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Spunky daughter, Columbia, who was
engaged in war with one of the weak
est nations on the earth. The Lon
don press spread the report that had it
not been for Englands navy the other
European powers would have COM
bined to crush the United States; and
every Anglo-American daily paper in
this country echoed and re-echoed the
lying report, despite the fact that the
representatives of France, Germany
and Russia at Washington had given
it their most emphatic denial.
1t was only when Prince Henry of
Germany was coming to the United
States that the American people first
knew they We're imposed upon by Eng
lands protestation of friendship. In
stead of trying to keep the European
powers from interfering in the Span
ish-American war, England proposed
to them to do so and her overtures
We're rejected. Her hypocrisy was eX-
posed by Germany in self-defense.
and another instance of English per-
fidy was given to the world.
One would suppose that England
would be slow to pose again as the
friend of the United States, but to-
day she is more ardent than ever in
her friendship for this country.
Though in alliance with Germany in
the Venezuelan affair she tries to
make the American people believe
through the Anglo-SaXon press that
Germany cannot be trusted. The ly-
ing Associated Press sent out an in
tervew the other day with one Colonel
Scruggs of Georgia in which that in
dividual is reported as saying that II
think Britain is sincere in her desire
simply to collect debt but there is
every evidence that Germany has
other important objects in view" OF
course, England has no design on
South American territory. She is no
landglabber as is Germany.
The fact is, that Germany has no
disposition to cause any annoyance to
the United States. 1t was Emperor
William who suggested President
Roosevelt rs the arbitrator of the diff
ficulticS between Venezuela and the
European powers. Had the emperor
been bent on the acquisition of terri
tory in defiance of the Monroe Doc
trnc he would not have asked Pres
ident Roosevelt to act in that capacity.
AS between Germany and England in
regard to friendlineSs to the United
States, the former is more sincere than
the latter. We have no reason to
doubt the honesty and sincerity of
Germany in her dealings with the
United States, but as for England she
must not be trusted either now or here
after.
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could be found to challenge any prop
erty in the town."
Priests were the special object of
Puritanical fury, and Carlyle describes
with much glee how his murderous
hero had "friars knocked on the head
in DOZENS" The soldiers of prey ragged
through the town, killing man, wo-
man and child, occasionally amusing
themselves by tossing babies from
spear point to spear point along their
lines. Two hundred women took ref
uge around the great cross in the
market place, but they We're slain with
as little conjunction as if they had
been wild beasts. "The hand of the
law was mighty in this" wrote Col.
Thorpe, one of the murderers, "for we
killed many in the town, and as they
fled out of the town Oh the west side
we made great slaughter"
When the orgy of murder was COIL
cluded the streets We're piled so high
with corpses as to be almost impas-
sable. OF this exploit Cromwell wrote
to Parliament as follows: ut was set
upon some Of our hearts that great
thing should be done. not by our
power OF might, but by the spirit of
God. That Which caused your men to
storm so coura geously, it was the
Spirit of God. 1t was the Spirit of
God who gave your men courage, and
herewith success, and, therefore, it is
good that God alone should have all
the glory.'
Most of the adult inhabitants of the
city had been slain and their property
plundered by Cromwel's pious muir
derers, but barbarity had not vet
reached it's full course. The little
children-boys and girls of tender
years-were seized and sold as slaves
to West Indian planters, and it was
lot an uncommon sight at that period
to see a group of children, chained to-
gether, being driven along the road
toward some seaport by Il company of
Cromwell's troops. In four years no
less than five thousand youths and
maidens We're eXiled in this fashion to
the Barbados.
Cromwell did not live long enough
to enjoy the fruits of this barbarity.
No man ever betrayed his own coun-
try or prosecuted others with as small
reward. He set aside whole Irish
county for himself, but neither he nor
any Of his family ever possessed so
much of it as to set his foot on. He
waded through slaughter, but never
reached throne. After few miser
able years of pretended royalty, he
died of pure terror; and but little time
passed when his body was eXhumed
and treated with every possible species
Of indignity.
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THE ANGLO-SAXON PRESS.

