The Irish standard., 1901-11-16
1t Has Already Cost the People in Money
Double the Expenditure Of
the Crimean War.
The Situation is Steadily Growing Worse
and the Army in the Field
Left Without Pay.

amcer, Il serious situation exists on ac-
count Of India. where our soldiers only
consist of two and three years time
expired men raging at so monstrous q
detention, the result of the folly, in
capacity, and greed of the jingo gov
ernment Of rich men.
Afraid to call Immediately upon the
nation for more taxes the soldiers are
left unpaid. and the army contractors
clamor in vain for their installments.
The bitter experiences of the returned
troops. the unnecessary insults and
hardships inflicted upon our army i'm
the field have had the obvious effects
upon recruiting. The government ap
pealed to the Yeomanry who have al
ready served to return to the ranks,
but these wary birds "once bitten,
twice shy" refuse to fight any more
for gang of mscrupulous financiers,
who have been tickling the ears of the
ignorant by calling themselves "king
and country" Chamberlain's insolent
interference in the affairs Of Malta has
produced an imperative demand for
home rule in that island, the details Of
which are set forth in the current issue
of La Gazetta di Malta.
So, then. speeds the war in it's third
year. Meanwhile affairs i'm Ireland
again begin to look black. We who
thought we could govern the two Dutch
republics better than their own inhaIbi-
tants-the men who, fleeing from Brit
ish tyranny and greed, went into the
desert, and, amid untold hardships,
made it bloom so fairly that the uni
versal robber could not withstand seiz-
ing this Naboths vineyard-cannot
even govern Ireland, while Australia
has about broken away from the Inn
perial rule and proclaimed itself a re-
public.
Why is there this universal dislike
of the English? Why is every nation,
and why even are our colonies anxious
to get away from connection with us?
1t is not, we believe, ON account Of the
common people of England, but be-
cause it's government has never for one
day in it's history, except during the
period of the parliamentary republic,
been out of the hands of the wealthy
and privileged classes. 1t is they who
have made England hated. And the
policy Of these same conspirators is to
keep the English ignorant. The sys-
tenn of elementary school education is
designedly framed to prevent the culti-
walton of the imagination, and without
imagination man is only wooden
block, upon which a political artist
may carve whatever pattern he choos-
es. Our young people have, with in.
tention, been encouraged to intoxicate
themselves with field sports to keep
their minds away from the fact that
they are. in reality, slaves governed by
privileged clique of landlords, and Of
fnanciers of shady character.
10 buttrcss up this rotten system,
church has been manufactured by par
liament, and out of the national re.
sources receives some .f10,000.o0o a
year to teach the young and poor to be
toadies to the rich; to lead them to ex-
pect nothing in this life: but to look to
an after-1ife reward, while the parson
himself generally occupies the best
house in the village.
The people must take in hand this
church. 1t is a national institution,
like the workhorse system. 1t belongs
to Tom. Dick and Harry, quite as
much as to the parsons. who are only
life trustees of national property. De-
mands, therefore, should be made for
the use of the church fabrics in which
to hold public meetings. In former
days the Catholics, who built most Of
our churches and cathedrals. erected
them on scale so large, having regard
to the population, as to excite our pres
ent wonder. But the explanation is
simple. 1t was not thought that man
was so consummate hypocrite that he
could dissociate his daily secular life
altogether from its spiritual aspect