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The Irish standard., 1902-07-05
A STRIKING CONTRAST.

In 1876 England became greatly COIL
cerned for the safety of Egypt. She
made the slight disturbance there a
preteXt for the bombardment of Alex
andria and the military occupation of
the country. Premier Gladstone and
others in authority declared that this
occupation was designed to restore ~
der and that then the troops would be
withdrawn. Twenty-six years have
elapsed since that invasion and the
British troops are still in Egypt. Lord
Salisbury recently intimated that Eng
land would never relax her hold on
the country. He said so With the ap-
proval of the British people, who have
| become SO shameless and hardened
that they maintain that might makes
right wherever their national inter-
ests are concerned. England has never
asked the sanction of Europe for the
seizure OF Egypt. She has never pre-
tended that she has valid claim to
that part Of the Turkish sultan's en-
pire. She pretends to be the friend
and ally of the Ottoman ruler, but at
the same time she holds on like a bur-
glar to the swag.
OF course, England asserts that the
| stay Of her troops in Egypt is for the
public good. That rascally preteXt has
been used by her from the earliest
times i'm explaining her misdeeds. Eng
land would alter the seventh COM
mandment so that it might read:
''Thou shalt not steal except for an
others supposed good" She denounces
/ other nations when they wrongfully
acquire foreign lands, but SHE goes on
plundering OH her own account as may
be seen by her base acts of injustice
in South Africa.
| If France We're once more powerful
she would not tolerate for a day the
spoliation Of Egypt. Her pride and
her interests would not permit her to
see Il British garrison permanently stii-
toned in the country through which
French enterprise opened a waterway
to the Orient.
Compare the misconduct of Eng
land by the course pursued by the
United States in regard to Cuba. In
European courts it was assumed that
the United States would never surren-
der Cuba. 1t would be so easy from
the British point of view to find Il
plausible preteNt for anneXing tile
Queen of the Antilles. The benevolent
dodge, of course could be employed.
\ bogus popular vote for annexation
might easily be secured. Disturbances
; might be fomented and the people
might be declared incapable of self
government. The United States nobly
disdaincd the use OF any such subter-
fuges. After brief occupation, con-
ducte,l creditably and honestly, the
American troops We're withdrawn last
May and the flag Of Cuba, free and
independent. waved above the castle
where her patriots were tortured by
Spanish Oppressors.
There is another land where Eng
land exercises control under preteXts
as vile as those used for the seizure
of Egypt. The people there would
readily eXpel her forces and tear down
her hateful flag if the proper oppor-
trnity offered. Need we say that that
country is Ireland?
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Beers from the beginning to the close
position to the British government
they placed Col. Lynch in nomination
for Galway and elected him over the
Tory candidate. The fact that Col.
Lynch fought for the Beers contribut-
ell to his large majority and demon
strated the disloyalty of the electors
Of Galway to the government which
oppresses them and has made one of
the finest cities in the world stag
nant town instead of being a bustling,
commercial emporium like Liverpool
Fifty years ago the population of
Galway was $4,000; now it is only
1880 and is constantly decreasing.
Col. Lynch announced that in the
British parliament he would unceas-
ingly labor to restore Galway to it's
former activity in the commercial
world, and make it what nature in
tended it to be from its geographical
city to the United States and having
one of the finest bays in the world,
Col. Lynch intended to use all his in
tluence to make it the landing place
for American tourists instead of Liv-
erpool and Londonderry. There he
made mistake. The British parlia-
ment does not want any member that
wants to resuscitate Irish commerce;
on the contrary, it wants him out of
the way in some British bastile, and
there he cannot be of any benefit to
Galway, "the city Of the tribes" which
occasioned England so much trouble
in the past. His Galway constituents
are with Col Lynch, and if convicted
and sentenced for high treason now,
he will be their standard bearer again
when he emerges from prison. He
certainly will not be executed.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Major Cornelius Gardiner, the gov
ernor of Tayabas, is on trial in Manila
for exposing the inhuman barbarities
perpetrated by American officers and
soldiers on the inhabitants of his
province. The administration is de-
termined to show no mercy to Major
Gardiner in consequence of the injuri-
GUS revelations he has made. His
punishment will be greater than that
Of "Hell-roaring jake" who ordered
the slaughter of every Filipino above
the age of 10.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

assures the Democratic party that il
it sticks to free trade. even though it
ignores living and vital issues, all will
be we'll with it.
If THE Democratic party hopes to
succeed, it will relegate Cleveland and
Clevelandism to the rear, and devote
itself to saving the country from the
imperialism and imperialists. who are
making war upon the Constitution and
the Declaration of Independence.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

