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The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
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The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
M1sFoRruNEs OF PORTO RICO.

The Minneapolis Journal of Satur-
day evening. April Is. contained Il
lengthy communication from it's spc-
cial correspondent. Smith Il. Hail. on
the dcplorahlr condition Of Cuba under
the imperial sway of the United
States. AS tho Journal is one of tho
most iingostir organs OF expansion in
the whole country we feel astOniSlird
at the publication of Mr.. Halls letter
in its columns. Everything he says is
corrohorativc of the dire distress re-
ported from the islnnd.-which is so
persistcntiy denied by the administra-
ton organs. He says in part:
Disappointed in not receiving the
prosperity she expected. she has hard
ly complained when her people have
starved by the thousands. and her
commerce was almost destroyed. This
bad been her condition for eighteen
months. when | landed ut San Juan,
her capital. one year ago. Her tobacco
and sugar crops for 1898 and 1899
were still tied up by the tariff, and
after overlooking the warehouses
were stored in temporary sheds. The
planters, for lack Of money. were I'M
| able to proceed with cultivation. and
the sugar cane was beginning to rot
from inattentiOn.
Although President Mckinley had
said in his message that the island
should be accorded free trade, it de-
veloped that probably there would be
! only a reduction of the Dfngley tariff
duties.
"But this is unjust" walled the un-
happy Porto Ricans. Don't we be.
long to the United States and can't we
have the same privileges as Hawaii
] and Alaska, and besides. has not your
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The telephone cut quite figure in
the case of Albert r. Patrick, the New
York attorney who is accused of MUIR
dering William NJ. Rice. the aged mil
lionaire. The evidence of Jones. the
valet of the dead man. was insufficient
to convict Patrick without corrobora-
ton, and the lawyer was confident of
acquirtal. The prosecuting attorney
produced two hello girls who posi-
lively swore that they heard Patrick
speak through the telephone ordering
Jones to perpetrate the deed, and they
recognized his voice in court. The
judge decided that Jones was ade-
quately corroborated and held Patrick
Oh the charge of murder in the first
degree to await the action of the grand
jury. /.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Says the st. Paul Globe: Is Cuba
sick of our new colonial notions. of
our postoffice depredations of our mil
itary airs. and our Porto Rican doings.
to the extent that she would rather
buy goods in Europe than of us? At
any rate, the subject is worth serious
consideration. The fact stands. that
during the past year our exports to
Cuba have fallen off Is per cent, while
those Of other nations have increased
10 per cent to 100 per cent. If trade
follows the flag, what has become of
our flag in Cuba? Is it ut half-mast :?
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
CONFLICTING WAR NEWS.

The news from Africa by way of
London is of the most conflicting char
acter. What is cabled from the mod
rrn Babylon today is denied tomorrow.
The other day we were told that De
Wet was crazy and that Botha was
going to surrender Then came the
news that three Boer generals were
together ut different places. and that
their cOmmandos We're to get a leave
of absence until May. On the heels
nf this followed the intelligence that
Steyn and De Wet may go to Europe
by way of Portuguese territory to join
Paul Kruger.
Then we heard that General French.
of the British army. was captured with
800 OF his troops while envelopcd in Il
fog on hill Next day we were told
that the story is fake; that his cap
turc could not have been effected 10y
the willy Beers. because he was ut the
head of 10000 men like Zenophon ut
the battle of CunaXa. Moreover. as
Kitchener had said nothing of the cap
ture in his dispatches the C0cllncyS
did not believe IL word of it.
Later in the week came news of Il
different character, and more anthem
tic. The South African blue book
just issued by the war department at
London. gives some recent dispatches
from Sir Alfred Miner, in one of which
he requests permission to go home to
rest. In another dispatch the British
commissioner, who was instrumental
in bringing on the war. is forced to
admit with reluctance that the British
cause in Cape Colony is one of retro
erosion. and that the fight is now
mainly over supplies. When Miner
tells so much the British arc in bad
condition.
The question of supplies for an ar
my of 100000 men is serious one.
Whenever tire British fail to get sup
plies their cause is lost The Beers
are doing their utmost to intercept the
supplies. and they are now living on
what they capture from the enemy.
An interesting dispatch comes from
New York in the form of an inter
view with Captain Won Lossberg, of
the Transvaal state artillery, who ar.
rived from Europe the other day. He
says that the last words of Louis
Botha ere starting from Africa We're
when You come back we shall be free
or fighting"
The Beers are not so weak as the
British correspondents have stated
Captain Won Lossberg says Delarey
has 100000 rounds of ammunition
and G,OOO men under his command
Botha has 1000; De Wet 5000, and
the rest are in flying columns harass
ing the British everywhere. 1t takes
100000 British to guard the railways
De Wet he considers the greatest
military genius of the age, and tn.
most dangerous "insane man" that thu
English ever COPIED with. He ha.
transformed his raw troops into disci
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great Mckinley told us we could have
free trade in his mighty message?"

