The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-01
BOER MEETING IN NEW YORK.
IRISH SOCIETIES SYMPATHY FOR
THE TRANsVAAL.

Fitzgerald of the Supreme Court. |
Speakers Compared the War with |
the American observation-disclosures
tiOns Adopted.
New York. Dec. Si.-The united Irish
societies of New York and vicinity filled
the Academy of Music tonight at a mass
meeting, called to express sympathy with
the Beers and opposition to England in
consequence of the South African war
Senator Mason of Illinois, Congressman
Sulzer Congressman Cummings of New
York and others addressed the meeting.
Justice Fitzgerald of the Supreme Court
presided. After calling the meeting to
order he said:
1T is a great honor to be asked to speak
to this great audience tonight and 10 join
in expressing our deep indignation at the
unjustihabe war now being waeed by
Great Britain upon the people of the
Transvaal and to give utterauce to our
sentiments of deep admiration for the gal
liant stand being made by the farmers
OF South Africa in defense Of their prop
erty, their lives, their liberties,
THE British colonial Office seems TO
have up TO this point made mistake I'm
calculating the fighting qualities of those
farmers. 1t is said that the colonial sec
retary will send more troops 20 Africa.
Perhaps when the yoemen fOX-hunters
and by the gracious permission of the
Queen, the Duke of Connaught, go to the
relief of the besieged troops, Englauds
cup may be again tille1 with bitterness.
The great heart of the American peo-
pie goes out to the people of the Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State They
are fighting for the same principles. they
are against the same sovereign and red
n
ago and would fight us tomorrow If they
dared and thought it would benefit them"
SuIzcr with the Beers.
Congressman Sulzer spoke next. He
said:
II am opposed to an Ango-American al
lance, expressed or implied, especially
when its object is the advancement of i'm
perialism, the marches Of armies the
downfall of republics, the destruction of
free institutions, the ensavement of man
and the perpetuity of the power of kings
THE American people should cry out
against this sacrifice of principle, this sur
render of rights. before 1t is too late. Eng
land never was and never will be our true
and lasting friend You cannot make
monarchy harmonze with democracy.
| Their principles are antagonistic and as
sociation incompatible.
This is the greet repuhlc--for a century
IL has been the beacon light of the world
In the present Anglo African crisis. why
should ii secretly aid Great Britain?
Should 1t not rather be true to its tradi-
tions and openly sympathze with the
Beers? Look about you my friends. and
answer which it is doing. II seems the
very affairs of our liberties are being be-
trayed by men in high places who are
sworn to guard them. In this fight for
home rule against English tyranny to be
true TO ourselves our sympathy must AMI
should be with the Beers.
Criticized the President.
"The President should have offered the
friendly offices CT this country to prevent
this cruel war lie should have responded
for the great and mighty petition foc
peace presented to him at the beginning.
He should have acted on the findings, the
conclusions and the judgment Of The
Hague Peace Conference. lie cou have
done so consistently.
But the friends of free institutions
! should not lose hope-we should not des-
pair even though the White House seems
| to be enveloped in the atmosphere OF an
English fog IL is not TOO late for this re-
public 10 assert itself in behalf of repub-
| lican Institutions. II is not too late for us
TO demand an honorable peace in the in
| ,crest of humanity, Christianity and civil
ization'
When Congressman Sulzer in the course
of his speech brought in the name OF
AnAInDeIlhln
wi n their misses. Stamping, waving Boer
| flags whistling, and cheers, with occa-
sional remarks interrupted the speech all
| TIE way through.
Cummings ON Chamberlain.
| Congressman Amos j. Cummings told of
! the history of British aggression in South
Africa, beginning with the taking Of the
| Cape Colony in trust, when Napoleon took
| Holland, and the refusal TO give 1t back
~ Of
| "She hated Napoleon said he but was
| willing to pick up the scraps that he left"
| He referred to Chamberlaln's recent
change of front, end added
chamberlain Is IA liar, and that is not
] putting it a bit too strong, for three years
| ago he said the same thing that l have
| tod you tonight"
| Congre ssman Cummings blamed Ambas-
| sador Choate. among others for the ex-
! isung situation OF affairs as far as the
| position of the United States is concerned.
RESOLUTIONS Adopted.
| The resolutions which were adopted
| with a cheer, were in part as follows
! Resolved, That we, citizens of New
| York. in mass meeting assembled, con-
| demn the action of the British govern
! menl and recognize the strenuous strug-
| g e carried on for generation aft.- genera
tion by ihe burghers of South Africa 10
| secure the right to rule themselves in their
| own way as an tAbUDit worthy OF tfte
| embattled farmers whose Valor won Amer
| lean freedom; and we recognize that the
! TWO sister republics whose citizen soldiers
| have defeated in a series of pitched BATH 3
! the We eran legions OF England, have thus
| won title to independence which all
| mankind should recognize as valid.
! Resolved, That we protest against the
| seizure Of American food supplies in tran
| sit to a neutral territory an act Of in
| humanity and a breach OF interna tlolal
| law the evident purpose of which is 10 ac-
| complish by the starvation OF non-com-
batants a result which the British arms
| have failed to achieve"
Among the vice presidents Of the NEST
| ing were N A. Poynter. governor OF Ne
| braska; George l.. Wellington, United
| States Senator from Maryland, and the
| following congressman: Daniel T.. John
| sion Of West Virginia; William f. Rhea
| and John Lamb of Virginia; Stanyarn
Wilson of South Carolina; Thomas Spght
| of Mississippi.
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