The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-02-10

sun shines; and as against his country
he will accept no favor for himself at
the hands of the foreigner Why should
not the Beers fight for their country?
Why should not the Filipinos show
equal patriotism?
The English Protestants, however,
did not act on this principle, for they
deposed James H., an Englishman and
a Catholic, for the crime of trying to
equalize religious liberty, and they in
vited foreigner to reign over them,
bcause he was a Protestant. That was
William, the Dutchman. After him
every sovereign ascending the English
throne has had to swear that he will
uphold the Protestant religion"
But, besides her concern for the poor
Catholics, England tells us she must
likewise stand for the Outlanders.
Who are the Outlanders? The Out
landers are a horde of adventurers,
mostly English, who went to Africa to
make quick fortunes. They heard of
the discovery OF gold mines and dia-
mond mines in the Transvaal, and their
hands itchcd to seize them. The Out
'anders are gang OF thieves, with
England at their back. They declare
themselves citizens OF the Boer Rcpub-
lie. But when asked to forswcar allie
glance to all foreign governments, in
cluding Queen Victoria, the Outlandcrs
refused point blank to do anything OF
the sort. So the Outlanders remain
Observation-Disclosures. Then the Eng
lish papers began to cnlightcn the
world on the grievances" OF the Out
landers. Grievance No. I, according
to the London Times, is: "Thc Out
landcrs have no vote in the levying OF
taxes No, they have not, nor ought
they to have. Unnaturalizcd English
men in the United States have no vote
i'll the levying of taxes. Will England
declare war against us on this account?
Grievance No. is: "Thc Outlandcrs
have no voice i'll the payment OF Off
cials." Have Queen Victoria's subjects
been consulted as to the salaries Of Of
ficials i'll this country? Grievance No
is: "Thc Beers refuse to teach the
English language in the Transvaal
schools" But the Beers believe their
own language is good enough for their
own schools. Ii the Outlandcrs wish
to teach English to their own children,
at their own expense, they may do so.
All that is involved in this Anglo
Boer contention, briefly stated, is this:
The Boer stands for the life and the
rights of Nations; the Englisl,man for
Empire. God is the Author of Ma
tions, determining the limits OF their
habitations;" the lust OF rapacious men,
unsatisfcd with their own national i'll
heritancc, makes for Empire. Empire
is robbery. The argument OF the impc-
rialist is the argument which the wolf
i'll the fable addressed to the lamb, and
Tor the same wicked end. The fight
which the Bocr Republic is now so glo-
riously making for it's rights against
the Pirate Empire of England is fight
for the principle which undcrics Ire
lands long struggle for the recovery OF
her nationality. May Gods right hand
bless and sustain the Beers! May His
curse withcr and blast the British EN-
pire and destroy it from the earth!
Reynolds Newspaper, the Radical
organ of London, gives the following
interesting facts:
/. The taxes in the Transvaal arc
levied on the rich and not on the poor
The Outlandcr worker who earns from
pounds to 10 pounds week is only
taxed to the extent Of ISs. per annun,.
2. Wages in the Kimberley mines
under Rhodes & Co. and the British
government are less by onc-ha1f than
those at the Transvaal mines.
The Johannesburg capitalists have
declared in print that so soon as Brit
ain has annexed the Transvaal wages
will be lowered by forty per cent.
3. In the Transvaal, Sunday labor is
prohibited, and the authorities fine any
employer who permits it.
In Kimberley, under the British flag,
the mines arc kept going seven days a
week.
d. In the Transvaal the working day
for both black and white men is eight
hours by law
At Kimberley black men are worked
for twelve hours day.
5. In Kimberley what is called the
compound" system is in force for col
orcd men, This is slavery by another
name. The Government of the Trans
vaal Republic will not allow the system
to be introduced into the Transvaal,
6. At the meeting Of the South Afri-
can Chartered Company the other day
Earl Grey said that our-thc British
Government would support the COM
pany in the introduction OF native
Dlack) and Asiatic (yellow) "labor'
because OF its "chcapncss" as compared
with white or British 'labor.'
John Burns the Radical member for
Battcrsca, and representative OF