The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-03-10

which devolves upon all civilized ma
tons, especially those who sent theil
delegates to the peace congress. Ii a:
neutral powers they cannot interfere
they can see that the rules OF civilized
warfare are observed. England has moi
observed the rules of civilized warfare
She did not observe those rules in the
war against the dervislles in the Sou
dan. She used dum~dum bullets and
| massacrcd and burglarized, wounded
her foes on the battlefield and massa-
cred the women and children at On
durham when the town OF Omdurman
was taken.
Before the war England said, We
are going to treat the Beers in the
same way An Englislman boosted,
We will treat the Beers as we did the
dcrvishes. They shall have a taste OF
Omdurman.' In all the barracks from
which the soldiers were going to the
Bocr war false kilograms were posted,
telling OF Boer cruelty and barbarity
in order to inflame the minds OF the
soldiers. In the barracks OF Athlonc
in the last week OF October a procla-
nation was posted up, which read as
follows:
ga soldier in the Durham regiment,
through humanity was ioath to aban-
don wounded Bocr aud the Bocr
trcachcrously shot him dead No place
or name is given, and kilograms OF this
sort were posted up in all the barracks
where the troops we're going to South
Africa. Those were posted up in order
TO incite the soldiers to murder, and ii
they were not for that purpose for what
purpose were they? (Applausc.)
"Another report tells OF young sec
rotary of the Transvaal department who
was wounded and British Lancer
found him on the field and run his
lance three times through him. A man
was taken prisoner and he was told to
march. He marched in front OF a Brit
ish officer and that man shot him
through the back with 4 revolver. Brave
old General Koch lay wounded on the
field He was stripped naked by the
British, soldiers and laid in the cold OF
ali African night. He died that night,
not from the wounds, but from the
cruelty that he received. All the pris-
oncrs were robbed OF their money and
many of them OF their clothes. The
burghers taken prisoners were spat at
and hooted by the women in the streets
OF Ladysmitll. Contrast that with the
conduct OF the Beers toward the Eng
lish prisoners.
81 have extracts l could read to you,
but it would take too long, and the Eng
lisl would say they are from a preju-
diced source. So l read to you letters
and extracts from English papers, from
letters from English soldiers, written by
British hands. A British officer writes
home as follows: We began to charge
at them and they threw up their arms
and fell on their knees for mercy, but
we were told not to give them any, and
can assure you they got none. We
sent our lances through them. 1t was
terrible thing, but we had to do it i'll
case like this
"You have to murder the surrendered
prisoners after they have thrown down
their arms? Mr. Anderson, a war cor
respondent of the Daily Chronicle,
quotes the words Of a corporal who
said, We just gave them good dig as
they lay. The next day the guns OF the
men were bloody That is to say they
murdered the prisoners.
GAS to the abuse of the flag OF truce
Mr.. Stevens, the correspondent OF the
Daily Mail, who two years ago wrote
articles making fun OF the starving
Irishmcn, writes. after what he calls
the cursed white flag has been hoisted,
1T is some shcaking consolation that
for a long time our soldiers refused to
heed it, 1t is some sneaking consola
ton for him that while the Beers were
protected by the white flag Of truce
they still continued to fire on the
Beers.
81 now come to question which
deeply affects ali IRISH people: ff1cTe
is an Irish brigade unfolding the honor
OF our motl,crland by fighting for truth
and justice on the side Of the Beers.
(Applausc.) 1t consoles lis little for
the shame and disgrace OF knowing
that there are regiments with Irish
names fighting Englands battles
against liberty. The brigade was Or
gained by noble fellow countryman
OF ours, Major Mcbride OF Watcrsport,
and it is commanded by an Irish
American, Colonel Blake, both OF
whom have been wounded, but am
glad to say that they are both recov
cred and have both returned to the
front. ut the beginning OF the war the
brigade was LOO strong. Then there
were recruits from ireland and Amer
lea, all lrishmer, and it swcllcd to
1000 The last account | received, just
before I started for America, was that
the brigade numbered 5000. Gap
plausc.)
THAT was after the capture OF the