great Mckinley told us we could have
free trade in his mighty message?"
But congress kept on talking and
talking until the desperate islanders
were willing to accept any decision
that would enable them to sell thei,
products. There is an end to every
thing earthly. and ut last congress tc
placate the Connecticut tobacco grow
ers. placed the tariff on Porto Rico eX
ports at one-tifteenth of. the Dingley
duties, and then. ashamed of itself
agreed that the collections on Porto
Rican exports should be returned tC
the island and expended upon support
ing the civil government and public
works to give employment to the peo
pie.
But alas, this has not been done
Since the filing of the cases in the su.
preme court involving the constitu.
tionality Of the Porto Rican act, the
treasury department has been with
holding the duties collected at our
ports so as to be able to refund if the
law is found unconstitutional The
court took recess and some time this
month it will take up the cases. In
the meantime the building of roads
and the public works that were to be
paid for out of the returned duties
has not been undertaken, and the
Porto Rican cities are filled with
crowds Of the unemployed.
But. of course, it is Porto Rico that
is involved and Porto Rico must wait.
1t is preposterous that our tobacco and
sugar raiserS and manufacturers fear
the little islands competition, although
they professed to. for Porto Rico does
not raise enough of either article to
Keep up with even our increase in con-
sumption. But. then. free trade for
Porto Rico would mean that awful
thing. a precedent. the entering wedge
for FREQ trade with Cuba and the Phil
ippines should they accept American
protectorate.
Now it might seem as il we were
not really injuring Porto Rico if we
kept our word and paid back the du-
ties (Which we haven't done up to
date), but consider how it is keeping
her from doing manufacturing and
combining her to merely raising raw
materials. Take tobacco.
One-fifteentll per cent of the Dingley
duties OH leaf tobacco is ~ cents per
pound OH leaf tobacco, but upon man.
ufactnred goods. cigars and cigarettes,
onc-fifteenth of the Dingley duties is
G71a cents per pound. and with 25 per
cent al valorem added. is 77lh cents
per pound. as against Az cents per
pound upon the raw material. It can
be seen from this that Porto Rican to-
hacco must be brought to the United
States for manufacture
The Journal has made 10 editorial
comment on the letter of it's Porto
1sian correspondent. Why? Because
it is IN advocate of an imperialistic
government in our recently acquired
insular possessions. and does not want
the public to know the bungling and
criminal way in which the island is
ruled in the interest of the American
plutocracy. 1t is an organ Of McIxin-
leyism. and hence it keeps clOquently
silent.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