Without doubt the Anglo,SaXun
press is the most unreliable and most
Enthusiastically in the world. 1t has
all the characteristics of falsehood. 1t
supprcsses truth ana suggests unrruth
in the news it gives to the English
reading public in both hemspheres.
What it gives as facts today it con-
tradicts tomorrow; but frequently the
lies of yesterday are not contradicted
today nor tomorrow, but are accepted
as truth and pass into history. This
is more often the case when there is
war or when r,,nors of war are afioat.
Everybody distinctly remembers
how the press of London and New
York hoodwinked the American peo-
pie into believing that during the
Spanish War the United
States had but one true friend in
Europe among all the great powers,
and Of course that was England.
BLOOD was thicker than water" you
know, and England, the Mother
Country" sympathized deeply with her
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paper is to be pitied. How can it's
members understand their religion if
they read nothing about it? They are
culpably ignorant of their faith if they
fail to read the Catholic press
The Irish Standard, as it's name indi-
Gates, is published in the interests of
American citizens of Irish birth and
decent In it's devotion to the race it
represents, The Irish Standard is not
inferior to any paper in the United
States. Though it is known as Irish
it is truly American, and never to it's
knowledge has it been false to true
principles of Americanism. In the
future, as in the past, it will be Ameri-
can, Irish, and Democratic. We ask
all our readers to assist us in the per-
Torrance of our work by prompt pay
ment of their subscriptions, and in
return we shall give them the worth of
their money during the coming year
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

AS a political designation the word
Populist has passed out of use in
Congress. There will be no Populist
members of the next Senate and no
member of the next House who is
either Il member of the Populist party
or who was elected by Populist votes
in opposition to the candidate or candi-
dates of the regular parties. The
Silver Republicans, too, have ceased
as such to exist
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The other day in New York wom-
an who was begging in the garb of
n Sister of Charity was arrested
through the shrewdness of little
Irish girl named Sadie Murty. When
the impostor called at the home of
little Sadie She represented herself as
being connected with st. Gabriel's
church. "No, you are not" said
Sadie. II know all the Sisters there,
and they keep their faces and hands
clean" A policeman was called and
the woman was taken to the lookup
where she gave her name as Emma
Meyer.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

When the late Thomas b. Reed was
offered $1,000 for an article on i'm
perialism in leading magazine he
said: Il feel too deeply on the subject
to take money for expressing my Opin-
ion about it," When Speaker of the
House he said: I'VE are buying
100000 Malays at So Il head, un-
picked, and nobody knows what it
will cost to pick them" He should
have followed Senator HOnr and other
statesmen in protesting against the
Philippine policy of his party.
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HORACE pLUNKETT IN AMERICA.

In speech before the Society for
Political Education in New York on
Dec. Is, Horace Plunkett, eX-member
of the British parliament, and the
Tory candidate for Galway who was
defeated by Col. Arthur Lynch, who is
to be tried on charge of high treason
on january 90. told his audience that
you must not give anything to an
Irishman; you must not do anything
for an Irishman." The reason why
he spoke thus is that if anything We're
done for or given to all lrishnEln it
would spoil lis own work. He be-
licvcs that what an Irishman wants
ance after he has been deprived OF
everything by alien rule. I'VE have
taken from the Irishman everything
that makes life worth living, but we
must not interfere or you will spoil o,ll
work" What work is he engaged in:
1t is needless to say that Horace
Plunkett is lot in favor Of the scheme
of giving the land Of Ireland to the
cultivators thereof. lie is not in favor
of self government for the land OF his
birth, and that is why the voters of
Galway repudiHtcd him. He is q
salaricd officer Of the British govern
ment and ut present is the head OF
some agricultural organization. the
function Of which is not to show the
Irish farmers how to make two blades
of grass grow where only one was
previously produced. He Is credited
with doing some good, but we cannot
for the life of us find out what it Is.
He has actually convinced some Irish
Americans that what Ireland needs
more than anything else is scientific
farming and Il revival Of her indus.
tries. But SO long as landlOrdism ex-
lists and while laws are made In Lon.
! don and not in Dublin for the develop.
ment of Irish Industries, agricultural
ana otherwise, Horace plunkett's work
will not amount to much. He knows
that Ireland is OvertaXcd, and that
the more Industrious the peasantry
are the uore their rents will be i'll
creased. His sole oh Get, it appears tC
U.S. is to divert tive attention of the
farmers from Home Rule and the
ownership of the land, the two main
things the Irish Nationalist party is
lahoring to obtain.
In his address in New York he in
sin,mted that the Irish pcasuntry arc
ignorant and tlriftless. Granting that
they are. who is responsible for it:
Had he gone into Mayo and Ros
common and seen things there as de,
scribcd by Walter Wellman and Guy
Cramer. the Chicago correspondents,
he would know that the infamous sys.
TEN of land tenure in vogue is re.
sponsible for the ignorance and thrift
lessness that prevail in the congested
districts of Connaught. Let us hear
Mr.. Wellman. In his letter to the
Chicago Record Herald of Dec 10 he
says:
thousands of families in this region
would starvc but for the remittances
which come regularly from relatives il
the United States. Many thousands
more would starve but for the heroic
efforts, the splendid self-denial and re
sistance to temptation, which the
young men and women show in theil
yearly trips to England or Scotland
working hard, living upon almost
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