David McMahon, who acquired a
fortune as Il contractor in German
town. Pa, has sailed for Ireland
with the avowed intention of buying
a castle in Limerick for a summer
residence. Mr.. M[cMahon, who was
accompanied by his three sons, has
visited Ireland every summer for the
last ten years, and is now returning
to become a landowner in his native
country, which he left many years ago
a poor boy.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

y correspondent of the London
Spectator quotes the late Cecil Rhodes
as saying: Il have great admiration
for the Catholic church. 1t is, in my
opinion. THE one logical religion in the
world. and if had time should like
to become a Jesuit myself. l know
many .1csuits i'll Rhodcsia, and have
81 great respect for them as body
that | take off my hat to them, each
and ALL"
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

After trial which lasted three
weeks, P. H. O'Donnell, brilliant at
torney of Chicago, was convicted of
jury-packing and fined $4,000. He
was ably defended by Attorneys Dar-
row and Quinn, but all to no avail.
Mr.. O'Donnell is prominent Republi-
can who received the office of public
administrator from the late Cover
nor Tanner of Illinois. He spoke at
the Lincoln banquet in Minneapolis
last February and captivated the au-
dience by his oratory.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

In sermon at st. Paul's church.
Oswego. N. Y, the Rev. Michael Bar
ry declared that he will complain to
the Pope in Rome this month that his
congregation attends base ball games
on Sunday. If his congregation does
nothing worse than that, Father Barry
should not bother the Pope about it.
OF course, it is to be hoped that his
flock attends church before going to
the games.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Says the Commoner: The papers re-
port that Mr.. Bryan was invited to
the Tilden club banquet. but did not
reply. The fact is that he was not
invited: had he been he would have
responded explaining why he would
not attend a political banquet given
in honor of one who twice opposed the
democratic ticket and has never since
announced his intention to return to
the party.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

At banquet in London the other
day, Gen. Wheeler said that the Unit
ed States could never forget the debt
Of gratitude they owed Great Britain
for the latter's attitude at the time of
the Spanish-American war. Was he
speaking ironically? He did not say
what Great Britain did to desire the
gratitude Of this country. Can any
body tell?
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Government be formed-I do not quite
know how it could be formed, and
the Liberal prime minister will not
have held two cabinet meetings be-
fore the Irish sphinx IN her rags will
pay him a spectral visit, will take its
seat at that council board, and twitch
his sleeve. You cannot avoid it, it
will be there; you cannot avoid it,
and therefore, YOU had better face it
nOw.'
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Says the Chicago Chronicle: Presi-
dent Palmas invitation to prominent
Cubans to serve in several positions
without pay for the next two years
will strengthen the conviction of
many republican statesmen that Cuba
is not yet fit for self-government
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

r. ]. O'Hanlon, of Milwaukee, a
Philippine educator in the Island of
Bohol, has resigned his position of
superintendent of public instruction
and is coming home. Since the with
drawal Of the American troops from
the island he does not think it safe to
remain there. Bohol is called the
paradise Of tile Philippine group and
is 500 miles south of MANILA.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The representatives of trusts and
corporations in the American house of
lords are opposed to the election of
United States senator's by direct popu-
lar vote. When elected like men,
bers of the lower house, they cannot
purchase the state legislatures as now.
At present they are responsible to no.
body but the syndicates who placed
them in power.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

In a recent speech at Edinburgh.
Rt. Hon. John Morley said: "The
Beers are to have self-government in
order to make them loyal. The Irish
are not to have it because they are
.disloyal. They may say what they
like. l listen to all this with entire
.composure. Supposing new Liberal
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The Anglo-Saxons are very SUPER
stitious despite their assumed SUI
periority over all people on this num-
dane sphere. The majority Of the
English people believed that King Ed
ward would surely die because some
ignorant gypsy had predicted many
years ago that he would never be
crowned.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

An Irishman named Thomas Walsh
has "strucll Il bonanza Fifteen
years ago he left the Emerald Isle
and settled in Colorado, where lie en-
gagged in mining. He became owner
Of the Campbird mine, near Denver.
and recently sold it for S11,OOO,0OO.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

A national convention of the United
Irish League of America will be held
in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Oct. 2 and
8. John Il. Redmond and John Dillon
will cross the ocean to attend it.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

During the critical illness of the
English king, the Pope said to Cardi-
nal Rampolla and other members OF
the Sacred College: Let us pray God
to preserve the precious life Of Ed
ward, who so we'll deserves the thanks
of the world in bringing about by his
personal influence and benevolent in
tervention peace in South Africa"
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Is Teddy making a political "bluff"
by instituting proceedings against the
railway merger and the beef trust?
We believe he is merely making a
grand stand play to gain popularity
with the masses. The classes perfect
ly understand his demngogism.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