That Ireland is almost free from
crime is evidenced in the fact that the
British judges have been the recipi-
ents Of deliberately ornamented white
gloves ut the quarter sessions courts
and in the various counties. One of
the judges humorously declared that
he was the possessor of the largest
collection of white gloves in the world.
and that he was thinking of starting a
museum to exhibit them to the public.
And yet Ireland is infested by 10000
armed constabulary who have nothing
to do but to draw their salaries from
the peoples pockets for suppressing
meetings of the United Irish League.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The worlds greatest ship, the Gel
tic" has been launched. The event
took place at Belfast on April 4. She
weighs 36,7OO tons and is 700 feet
long. She will carry 2,742 passengers
and crew, and 10000 tons of cargo.
She has twelve decks. The Celtic
is not intended for speed. She will
be slow, eight-day boat and chiefly a
freighter She belongs to the White
Star line and is one-fourth larger than
the giant Oceanic"
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Writing of female beauty. Max
ORell says he prefers "a blonde with
brown eyes, or better still, fine, tall
brunette with dark blue eyes and the
fine. delicate skin of a blonde" eff
you want the latter" he says, "go to
Ireland. the home of beautiful women
you will find her there in plenty" On
behalf of the Irish women we thank
Paul Blouet, the witty Frenchman. for
his deserved tribute to the maids of
Erin.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

and in Ireland. 1.64. The advocates
of temperance have splendid field on
this side of the wide Atlantic. 1t is
surprising that more Carrie Nations
have not sprung up for wiping out
blind pigs. According to statistics
Ireland makes the best showing in
temperance among Notwithstanding
nations. And yet it is pointed to as an
awful example by the cranks and ia
natics.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Tim Healy can no longer accuse his
parliamentary colleagues Of spending
their time in conviviality instead of
attending to their duties in the House
of Commons. The Irish party under
Redmond is composed almost exclu-
sively Of total abstainers. They at
tend strictly to business and practice
every kind Of self-denial to promote
their country's cause in an alien and
hostile assembly.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

In letter to Judge John w. Willis,
of st. Paul, Mayor Tom l.. johnson,
of Cleveland. says: 81 believe that
the results of the election will make
greatly for our cause. My only aim at
present is to be good mayor and give
to the city of Cleveland such an adj
ministration as will not disappoint my
friends who have shown so much con-
fi(lence in me-
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Our imperial administration wants
the natives of 'our insular posses
sions" to become patriotic on the
Fourth of July. A Washington dis
patch says that tons Of flags have been
ordered for McKinlcy's wards" in
Porto Rico and the Philippines. but
none will be sent to Cuba for fear of
irritating the inhabitants. In view of
verge of starvation in Porto Rico.
would it not be better to send provi-
sions than flags? The imperial poten-
crazy on the flag. Who shall dare to
haul it down?
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

DIR. Julia Holmes Smith paid a well
deserved compliment to the Irish for
adherence to principle when she said
in an address delivered in Chicago last
week: ''The Irish vote is not a mer-
charitable vote, and the Republican
party, with all it's wealth, has never
broken the solid coiumn of Irish De-
mocracy." Every word of it is true.
At home and abroad the Irish have
never sacrificed principle for pelf.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Says the Canadian Freeman: Edit
ing this paper is 4 nice thing. If we
publish jokes people say we are rattle
Drained. If we don't we are an old
fossil. If we publish original matter
they say we don't give them enough
selections. If we give them selections
they say we are too lazy to write. If
we don't go to church we are heather;
if we do we are a hypocrite. If we
remain in the Office we ought to go out
and hustle for locals. If we go out
then we are not attending to our bust
ness. If we wear old clothes they
laugh ut us. If we wear good clothes
they say we have pull. Now. what
are we going to do? Just as likely
some one will say we stole this item
from our exchanges, and SO we did.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Some daily papers construe the
words of DR.. Conaty at the meeting
Chicago as an attack on the public
schools. No attack was made or in
tended by the eminent educator. Every
one should know that if the public
schools were satisfactory to Catholics
they would not have expended $25,-
100000 last year to support parochial
schools. Other denominations are dis
satisfied with the public school sys-
TEN.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

David Il. Hill, whose shibboleth is
81 am a Democrat" recently said:
"Much needless talk of re-organiza-
ing our party is heard. 1t is hard to
understand what most Of it means.
The good old party of Jefferson and
Jackson and Tilden is still alive. Let
us have courage and patience; let us
unite and persevere. If we only ad-
here to the old-fashioned principles of
our party, the future is bright
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

