
cial arrangements under one head alone.
namely-the cost proposed to be in
Cured in connection with the calling
out OF ex-soldiers between the ages OF
80 and Is for line service. Lord Lans-
downe calculated that there were $780,
600 OF these men available. 1t is sug-
gested that 100000 are likely to be &C
cepted, and these are to be offered
bounties Of EEL per head. That will
mean f., 16o, 900 alone. The pay OF the
men will be more than two millions
more. Add to these four or FIVE mill
ions the separate allowance, the equip
ment and accessories, and on this head
alone there will be an enormous ex-
penditure. The increased bounties to
the militia, the additional grants to vol
unteers, the raising and equipment Of
$1,000 infantry, $1,000 cavalry, and six
batteries of artillery, besides
horse artillery, will produce a bill
that will stagger humanity. Next
comes the addition to the already in.
Aated naval bill. More ships and more
men are to be provided at an add.
tional cost OF 100000. That fooo, ooc
will be a million before the taxpayers
are we'll into the work. When we re.
member that the war is in all likelihood
only beginning, it may be we'll calcu-
lated that hundred millions will not see
England out OF this war. We would
not object to see John Bull penalised il
we were not, unfortunately, financial
sharers in misfortune. England's bill
against Ireland was increased by nearly
million last year, sum that would 60
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Limerick, the city of the treaty stone
and Cork, the rebel city on the Lee.
have both refused to welcome Queen
Victoria to the Emerald Isle. Both
cities have diminished in prosperity and
population since the queens visit in
1861.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The cause OF Ireland in this country
has sustained great loss in the recent
deaths OF Edward O'Flaherty and Jo-
seph P. Ryan of New York. The
former was wealthy merchant and the
latter was the secretary OF the Irish Ma
tional Federation OF America.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The Democrats of Nebraska, at a con-
vention in Lincoln last Monady night,
at which William ]. Bryan attended and
spoke, made declaration OF principles
and resolved that-"We do hereby re-
affirm and endorse, in whole and in part,
IN letter and in spirit, the platform
adopted by the Democratic national
convention held in Chicago in 1896"
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

land to degrade or kill such a gallant
man? With Mckinley and Hay at the
head of affairs no protest will be made
against any maltreatment of the in
torpid president by Mother England"
but the American people will loudly
protest against the outrage and hold
the administration responsible.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

"Rakes and unfortunates" is what
William O'Brien calls the members OF
the Irish regiments in the British army
who have been killed and wounded in
the Boer war. And then he adds: 1.-THE
dead are happily disposed of; we must
support their widows and orphans. The
MANNED also we must support, with the
help of sixpence day and wooden
leg from her majesty"
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Henry Austin Adams, the noted con-
vert, is becoming very popular as lee
turer. He is now attending the Catho-
lie winter school at New Orleans. AT
the opening Of the session he delivered
an interesting address on the life and
characteristics of Sir Thomas More.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Says the Peoria Journal: During the
same week that Sheldon was running
his paper in Topeka another editor in
Atchison was running his paper as
Beelzebub would run it. We hear of a
saloonkeeper who proposes to run his
saloon for one week as the Angel Gabri-
Ell would run it. We suppose that the
playing of the last trump is to be to the
accompaniment of the horn.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
A Grand Tribute to Erin.