When President Roosevelt appoint
ed Robert J. Wynne, who is a stauncil
convert to Catholicity, as assistant
postmaster general, he is reported to
have said: eff hit upon the proper
man, other qualifications being equal,
shall certainly offer portfolio in
the cabinet itself to one of your CO.
religionists."
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Every Catholic is warned against
buying the latest edition of Appleton'S S
Encyclopedia. In it's treatment OF
Catholic matters it is totally unre-
liable and misleading.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The st. Paul Globe of Thursday
finds facts for Il mastery editorial III
the endorsements of Doc Amcs which
we quoted. We thank our esteemed
contemporary for the apprecatiye
spirit it cvnces.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

A Chicago Universa1ist minister
says that ''the rights of the Filipinos
and the Beers are as sacred as those
of England and America" That's
rank blasphemy and treason and an
insult to the Anglo-SaXons.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The Anglomamiacs may next call
for Il revised "DoclAration of 1ndcpen-
dencc" .Ieiferson's memorable decla-
ration hurts the sensitive nerves OF
John Bull.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Everything is fair in war;" says
Admiral Dewey. Is it fair to kill
innocent people by sham attack on
Manila to save the honor of a Span
ish commander who wanted to sur
render that city without any resist
ance? Dewey says he indulged in
needless slaughter to spare the feel
ings of a Spanish coward.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, bishop
of Sioux Falls, S. D., when he re-
turns to the United States, will be the
bearer Of letter from the Pope to
President Roosevelt and will take
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Gen. Gomez received $4,000 out Of
the Cuban treasury to keep him
friendly with the American govern
ment.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Americans the world over celebrated
with ardor the Fourth OF July. May
the day be soon at hand when Ireland
will celebrate it's Fourth of July.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The sturdy Americanism Of Senator
Hoar is referred to as "weak senta-
mentalism" by the servile organs Of
the trusts.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

Perhaps it was as IL compliment that
the circus with it's dozen elephants ap-
peared in st. Paul on the Republican
convention day.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-05

The American Federation of Cath
olic Societies will hold it's second an
nual convention in Chicago on August
5th.
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with him the pontiff's magnificent gift
to the American president, which con-
sists of view Of the city of Rome
from the Vatican studio done in mo-
sale,
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fRapTsl l1ssUeets' sUes coENciLs
N0rs,: Sss5

Archbishop Christie, of Oregon, cele-
brated the fourth anniversary of his
Episcopal conservation last Sunday.
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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-06-19

