The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

'eThis country, and especially the Pa
cif1c coast, has vital interest in the
struggle now going on in the Orient
over spheres of influence and other
terms used to conceal schemes Of COM
mercial exploitation. 1t is an unf0r-
tunate thing. therefore, that all news
from that quarter comes by way of
London, carrying with it as it does the
selfish, if not to say the absurd, color
ing of English statesmen. If the con-
struction and operation Of a Pacific
cable, even at a cost of $4,000, 900,
served no purpose other than the cor
rection of this public evil, it would be
the best Investment that the nation has
ever made"
The speaker was j. T. Flynn, man.
ager of the American Petroleum Sup,
ply company, of San Francisco, con-
Germ that has a large trade in the
Orient, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
According to the London press"
continued Mr.. Flynn, "all Europe is in
conspiracy against the United
States, and is only prevented from car
rying out it's nefarious designs by
Great Britain, which always interferes,
like the detective in the dime novel, in
time to defeat the conspirators. First
it is Russia, next France, and finally
Germany.
'It is everything or amy old thing
to hoodwink the American people into
an Anglo-Saxon alliance. By it's du-
plex system Of telegraphy it tells us
in one breath that Russia is bank
rupt, unable to borrow dollar, while
in the next it beseeches the Imperial
Bank of Russia not to withdraw a bal
ance of $25,OOO,OOO it has in the Bank
of England, through fear Of producing
a crisis; it throws bouquets at EN-
peror William on the propriety Of an
Anglo German alliance with it's Euro
pean wire, while hurling brickbats at
his subjects through its American
wing; it pleads for the protection of
Chinese rights in Manchuria, while
practicing pillage in South Africa; it
denies our right to build the Nicaragua
canal, while it boldly appropriates one.
half of Venezuela, and it demands an
ocean outlet in Alaskan waters for a
few deer skinners in the Northwest
Territory, under the law Of commercial
equity, while denying to Russia, with
its 13O,OOO,OO0 people, the right to an
ocean outlet in either the Mediterra-
mean or the Pacific.
''This is the real cause of the late
and present trouble in the Orient. 1t
is the reopening Of conflict between
Russia and England which has existed
for ages, and which was only tempo
rarily ended in the Crimean war. The
scene has simply been shifted from
Constantinople to the Yellow sea, and
it is very evident that unless the ma
ton that boasts of flag upon which
the sun never sets promptly recedes
from its present position, it will find
that flag eventually confined in Lon
don, a political subdivision where the
sun is comparatively unknown.
I'm it's last conflict with Russia, Eng
land had France and Turkey as allies;
in the next it may or may not have
Japan. If the little brown man knows
when he is we'll of he will not consent
to rake chestnuts out of the Chinese
fire for England. But I am inclined
to the belief that Japan is only flirting
with John Bull in the Oriental picnic.
And there are others.
1T is barely possible that Lord
, Pauncefote may be able to convince
Secretary Hay that American manu-
featuring interests could be subserved
by the utilization of the resources and
cheap labor Of China, but I doubt his
ability to impress those views upon
President Mckinley, and for this rea-
son do not believe that the United
States will offer any protest against
Russia's occupation of Manchuria.
"The prompt acceptance Of Russia q
note of retirement from Pekin shows
that President Mckinley thoroughly
understands the situation in China.
That was the best piece of statesman
ship displayed by this government
since the days Of Lincoln, and did more
to re-elect William Mckinley than any
other single issue Of the late com.
paign. 1t first refuted the charge of
imperialism made against his party,
it next exploded the theory of secret
alliance with England, which was Of.
fensive to the German, the French, and
the Irish Of this country, who repre-.
sent majority of its voters, and last
but not least, it told the industrial