The first volume of "A History of
lreland," price ten shillings, by Rev.
e. a. Dalton, of Belcarra, Castelar,,
Ireland, is being published by Messrs.
Sealy, Buyers n Walker, of Dublin. 1t
contains more than 500 pages and be-
gins with the earliest inhabitants of
Ireland and ends with the Reforma-
ton in that country.
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The Wexford Massacre.

The apologists of Oliver Cromwell
justify the massacres he committed,
on the grounds that they struck such
terror into the Irish people that they
Il great amount of bloodshcd was real
ly avoided.
The explanation would he more sat
isfactory il it's assumptions were true.
AS Il matter of fact, instead of the
irish abandoning resistance, they re-
sisted Cromwelps presence, as is mani
tested by the stoutest resistance just
prior to his withdrawal from Ireland
when Hugh O'Ncill hurled him back
from the walls of Clonmel and slew
TWO thousand Of his followers.
Flushed with his victory at Droghe-
da, says the Irish World, Cromwell
lurned his attention to Wexford, and
arriving before the town, demanded
its Immediate unconditional surrender.
Col. David SinnOtt, who commanded
the forces of the town, replied to
Cromwell that, Il am resolved to die
honorably or make such conditions
as may secure my honor and life III
the eyes of my own countrymen." and
sent commissioners to treat with
Cromwell.
While the negotiations We're going
on, Cromwell, with that breach of
faith which stands out prominent in
lare Castle, which was situated at the
harbor mouth, and was point of
great strategic Importance. Unfortu-
nately, it was garrisoned by only a
few men, so that it was taken without
much difficulty. Cromwell next turn
ed his attention to the Castle, which
stood near the walls of the town.
His batteries opened fire, but after
doing some slight damage, they were
silenced i'll a few hours by the Irish
sunners. Cromwell now thought it
prudent to propose another conferences
and four agents We're again dispatched
from the town to treat with him. I'm.
, fortunately, one of the agents, Captain
James Stafford, the governor of the
Castle, instead OF safeguarding the in.
tcrests of the town, made an agree
ment with Cromwell to hand over the
Castle to him.
That night when the garrison We're
off their guard, Cromwelrs soldiers en-
tered the Castle by a secret passage
which Stafford had opened for them,
and in short time they had complete
possession Of the place. They then
had little difficulty in scaling the walls
of the town, into which they poured in
thousands, while a hasty call as
semblcd the Irish troops. There could
be but one ending to such conflict.
Surprised and outnumbered by three
to one, the Irish made desperate re,
sistance, but their valor was in vain
Out of the whole garrison of three
thousand, scarcely five hundred es
capped. The unfortunate inhabitants
as they fled by every available passage
from the town, We're butchered III
thousands. So sweeping was the
sanguinary determination that 'of the
' former inhabitants not one in twenty
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Says the Commoner: An item orig
mating at Toronto, Canada, has been
going the rounds of the newspapers to
the effect that Mr.. Bryan was connect
ed with the purchase of Il three million
dollar tract of Canadian land which
was to be thrown open to colonization.
statement. Mr.. Bryan has no inter
est in Canadian lands and is not con-
nected With any colonization scheme
there or anywhere else.
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Stories Of John Mackay.