Mr.. D. M. Carley, the enterprising
editor OF the Nelson Economist, of Mel
son, B. c., is an fisherman who is
proud of the land of his nativity. In
an editorial on St. Patrick's Day he
says:
Ever since that bright morning when
St. Patrick, standing upon Tara's hill,
plucked little shamrock to symbolic
the Trinity, ireland has occupied
unique position in the affairs of the
world. Fifteen centuries have passed.
Prosperity has smiled and adversely has.
frowned upon her, and still unconquer-
able in spirit and Interchangeable in faith
she has pursued her destiny-a record
without parallel. 1t is not our inten-
ton to provoke harsh words, in dealing
with matters pertaining to Ireland, but
rather do we desire to consider what
Ireland has done towards the uplifting
OF the human race. Mark the testi-
mony of Henry Clay: ireland has
furnished more than her share to the
world OF genius and talent and hero
ism. Burke, standing on the floor of
the English house of commons; Well
ington, the Iron Duke, on the field
of Waterloo; Moore, singing sweet and
lonely by the banks of the river Lee:
O'Connell, upon the hill top, speaking
with laundering voice and the eloquence
of god to countless thousands in the
valley below; Grattan in the senate;
Curran in the forum. These names are
written on the proudest pages Of uni
versal history"
But if we would realize the magnitude
of the debt which civilization owes to
the Irish race, we must study the an
nails of other lands. 1t is proud trib-
ute to Britain when it is said that the
sun never sets on the British empire,
but it might be added that the sun never
sets upon Irishmen. Go where you will,
travel the wide world over, and whether
you lie down to sleep in the gorgeous
hotel Of some cosmopolitan city, or
whether you seek rest between the skins
OF the buffalo and the bear out under
the chill moonlight of some of our
western plains, or whether you dream
on a bed of flowers by a murmuring
stream in some South Sea Island for
est, no matter where you are, when you
close your eyes at night, be not sur
prised on awakening to hear with the
earliest morning sounds some bold an
them of erin Go-Bragh." Where is
the land that has not been pressed with
the foot of the son of the Emerald
Isle? Where is the mountain that has
not cast back the echo of his song?
Where is the vale so hidden that it
does not contain his ashes? Where is
the shore where we might not find
written in the sand the words of Camp
bell:
There came to the beach a poor exile
of Erin,
The dew on his thin robe was heavy
and chill,
For his country he sighed when at twi-
light repairing,
To wander alone by the hind-beaten
hill"
Among the many memorable events
in Irish history, there is one pre-emi:
nently distinguished and associated
with that of her glorious past. After
the lapse of nearly fifteen hundred
years, the name of ST. Patrick shines
forth as the brightest star that illumi-
mates the historic page, filling the soul
with the light of Christian faith, and
ever directing the Irish people to the
God he taught their fathers to love and
reverence.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

A dispatch from Paris states that the
Filipinos recently defeated the Ameri-
cans and drove them from town which
they occupied. 1t is evident that peace
has not yet been established in the Phil
ippines, and that the insurgents have
not all been driven to the mountains as
was reported by General Otis several
months ago.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The leading contribution in the Sat
urday Evening Post of March II is
The American Soldier in the Philip
pines" by Congressman Beveridge of
Indiana. 1t occupies more than two
pages and makes very interesting read
ing.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24
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property. In England the Irish flag
was hoisted in honor of Irish Hessians,
while in Ireland it was displayed to
honor Irish patriots. That explains
the penalty inflicted on the Irish
woman.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

Up to date the loss to England in the
South African war is admitted to be
10000 men in killed and wounded. The
loss in beasts OF burden and in cavalry
horses is still unknown even to the war
Office in London. And the end is not
vet.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

For the information OF the Minneap-
oils reporter OF the St. Paul Pioneer
Press we would say that Rev. ]. M.
Cleary, of this city, is not "a native OF
the Emerald Isle" as stated in connec-
ton with the report of his St. Patrick S
Day address at the Exposition. Father
Cleary is native Of Massachusetts, and
was born within a stones throw Of the
Bunker Hill monument. His parents,
however, came from Ireland and their
distinguished son loves the land OF their
nativity.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

1t is said that Captain O'Leary, gov
ernor of Guam, will be relieved of his
responsibilities in July to the great joy
OF his unfortunate subjects. Lieuten-
ant Schroeder has been selected to-
succeed him.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-24

The Times and Tribune, of this city,.
and the Globe, of St. Paul, contained
sympathetic editorials in reference to-.
ireland on St. Patrick's Day.