The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-10-20
Harsh Criticism of M'Kinley and
His Secretaries.
THE PHRFIDlOUs WAR OF CONQUEST
Attitude Of Administration on
Anglo-Boer War.

William VocEc n representative Ger
man-Amcrican Of Chicago, and a life
long Republican. has deserted McIIin-
Icy and come out for Bryan. He is n
member of the law firm of Woke &
HeAly. IL member of the Union League,
the University, and the German
clubs. He is also Il member of the
George II. Thomas Post of the G.. A.
II. and Of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion. At the close Of the
Civil War he held the rank of Cap
tain. He has filled several offices and
is highly respected by citizens of ev-
cry nationality. Last Saturday night
he addressed large meeting of Ger
man-Americnns ut Central Music Hall
and scored the Mckinley administra-
tion in the German language. He was
frequently applnuded.
The subject Of Mr.. Vocke's speech
was "Our secret alliance with Eng
land and it's morbid consequences; the
war In the Philippines; the threats Of
war against Germany; the shameful
treatment of the Beers and the nban-
d0nment of American interests In fa-
vor Of England"
.- Beginning with IN expression of re-
gret that after mature reflection he
had been compelled by duty and con-
science and against the advice Of so
many lifelong friends not to follow in
the present elections the lend of his
old party, he first entered upon the
war In the Philippines and asked by
what right Mr.. McKinley's administra-
tiOn had undertaken to shed blood and
burn down peaceful towns in these
islands, declaring that the same pro.
fessions made by Mr.. Mckinley in re-
gard to Cuba ought to have been the
United States guidance in regard to
the Philippines.
| He reviewed the different official
documents published by the United
States Senate to prove that Aguinaldo
was made use of by United States mil
itnry and naval commanders in the
Philippines as an ally; that the Fill
pinos rendered the United States tho
most valuable services, that they
greeted the United States as their lib
orators; that the de facto alliance was
testified to by several of this country's
commanding officers and the mlsera-
bic treatment Aguinaldo and his peo-
pie had received in spite of all by Mr..
Mckinley and his administration.
"The action of Mr. Mckinley is not
only fragrant violation Of right, but
an unspeakable perfldity toward aloyal
ally and in contravention of the old
rule, Fides etiam hosti scrvanda,' {"
continued Mr.. Woke, "Fundamental
principles Of national intercourse are
inc sure as those Of private inter-
course. The holy scripture already
says, Justice comprises the thrOnr,'
and in the early middle ages n cele-
brated sultan wrote: ''rO be COM
mander of a nation is like unto bal
ancc with two scales, one of which is
in paradise, the other in hell Justice
is the chief thing. This try to do, for
the prophet has counted on Il day of
justice higher than sixty ycam OF
prayer
"But who was il who led the presi-
and caused him to change a war of
liberation into a pcrlidiOus war Of
conquest, covering our whole rr~,ple
with shame? WHO was the Mephisto
from whose poisonous doctrines our
Faust Mckinley has chiefly remem-
ber;;c.h the sentence;
"He who mas s mower has the right:
he cares for the what and nca nf for the
how!
"'War commercial piracy, "a trini-
ty inseparable."'
before answering this question Mr..
vock first took up Mr.. McKintev's "A.
''oAs 10 Germany. Mentioning that
the presidents friends, especi,l1v
among the Germans in this countv
had made special efforts to show that
ne had entertained the same friendly
relations to Germany as to England
Mr.. Woke began to show that even
before Mr.. McKinley's Inauguration
some great English-American papers
had made it their business to hean
the vilest vituperatons upon the Ger
man people and it's government and
from these large newspapers they were
reprinted by the country press. When
the war broke out they became more