The Irish standard., 1900-05-26

Britain, and that 125,ooo,ooo of Anglo
Saxons united in common cause
could preserve the peace of the world.
When on his way back from Paris he
gave an interview to the London Daily
Mail, an organ OF jingoism, in which
he said that American and British inter-
ests in the far east run quite parallel,
and that. therefore, the two powers
should act jointly. II am not appealing
to sentiment" he said, though blood
is thicker than water, and this argument
should not be ignored. My thesis in
favor Of corporation is born of the
coolest logic. l favor treaty OF ALI
ance, including the United States, Great
Britain and Japan for the protection OF
all their interests north of the equator
The rest of the world would have a
wholesome fear synonymous with re-
spect for us.
These words were uttered by Davis in
December, 1898, and before the Anglo
Boer war broke out in South Africa,
or he would not con6ne the rapacities
I of the three powers to territory north OF
the equator. He is now in ardent SYM
pathy with Salisbury and Chamberlain
in their depredations on the two Dutch
republics south OF the equator, and
when ENJOYS OF these sister republics
come to the United States to appeal for
sympathy from liberty-loving people
who threw off the yoke of England, it
is not at all surprising that Cushman
K. DAVIS, the advocate of triple alli-
ance, should be the man selected by
the administration to make an attack
on the Boer ENJOYS and forbid them
any courtesies from the United States
senate, which in other days welcomed
a Kossuth and Parnell to seats Of
honor within its hallowed walls.
Last Monday while the resolution
granting the Boer ENJOYS the privilege
of the floor of the senate was being dis
cussed this Anglomaniac from Mime
sofa sprang to his feet and criticised the
action of the distinguished strangers.
He blamed them for being the recipients
of demonstrative welcome from the
citizens of New York on their arrival,
and accused them of discourtesy to the
president and other government Off
Gals because they did not hurry imme-
diately to Washington to receive the
cold shoulder from Mac and his Eng
lish secretary of state.
The special correspondent of the Min
neapolis Times at the national capital
says that the action of the Republican
majority in the senate in turning down
the Boer ENJOYS was Unnecessarily
brutal" After making his brutal attack
! Davis moved to lay the resolution on
the table in order to cut off debate, and
his motion was agreed to by So to FL
votes, Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
going with the majority. He was evil
IDENTIFY ashamed OF his action, however,
for when Senator Tillman asked: "Does
not the senate believe that it is the lyp-
! nothing influence which has brought on
our war of conquest, the disgraceful at
titude which we occupy in the eyes Of
the world and has paralyzed the hon
est American love of freedom and of
patriotism that caused opposition to
the envoys?", Mr.. Hoar promptly an
swered: II am bound to say that l
think the attitude of the country with
reference to this question has throttled
the expression of'sympathy which ought
to go out to the Boer republics"
The great commonwealth of Mime
sofa has no cause to rejoice over the
| un-American conduct of its senior SEN
ator in relation to the Boer ENJOYS By
his action he has earned the gratitude of
the British Tories and their organs, but
every lover of liberty in this broad land
cannot help despising the knight-errant
who once denounced the feudalism of
corporations and subsequently became
their most submissive slave. He is now
the advocate Of imperialism and alliance
and is totally destitute of republican
principles; but so blind is political par
tisanship that his satellites in this state
deem him worthy OF being president Of
the republic whose foundation princi-
Piles he is attempting to destroy. May
God save America from such unscrupu-
lou,s. adventures as Sushman K. Davis