The Irish standard., 1901-12-28

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,hrase, another Ireland in South Af-
'ica," we sadly recall the facts that
while another Ireland'' is fighting for
| liberty as bravely-and hundred
ines more unitedly-as the Ireland of
1901, the original Ireland is taxed to
he tune Of 1150,OOO week that the
Infamous war may be maintained by
The common enemy of both peoples;
| md that the traitorous Catholic Irish
men who defeated O'Neill and O'Don-
| nell at IAinsale have their modern
counterparts in the thousands of mis-
erable' Irish hirelings who fought
against the Beers.
With the example of unsubdued
and ever-aggressive ireland at her
doors, what can England hope for at
the other end of the world? Her ar
mics have been beaten. Her finances
| are strained to-the point of an over
whelming collapse. Her prestige is
gone forever. She has earned the
scorn and openly expressed hatred of
all the nations of the earth. The ruler
of the United states greets Mr.. Red
mond and his colleagues in his official
residence, knowing we'll that they
have been the most determined and
persistent opponents of Chamberlain's
war in all the world. And Theodore
Roosevelt abolishes the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty with pen stroke, while
England does not even utter a feeble
protest. The people of Germany hurl
defiance, insult and contumely at Eng
land across the North sea, and go into
ecstacies of Indignation because Cham
berlain dared to compare their army
to his own pack of discredited slum
birds. Russia pursues the even tenor
IF her way in the far East, taking as
little account of England's interests as
of the feelings of the Prince Of Mon
AGO. France is looking on scornfully,
wringing what she wants out of the
only champion of the concentration
camps i'll Europe-Abdul the Damned
|-and nursing his memories of Fasho-
da. Holland, Belgium, Spain and Swift
zerland abhor the name of England
even as they have now learned to dis
tinguish between England and Ireland,
and to greet with pride and gratitude
anyone who proclaims himself ma
tive of our freedom-loving land.
About Spain's feelings no one doubts.
Search the civilized world over and
you will doubtless find only enemies
Of England. She is squalid and
despicable isolation-"splendid' in her
loneliness no longer.
Well Informed of all that is hap
pening in the outside world, Botha,
De Wet and Delarey know all this.
They know that England has put forth
all her strength; and they know that
they and their unconquerable hosts
can defy it. Lord Roberts tolda few
miserable cavalry regiments en- route
for the Cape the other day that he
wished he were going with them.
They were the last of the mounted
Mohicans, and "Bobs'' did we'll to tell
them good STORY to cheer them on
their gloomy way. He wished for no
such thing. If he did, he could graft
fy his desire and harm or disappoint
no one but the promoters of bazaars.
The English generals, from Roberts
and Kitchener to the humblest failure
whose name has been forgotten, must
realize by this time that their broken,
worn-out and demoralized troops are
confronted with hopeless task. 1t
is the tale Of the old Persian mil
lions and the Greek thousands. Men
fighting Gods own blessed battle for
freedom are pitted against hireling
house burners, ruffianly ravagers and
pagan workers of iniquity. There can
be only one end to the struggle, let it
come sooner or later.
The English might have killed all
the Boer fighters and starved or mur-
Tered by disease all their women and
children by this time were it not for
the manner in which the Cape Colon.
lists responded to the call Of their