The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-11-23
AN ANrI-REDMoND CIRCULAR.

AN AIN l1.NEDMUND IkNLU1ANs
The ST. Paul Globe of last Sunday
cditorially informs it's readers that it
is in receipt of a circular, headed
''They Are Only Queens Irishmen,"
from correspondent whose rectitude
and authority on Irish political affairs
are unimpeachable. The circular re-
ferred to charges John e. Redmond
and all the parliamentary members of
Which he is leader with being traitors
to the Irish cause they are advocating
The Globe says that its correspondent
alleges that practically the entire Irish
party is unworthy Of confidence, and
specifically charges it with having
abandoned the Irish cause after having
made terms with England. The follow
ing paragraph from THE circular IS
given by the Globe:
"When Queen Victoria went to Ire
land to drum up Irish recruits for the
British army in South Africa the whole
civilized world recognized the object
Of the visit and waited to see what
Ireland would do. The gallant Beers
looked for some action that would dis
courage enlistment in the British army;
the little handful of Irislplncn who were
unfolding the honor of the race under
the flag Of the Transvaal naturally ex-
pectcd encouragement. and the Irish
soldiers of the British army hesitated
ut the most critical moment of tho
war. 1t was such an opportunity as
had not come in a century to empha-
size Ireland's true position and make
England feel that the Irish race were
against her. 1t was great opportu-
nifty. even for parliamentarians who
knew the game Of politics."
The Globe says that its correspon-
dent blames Redmond and his follow.
crs for not preventing enlistments for
the British army in Ireland, and that
the Irish cnvOys now in this country
are not representing the true political
aims Of tile Irish people, and so forth.
We regret that our esteemed ST Paul
contemporary did not throw the crcu-
lar into its waste basket and thus bury
it in oblivion like other trash that finds
it's way into that receptacle. Every
thing said in the circular is nonsensi-
cal in the superlative degree. Any man
or set of men who stigmatize Redmond
Dillon. O'Brien. Davitt. O'Donnell, Nc
Hugh, and the rest of their colleagues
as traitors to Ireland should be laughed
at rs either fools or knaves, and should
not be taken seriously by the Globe
The people of Ireland have the full
est confidence in the honesty and pat
riotism Of these men. Even the Tories
unscliish and unremitting devotion to
their country's cause. They have spent
the best years of their life in the serv-
ice of Ireland, and for what? 10 bam-
boozle their countrymen at home and
abroad? 10 make terms with England
for personal gain or glory? They are
as incorruptible as O'Connell, as UNI
compromising as Mitchell They have
never uttered a word or performed an
act to forfeit the confidence reposed in
them by their constituents.
The Irish parliamentary party is
composed of men who are blending for
their country in a hostile assembly in
a legal and constitutional manner.
They are not military men capable of
leading an Irish army against Eng
lands forces in Ireland. and If they
were. where is the army to be led?
The Irish people are not armed nor dis
ciplined for fighting, but if they We're
and there was chance Of success, not
temporary but permanent, the Irish
Nationalist representatives would do
their duty.
This talk about "Ireland's opportu-
nifty" having come at the outbreak of
the Anglo-Boer war is all bosh. The
Irish soldiers in the British army would
not help the Irish people in case of an
instruction, and the British govern
ment knows it. They are rs loyal to
England as the Irish policemen. The
enlistment of recruits in ireland for
the South African war was discour-
aged by the parliamentary representa-
tives as well as by the National press