1t is reported that Russell b. Harri-
son will be appointed major of volun-
teers 10y President Mckinley and after
ward be given similar rank in the
regular army. He was summarily dis
charged from the army because his
father was opposed to imperialism. A
Washington attorney has threatened
to compel the war department to give
cause for dismissal, and to avoid an
investigation young Harrison will be
restored.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

For q man born under the British
flag Andrew Carnegie is true Ameri-
can. In an interview on the capture
Of Aguinaldo he says: "Everything
is pardonable to leader who fights
for the independence of his country
against an invader. History will re-
cord Aguinaldo's cause as sacred to
him regardless of our views now.
Therefore, he must be honored in cap
tivity."
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

In his address ut Dubuque this week
Archbishop Ireland said: II fear not
to say that we have today in the Unit
ed States fourteen or fifteen millions of
Catholics" The noted prelate need not
fear to say so, but where Is his proof :?
The compilers of Catholic directories
do not come within three or four mil
lions of his estimate. Why cannot the
hierarchy order Il census taken so as
to know exactly or approximately what
the Catholic population is? We be-
lieve the archbishop is right, hut
where are the figures to be found?
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

A Chicago judge says that there is
"a divorce habit as well as drink
habit. A woman who is granted a
divorce and marries again sometimes
applies for divorce from several sue
ceeding husbands and usually gets it,
because the defendants do not appear
in court being evidently glad to get
rid of her. Such a female is guilty Of
legal polygamy, though she has but
one husband at a time.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

An Englishman named Higgins, who
is principal owner of the Manila Dagu-
pan railroad, is on his way to the Unit
cd States to demand $2,3OO,OOO of the
government for damage to his prop
erty during the Filipino war. Being a
Johnny Bull he will receive more at
tention than the Filipino and Boer en-
voys from the Anglomaniacs of the
state department
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The "Boer Story of the War;" as
told by Michael Davitt in the Dublin
Freeman's Journal, is quite interesting.
1t is appearing OH this side of the At
lantic in the Irish World, of New
York, and the New World, of Chicago.
The story is profusely illustrated.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Goodwin Smith says that Aguinaldo
is neither a rebel nor prisoner of
war, but simply "a man who has fallen
into the hands of robbers" If Gold
win Smith were an American instead
Of an Englishman he would be called
an "auntie" by the Mckinley press
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The Buffalo Union and Times ell
tered on the third decade of it's publ
cation last week. Its veteran editor.
Father Cronin. is away on a vacation.
and his temporary successor took adj
vantage of his absence to pay him Il
deserved compliment.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The American Protestant mission
aries in China are catching it, from
others besides Mark Twain. Presi-
dent Tucker, Of Dartmouth, says that
the Christian church has been set back
by their misconduct in the Orient
President Northrup, Of Minnesota
University, is Of a contrary opinion
and thinks they are doing great work
in the dissemination of evangelical
Christianity.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

vehicle of their bigotry. Macarthur
may be able to insult the Catholics of
Toronto with impunity but he cannot
do so with the Catholics of New York
Peters was held responsible for his ut
terances and his occupation as jour
nalist is gone.
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An Interesting relic of the South AT

An Interesting relic of the South At
rican war has just been sent by an
officer Mt the front to his mother Mrs.
Donegan, Monkstown. county Cork. 1t
is in the form Of Rosary. 1t is fairly
large in size as the - beads are shrap-
nel bullets. with five Mausers as Patel
Nosters. The copper wire on which
the beads are strung is part of a '1riv-
ing band of 9G-pound shell. as is
also the rough cross. IT makes most
interesting memcnto of Peters Hill.
where so many Irishmen lost their
lives in the service of England.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The st. Paul Pioneer Press and the
Minneapolis Tribune are lauding Sen
ator Hoar of Massachusetts as a patri-
otto American. 1t is not long ago
when they called him all 'auntie" and
said he was in his senility for speaking
in behalf of independence for the Fill
pinos. Something is wrong with the
aged statesman when the Press and
Tribune praise him. What is it? He
has not changed his views on imperial
ISM
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