throes of death One moment and
church bells were ringing joyous
chimes in the ears of St Pierre's 3d.
G00-the next the hame-clogged bells
were so5bing a requiem for &c, 900
dead One watt of morning breeze
flowed over cathedral spires and
roofs end angles of a populous and
1ight-hearted city-the next swept a
lone mass of white-hot ruins. The
sun glistened one moment on spark
ling fountains, greer park and frond-
ed pOndS-its next ray shOEe on fusing
metal, blistered, 6ame-wrecked squares
and charred stumps OF trees One
day and the city-waS all light and
color, all sayety and grace-the next
its ruins looked as though they had
been crusted over with twenty cen
turtles of solitude and silence
Prof Robert 7. HILL United States
government geologist and head of the
expedition sent out by the National
Geographical society, has just come
in from a daring and prolonged in
yestigation OF the volcanic activity in
Martinique
Prof Hill chartered a steamer and
carefully examined the coast as far
IRENE edge of tho island, making fire.
T Prech eur, five miles north of ST
! Pierre. he walked through an area OF
| active voIcanism to the latter place
and made a minute examination OF
the various phenomena disclosed
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to say whether there was danger there
or not Then, too, the governor was
coming, and, moreover, his family was
coming with him. Could there posi-
bly, be any danger where so eminent
and SO important perSonageS these
Were? Also a company of soldiers
from Fort de France were coming,
and while the ST. Pierrans were talk
ing of their arrival the company APP
peared.
1t seems singular that the presence
of this small band of soldiery should
have inspired a misplaced confidence,
but it was SO. though none seems to
have asked what good the soldiers
could have done, even the might
est army have effected against vol
canic Pelee.
The governor came, and with him
his family arrived from Fort de France
the little steamboat Topaz. With
the governor came the biologists, the
wise men who were to sit in judg
ment and to so fatuously misjudge.
They pOndered long, and then gave
fatal assurance that all was we'll The
people read the assurances which the
papers printed, drew a long breath of
relief and then turned their attention
! to other things, to affairs of business
| and pleasure and all that goes to
make up the indo1ent, happy life of
/ the pleasure loving natives of this
! isle And that night-the night of
May THE wise men FASTENED back
to Fort de France
| The governor and his family were
to have followed the next day, the
| French cruiser Suchet having been di-
rected to leave her anchorage at Fort
de France at z o'clock for the purpose
of bringing home the governor and his
| party.
That plan, if carried out, would
| have brought the cruiser to her doom
| and her crew will never cease to
| thank their saints and bless the blum
dering mechanic who broke som hin g
| in the engine-rOom the vessel was
| about getting under way, which acct
dent delayed her departure and proba-
| bly, saved the lives of all on board.
| Wednesday night-eve of horrOri
There are none left alive to tell
what the city was like that night, but
just around a little promontory at
its southern edge nestles the little vii
1age of Carbet, a pretty town of some
six or seven hundred people. And
not one of them was hurt, the town
having been screened by the high
ridge which lay between it and ST
| Pierre and runs sheer to the sea-
It's northern wall was precipitous
and built close up to it was the south
ern section of ST. Pierre, a thick1y
populated district whose houses LEFT
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barely enough room for streets, the
buildings budding close to the steep
and wooded ACTIVITY, if seeking to
escape on the otner side of the ridge
The intervening distance was short
By the broad, finely graded, bridge
and tunneled highway which connect
ed city with village, one would judge
that five minutes brisk walk would
from tne other
But none sought safety by that
road-at least none escaped by it,
The heart-breaking pity of it all is that
safety near-at the end of
ones fingers almost For just over
the ridge the grass and palms are
everywhere as green as any in the
tropics to-day, while up to the very
crest of its northern slope are the in
efaceable marks of ruin and disaster,
as if some sea of fame had brimme d
to the very crest of the ridge, to suck
back again before overlooking on the
other side
So it is the the village folks of Car
bet that one must turn for the last
act in this horrible tragedy.
Night fell, the villagers say, with
an unnatural, uEearta1y quiet Not a
ing on the shores; not a ripple to
break the mirror-lilze clearness of
still waters 1t was as if the hush OF
death lay everywhere True earth
quake weather, more than one of the
villagers observed they noted the
| oppressive stiffness OF the air and the
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analysis; they were too simple, too
West Indian for that Sufficient that
the rumble had gone
St Pierre was gay that night OF May
L. The municipal band played music
in the plaza, was its wont Thurs
day evening. This band night was
the one when youths and maidens
might mingle in public, and the young
gallants and mademoisel1es, prone
nading around the square under tie
watchful eyes of fathers and mothers
and duennas, talked lightly of Pelee
and that whitening fall.
Up near Morne Rouge, abode of St.
Pierre's weII-to-do, there was
lawn party that evening, which car
| ried it's gayety far into the night
zitzas tinkling in the tropic air, and
mantilla-draped girls dancing in the
moonlight to the click of castanets-
Friday, day of the evil omen, dawn
ed over ST. Pierre. 1t was made
| sombre by a Thunderstorm, which
brooded over the mountains and from
| whose dark clouds came intermittent
| flashes of lightning. The nervous
/ started at every thunderclap and anx-
| iOusly asked one another if that was
| not Mont Pelee, while others sought
| to trace the D11nding flashes to their
! source, to see If they were really the
| mere play of lightning volcanic
b1azes from the t1me-worn crater,
| which many believed, and all hoped,
was long ago extinct Then heavy
| mist settled over the city and it's sur
| roundings, and under it's depressing
influence the day wore itself to a
close.
Saturday, May 8! Just five days
| to the obliteration, to death, utterly,
wholesale, sudden and tragici And
yet ST. Pierre went forth that day to
carnival doings, local celebration IN
| honor of something somebody.
Facts are meager as to that one day
fol iVlc fnT I<,
remembered that nobody survived The
there we're some who had spent days
edy-some who had left it only a
scant half-hour before the holocaust
Grieving for their own lost dead and
with nerves unstrung by the narrow
ness of their own escape, 1t may be
that their overweight minds are
coming visions now, but these tell ear
| nestly of column of smoke which
arose, black as pail, from PeIee's
| white shroud to rear its pillows OF
Grape into the form OF a great up
ended coffin However that may be
there is evidence that all festival gay
ETY. went when showers of pebbles be
gan to rattle over the city, with now
and then a shower OF sand, of grains
; hot to the touch, despite their Iona
flight through the air
St Pierre it is now said, was in
more sober humor that evening thar
it has been within the memory OF those
who tell disjointed1y the tale of the
days that ushered in its doom. And