Davis, of Carson City, "and said, John,
old Lafe Peters died last night, and his
widoY hasn't got d-n cent left
GLOW much had we better do for
her. Mackay asked.
"'I guess we can stand $780, said.
"'All right. How'll we divide it up?
Even between us?'
"'No,' 1 said. Let's divide it in pro-
portion to our incomes. You write a
check for the $500 and I'll furnish the
postage stamp to mail it with
"'4All right, said Mackay, as he sat
down to write the check, but don't you
ever let that woman know where this
money came from. I'll make out the
check to you, and you send her your
check
john 1 answered, that wouldn't
fool Il sheep. Old Lady Peters Knows
mighty we'll l ain't throwing tive-hun-
dred-dollar checks around as if they
were parlor matches.
"'Well, III tell you what Ill do said
Mackay, with chuckle, I II pretend
that old Crooks sent the money, and
when the blankety blank old skinflint
gets the letter OF thanks the womau'll
write him hell drop dead with sur
prise
Crooks was one of Mackay's part
ners, and was even more noted for
| his stinginess than Mackay for his
generosity.
Anyway, took Mackay's check and
sent it to old lady Peters. And 1 told
her that the money came from John
Mackay. The next morning l was
walking down the street in Carson City
when saw old John standing on the
sidewalk in front of his office. He was
holding sheet of paper in his hand
and tears were running down his
cheeks.
"'Here, Sam,' he called to ME, you
blankety blank old blabber, you went
and blabbed to old lady Peters, gol
blame you. And she's written me !,
letter that makes me cry, gol hang it
and l don't like to cry. Here, you
stufiing the letter into my hand-'read
this letter and cry yourself
II read the letter, and then 1 cried
John Mackay grabbed it away from me
and went into his office.
"A man Mackay had known Slightly
went wrong. He was charged with
embezzling $3.50. Mackay saw the
news in the morning papers, and rush
ed straight up to the mans house
Only the embezzler's wife was at home
and she was in Mysteries
"'Now, here, Mrs. Jenkins said
Mackay, don't you believe blamed
word you see in these newspapers;
don't you take bit of stock in it. l
know your husband mighty well, and
Ill take an oath he never stole cent
Amt that kind of man. But he is
the most ornery, careless cuss ever
knew in my life. If there's 81 900 miss
ing, why, I'll bet that miserable, care
less husband Of yours has left the
money sticking around i'll the pocket OF
some of his old clothes. Go upstairs
and look, Mrs. Jenkins. I'm betting
you'll find the cash somewhere
1.-THE poor woman went upstairs ant
made a search through her husband,
old clothes. OF course, she didn't fine
anything. Downstairs she came, where
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nothing, that they may bring their
scanty earnings to the loved ones at
home. OF such fiber is the Irish
peasantry in the agricultural slums
created by England's cruel system. 1t
is idle to say that such people would
not do any better If they We're given
fair chance. l was told by an Eng
lishman in London that these migra-
tory laborers We're lazy lot, after all;
that on returning from their trips to
England or Scotland they did nothing
but sit around and smoke. Probably
this Englishman had never visited the
cOngeSted region. did visit it, and l
saw the men and women working
hard, doing all that could possibly be
done to get something out Of their
miserable little patches of mountain
bog"
And these are the people that
Horace Plunkett wants no aid for.
You must not give anything to an
Irishman; you must not do anything
for an Irishman." The man who
speaks thus is Il wolf in sleeps cloth
ing. He came to this country to injure
the mission of Davitt, Dillon and
Devlin, the real representatives Of the
Irish victims Of landlord rapacity. He
is another Froude in his ISLANDERS of
the Irish peasantry who are to-day, rs
in O'Connell's time, the finest peas
antry in Europe. Every friend of Ire
land in America should turn the cold
shoulder to. Horace Plunllett
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Reynolds Newspaper calls England
a nation of gamblers and quotes Null
hall, the eminent statistician, to the
effect that during the last hundred
years no less sum than f3,000,O0O,O 900
has been won and lost OH the turf and
at the card tables.
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The Duluth News Tribune is full of
enterprise under the present manage.
ment. The Sunday edition is now sent
by special train to the towns along the
iron range, and the people in the
mining regions no longer wait till
Monday for the news of the world.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

