The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09
LECTURE BY MAUDE CONNIE
TREL1ND'S JOAN OF ARC SPE1KS
 AT THE HYPERION.
Gcores the English In Their War With the Boers and Says 1t Is the Beginning of the End of tho Great Empire-An Interesting Address.
Interesting Address.

of the End of tho Great Empirc-AI
 Interesting Address.
 Miss Maud Come, "Ireland's Joan O Arc" as she is called, addressed a very large audience in the Hyperion las night on 'England's War in the Boer land" Miss Come was received witt great enthusiasm and frequently dur Ing her address she was obliged tC pause, owing to the continued applause that greeted her remarks. The speak er has made a study of the war in the Transvaal, and laid before the large audience some facts that were most in- teresting. Preceding her lecture there were selections by the orchestra and the Ceceia Singing society," both o1 which were very good, the following her address were solos by Miss Lynch and Miss Hogan, a duet also by them and selections by the singing society Rnd the orchestra. The aecompanlst was Prof. Adolph Schwicardl.
 Hon. James F. Bree introduced Dan- iel ColWell as chairman of the meeting, who after few appropriate remarks concerning the war in South Africa, ln- troduced Miss Gonne
 Miss Come spoke in part as follows: "One of the greatest crimes that the world has ever witnessed is being per petuated. A vast empire is endeavor- ing to destroy the liberties and inde- pendence of two republics, without a shadow of justification or of right, actuated by a lust of gold and terri tory. England has forced the unutter- able desolation of war upon the white race in South Africa. It is not my pur- pose here tonight to go at any length into the dealings of England with the Dutch colonies in Africa. They have been one long and shameful record of hypocrisy, violence, and broken faith The chairman has dealt with this more ably than I can, for have looked at this question especially from an Irish point of view, and to the Irish people it matters not whether the na- tion with which England may be at war is right or wrong, for as England's enemy it necessarily becomes the ally and friend of Ireland.
 ITO an American audience it is hard ly necessary for me to point out the absurd hypocrisy the utter falseness Of Englands pretenses-of going to war to give equal rights to the Outlanders. Americans know too well the lies and caIumnieS which were told about them- selves before they fought and won thelr Independence; and every American who glories and loves the noble and 1nsplr- ing words of the great Declaration Of Independence must necessarily be on the side of the South African republics, who are fighting in their turn for liberty against your old enemy and vanquished tyrant, England. I have known many Irish Uitlanders, and they all tell me they never enjoyed such freedom and prosperity at home as that which they enjoy under Transvaal government.
 "England complains that the Uitland- CTS are not always allowed the right of free meeting. Well, we in Ireland are not: and only on the 18th of December last saw some five hundred foot police mobilzed and the mounted police called out to prevent the citizens of Dublin in bublic meeting expressing their disap- proval of MT Chamberlain's policy, and proclamations declaring that any per son speaking at that meeting would be prosecuted for sedition and treason were posted over the town and personally handed to myself and to all the speak
 
 spoke, nevertheless at that meeting and at other meetings in Dublin and carried Transvaal flags in Dublin, Limerick and Cork, and were not arrested nor even molested. We also passed resolutions in favor of the Boers expressing our heart- felt sympathy for them and went fur ther cheering for the Irish and those fighting for their right in the TransvaaL ,lHnC 1on that her army was small and that there were 5000 troops in Ireland ready for action, so she decided not to irritate the Irish.
 .'Everybody should raise their voice to do all in their power for the Boers and all those who keep silent incur moral responsibility It seems to me that all the powers should stand by and fight against those who are trying to obtain ground by might and not by right.
 I've know the Boers are right and and wise in not backing down to that boasted power of England's, and every hand should applaud them who would fight and die like men, and conquer even by death, for death is better than slavery, that which is scorned by all. England is now violating all the rules of civilized warfare as they did in the Soudan when they massacred prisoners and wounded, and to many minds put a black spot on a page of their history. They are doing the same with the Boers"
 Here Miss Come quoted from several English and Dutch newspapers showing conclusively in her mind that the Eng fish were using great brutality and vio- lence in the Transvaal. She quoted from letters in which she said that the wounded Boers were often times shot dead by an English soldier and that sometimes an English soldier would run the bayonet of Boer musket through | the owner and leave it sticking in him. | "A correspondent of an English paper" continued the speaker, ''once wrote that as the British were leaving the field | of battle and as they came across the dead of the enemy they would just | give them good dig for luck MT. | Stevens of the Daily Mail wrote con | cerning the abuse of the white flag. | After the white flag was shown by the | English in one of the recent battles, | l4.,+ Na.,,..