The Sunday globe., 1901-05-05
This Republic and the Beers.

Ifthere is nothing else chargeable 90
the Mckinley administration but the
cold Indifference with which it has wit
messed the wiplng out Of two republics
and the destruction Of brave and God
fearing people, it is sufficient in material
for the most infamous chapter of our his.
tory.
Analogy never had and never can have
a more striking similitude than the
Colonial war and the immortal conflict
waged by the gallant Dutch burghers of
the Transyaal and Orange Free State.
The same issues were at stake in bolA
wars, and the same oneMy-En England
was contended against The chivalrous
French nation forced It's monarch and
arstocracy TO aid in our stupendous
struggle, and principally to the assist
ance given, on land and sea, in ships,
arms, money, and men the Republic of
the United States was successfully es
tablished.
Nor can the Anglo Saxon apologst at
either side of the Atlantic detract an iota
from the priceless service rendered the
Colonies by France with the disin genious
assertion that this service was given more
through hatred Of England than love for
the Colonists.
The impartial historian, however, of
the Mckinley administration will b.
forced to record a much more damning
apology, and one which the facts them.
selves leave no room for qualification, in
the matter Of It's attitude towards the
Auglo-Dutch war in South Africa. He
will be compelled to write, in substance
this sentences
"Ths Republican administration of
William Mckinley aided and abettod the
Tory government of Lord Salisbury in
the destruction Of the two Dutch repub.
lies, not because Of any special anipathy
or haired Of the Burghers, but because of
the love of the American admiuistra ion
for England"
This sentence will be expanded and
amplifed by the apologize historian into
an exhaustive summary of our alleged
obligations to England in the Spanish
American war, and our gratitude and
love resultant thereirom, which culmi.
mated in giving England free hand in
Africa and selling her supplies of war
material, horses, mules, bread stuffs and
permitting thousands Of degenerate
Americans to ship on cattle boats, osten.
sibly as non cOmbatant employees, but
who on landing at Cape Town, imme-
dately enlisted in the British military
service to fight the Boers
What a spectacle this once lib, rty -lov.
ing republic presents to the civilized
world inlthis opening Of the new century
For over one hundred years the hope,
the refuge and the idol Of the oppressed
Of the entire globe it has now become so
poor in the cardinal virtues which dis.
tinguishcd it, that neither Cuban, Porto
Rican nor Filipino will do it voluntary
reverence, for il is absurd TO accept as
voluntary OF loyal the present manipu-
lated acquiescence and allegiance of the
people Of those islands to the United
States.
The criminal consistency Of the Ad-
ministratlon in not staying the pirate
arm Of England in South Africa while
engaged itself in wars Of spoilation and
conquest in the far-distant Philippines
is cheerfuly acknowledged, and credit
therefor is herewith noted. That con
sistency il, nevertheless, an indelible
stnin on the fair e-cutcheOn Of the Re.
public and has marked the parting Of
the wuys-the roads Of honor and in
famy-in the future destiny Of this Re-
public. We are now committed to d
career of colonial conquests and ex'
ploitations, the arbitrary ule Of mill
tary salraps and pro consuls for the
weaker peoples and countries ovei
whom we plant our flag, and in every
detail, scope and plan Of the ancient