Says The Chicago RccOr,llIcraId:
holding of the Monroe doctrine, but
not one cent for paying other peoples
debts.
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1t is said that Venezuela has had
1O4 civil wars in seventy years. 1t
is about time for the Latin people to
discontinue quarreling among them
selves and unite against the invaders
from Europe.
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And now Alaska comes to the front
with anthracite coal deposits. Keep
your eye OH Alaska if you are inter-
ested in the growth of new countries.
says, the Minneapolis Journal. Yes.
and keep your eye on John Hay or he
will give the coal fields to his dear
s.Nother Country if she claims they
belong to her.
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Gabriel In the Belfry.


The Rev. George \. Cox, revivalist
OF some note in northern Indiana and
southern Michigan, resorted to an I'M
usual eXpedient last week to turn sim
ners from their evil ways, saws the
Minneapolis Times.
He had been preaching night after
night to Il village congregation, but had
utterly failed to awaken interest. The
usual special prayers for the CONVEX
sion of sinners had been offered and
meetings for women only had been
held, but nothing seemed able to bring
the sinners to the anxious seat.
One night he secreted IL negro boy in
the belfry of the little church. The lad
was provided with Il large horn, and Mt
certain juncture in the minister's
closing prayer he was to blow it with
all his might.
The sermon that evening was from
the text, Many are called, but few
are chosen,' and Mr.. Cox eloquently
dWelt upon the delights Of the saved
;nu the sutterings OF the lost. Then
lie llnelt in prayer and begged the Lord
to hasten the Gay Of his coming and to
turn the hearts Of the wicked toward
Him before it was forever too late.
Gabriel, come blow thy trumpet"
he shouted. Come and sound thy
mighty warming of approaching woe to
a stitt-necked people,
This was the signal for the negro boy
in the belfry, and he sounded blast
after blast in answer to the minister's
prayer.
There was Il commotion in the con-
gregation. Many pious men and wom-
ell fell ON their knees and began to
pray Sinners sat with blanched
faces and trembling forms expecting
every moment the world to come to
an end.
"Ah, brethren" exclaimed the minis
ter, ''our petitions are at last answered.
Down upon your knees, brethren, that
you may receive the Lord in contrite-
ness Of heart and humility of spirit, for
this is surely the day of the resurrec-
tion.".
So well had the program been car
ried out that saints and sinners alike
dropped ON their knees, and a hundred
voices were raised in supplioation for
forgiveness, many of the Oldest ana
most hardened sinners i'll the village
praying Justify for mercy. \ call for
penitents was followed by a rush to
the mourners' bench, and by hallelu.
iahs from members who saw their
| SONS and daughters taking the first
steps toward better life
After quiet had been restored, and
while the congregation sat in breath
less silence for something supernatural
to happen, Mr.. Cox called the negro
down from the belfry, and the lad
came down, horn in hand, and broad
grin upon his face. AS he came down
through the little scuttle hole in the
ceiling and dropped to the floor, Mr..
Cox pointed him out as the supposed
Gabriel, and then began to shame the
sinners for the cowardice they had dis
played.
IF thus you are frightened at the
horn of Gabriel" said the minister,
"what will you do when you come to
stand before the judgment seat of the
God whose mercies you have trample,l
upon, and whose grace you have so
long abused? Shame upon you. Come
to God, confess the evil of your lives.
and ask forgiveness before Gabriel's
trumpet shall sound in reality for
you.'
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DIR. Lorenz, the bloodless surgeon
of Vienna, says that the American
women are the loveliest in the world,
but that the American men are in
significant looking. He did not visit
the Northwest where he would see
splendid specimens Of manhood.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

In Boston the birth rate among pco-
pie of foreign parentage is 80 per 1000;
among people of native parentage it is
only 8 per 1000. In New York the
corresponding figures are 1925 and II.