The Irish standard., 1900-04-28
LOYAL ORANGEMEN ANGRY.

The followers of King William of
Orange are exceedingly chagrined at
Queen Victoria because she declined
their invitation to visit Belfast and re-
mained in Dublin riding donkey for
the amusement of disloyal Nationalist.
Some years ago the worshippers Of the
Dutch king threatened to throw the
queens crown into the Boyne because
her majesty signed the bill which dis
endowed and disestablished the church
of which they are exemplary members.
OF course, Victoria remembered their
threat and considered discretion to be
the better part of valor. Despite the
pressing invitation extended by the
Belfast corporation, the old lady de-
cided to keep away from the Ulster
capital and afford them no chance of
putting their threat into execution. Be
sides, she was advised that if she went
to Belfast her presence was sure to
provoke riotous demonstrations Of 10y
atty from the rowdy Orange boys who
are in the habit of attacking their
Catholic neighbors to give proof of
their allegiance to the British govern
ment
To placate the Orangemen, however,
and appease their wrath, her majesty
was graciously pleased to give spe-
cial audience ut the vice-regal lodge to
the Lord Mayor Of Belfast, but the
effect of this polite measure was com
pletely obliterated by her having Car
dinal Logue, the Catholic primate of
all Ireland, alta private dinner party
the same evening. Orange bigotry in
Ulster is so ferocious and rampant that
the idea of the queen sitting down at
the same table with "Romish" car
dinal was sufficient to shake their 10y
atty to it's foundations. She did not
invite the Protestant primate to dine
with her, and why should she invite
the man above all others who stands
next to the Pope among all the church
in the Emerald Isle? Her
loyal subjects who on the 10Th of July,
the anniversary Of the Boyne battle,
play Chick the Pope" on fife and
drum, cannot understand why their
royal ruler honored one of his cardi-
nails so highly, and they will never for
give her rs long as she lives. 1t was
a very cruel thing for her majesty to
do, and she will likely be called upon
for an explanation.
Since the breaking out of the South
war the Orange boys of Bel
fast and other Ulster towns have been
quite enthusiastic in wishing the de-
feat of the Beers, but strange to say
very few of them have gone to the dark
continent to extend her majesty's sway
over the two republics. One would
naturally suppose that the Orangemcn
of the North would like to be with Rob
crts in the Orange Free State, but they
prefer to let the Royal Irish boys, who
are all Catholics. do the fighting abroad
while they do the shouting at home.
The queen, of course, knew all this,
and that was probably another reason
why she did not visit them after an
absence of forty years. Notwithstand-
ing her refusal to go North she re-
ceived loyal addresses from the corpo-
nations Of Belfast and Derry.
Some Of the Catholics of Ireland
blame Cardinal Logue for accepting
the invitation of the queen to her pri-
vate dinner party. The cardinal, how
ever, is good Irishman, and though
not so strong n Nationalist as Arch
bishop Walsh, Archbishop Croke, and
other Irish prelates, he is staunch
Home Ruler and is heartily in sympa-
thy with every movement for the ele-
walton and betterment of the Irish
race. We are certain he bore himself
with dignity as the queens guest and
did not sacrifice any of his principles
by his attendance at the feast. To be
sure, he may be partly indebted to her
majesty for his supreme rank in the