DR.. Conaty says that the Catholics
of the United States spent S25, OOO, 900
last year on the education of their
children in parochial schools. 1t is a
big financial sacrifice for conscience
sake, but it pays in the long run.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The report that General French,
with five hundred British troops, was
captured by the Beers is denied by the
English war office. French is an Irish
man and a Catholic and is the best
British cavalry officer in South Africa.
General De Wet estcems him highly.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The Boston Republic says: The
anti-Catholic bigots were against Car
ter Harrison in the Chicago election.
Many of the Protestant ministers at
tackled him from their pulpits. The
reason? His wife is Catholic and he
himself is a graduate Of a Jesuit COL
lege.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The loquacious Fitzhugh Lee, Of
Confederate fame, who some time
ago exclaimed in public speech, ION
the quiet, we are in Cuba for good"
now says that American troops must
stay in the island until the people give
proof Of their ability to govern them
selves. The ex-rebel general is an i'm
perialist Of the tire-eating kind.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

During 1900 there was spent in the
United States for alcoholic drinks. the
enormous sum Of one billion dollars
How is that for high? The per capita
consumption was 1893 gallons. In
England 1t was 2.48; in Scotland, 1872,
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The unsavory Shepherd woman is
now Il fugitive from justice. She left
Brooklyn hurriedly to escape arrest.
and her whereabouts is ut present un-
known. Like bad penny. however.
she is apt to turn up.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The pallium was bestowed Oh Arch
bishop Keane Of Dubuque last We'd
nesday. Cardinal Gibbons and a
large number Of the hierarchy attended
the ceremony.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Mrs. Richard Chamberlain. who
ing the War, made speech the othe,
evening in England and said: at is
all very well for men like my brother
in-law Joe to say that farm burning
is all right, but how can he know
about farms and farming? Who was
his father? He was Il little screw
makcr-a very respectable profession.
but it does not teach much about
farms. 1t is no good sending out
screw makers or anything of that sort.
The war was not made for England.
but for johannesburg capitalists who
could not speak English
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The London Saturday Review says
that Paul Kruger was right when he
declared it would cost England E1OO.-
100000 to take his country. 1t says
that already the war has cost f146,-
MN).000. and that before it is over it
may cost f20O,OOO,OOO. or five times
what the Crimean war cost England.
The Review blames Rhodes, Chamber
lain and Miner for bringing on the
war; and in that respect it agrees with
the Boer ENJOYS now in this country.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The real name of the late D'Ogley
Carte, the impressario. was Richard
Doyle Mccarthy. That reminds us
that the real name OF Sig. Foil the
famous tenor, was Michael Foley, and
that the real name Of the defeated
Judge Hanecy, of Chicago, is Patrick
Hennessey. Who comes next?
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The front name of Judge Hanecy,
defeated candidate for mayor of Chi
cago, has been changed by the people
from Elbridge to Denis.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Mgr. Chapelle has left Manila for
Rome, and it is said he is not likely to
return to the Philippines. 1t may be
just as well.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

During last year $4,000 persons be-
tween the ages of Is and IS left the
Emerald Isle for foreign lands Five
sixths of them came to the United
States. If the exodus continues at
that rate what is the use of talking of
Ireland for the Irish? The leaders
of the Irish should try to keep the
people at home
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

The historic Plains of Abraham in
the city of Quebec are owned by the
Jlrsuline Nuns, who leased the prop
crty some years ago to the Canadian
government. The lease is about to ex-
pirp and a movement is on foot to pur-
chase the plains for Il national park
and thus prevent them from being cut
up into building lots. The scene of
WOlfe'S victory over MOntcalm in 1859
should he preserved as a permanent
memorial of one of the most important
events in tire history of this continent
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
aaE4%
After the first of July bank checks
will bear no revenue stamps.

My Lord Pauncefote and Secretary
Hay are patching up the canal treaty
with the hope that the senate will
o. X. it at it's next session.