The Irish standard., 1903-05-16
THE ANGLO-SAxON FAKE.

A friend of the Irish Standard re-
Gently called our attention to an article
entitled "The Anglo-Saxon PERIL" writ
ten by Charles Fisk Beach, Jr., and
appearing in the April numer OF "Out
West" The article is the most master
full treatment Of the Anglo-Saxon
mania that has come to our attention.
Mr.. Beach, as is well known, is an
eminent lawyer and a law writer of
much distinction. He is the author Of
n dozen or more law works, among
which are his well-known works on
corporations and contracts. He has
practiced his profession both in this
country and in LcnlOn. and has re-
Gently added to the strength and emil
nence of the bar of this state by estab-
fishing himself in st. Paul. 1t is a
pleasure for us to he able to present
to our readers this week the article in
question. 1t points out in strong, but
conservative, manner the attempt that
is now being made by England, second
eel py aping sycophants on this side,
to form an alliance with this country
on the ground of the oneness of race.
The newspapers have said so much
about the Anglo-SaXon race dominat-
ing the world, that it is not at all
strange that many well meaning people
have been deceived by the deceitful
and nolrsensical clamor. And doubtless
the writer was led to contribute the
article because of the more or less
prevalent idea that Anglo-Sa means
something good. In his own words, the
article was written "as contribution
to national sanity" For our own part,
we confess that we had no conception
of what the term meant nor whence it
came until we took up the study Of
English history and literature some
what in detail. At that time we learn
ed that savage tribes from the northern
jungles of Germany along the North
sea came over to England in the early
lpart of the fifth century and in time
overcame the civilized and christian
lied Celtic tribes of England by slay-
ing the greater number OF them and
driving the remainder to Ireland and
the Highlands of Scotland. We learn
ell also that these savages, s,calledAngles,
Saxons and Jutes, had not the faintest
conception of government, they did not
even recognize any .ribal relation and
in this We're inferior to the American
organization and government which
they possessed was the family reln.
tionship founded on brute alta chment
and maintained by brute strength
The only law they knew or recognized
was the law Of might. The physically
strong survived. The weak perished by
the hands of the strong. Every man
was his own defender and the strong
! lived by plundering the weak. Such
were the original Anglo-Saxons, who
migrated into England soon after the
Roman soldiers were removed from
the province of Britain.
They found there the Britons who
were a civilized and Christian people
And right at this time the Anglo,
SaXons displayed their chief chara acter.
isticS. They not only conquered the
Britons but they utterly cxterminated
them. Other Teutonic tribes which
, overrun other portions Of the Roman
Empire in Italy, Spain and Gaul, con-
quered, but instead of destroying the
conquered people, accepted the superior
civilization of the Romans which they
found. In other words. the destruction
Of Roman authority was not followed
by the destruction Of civilization and
Christianity. The Angles and SaXons
We're natural robbers and plunderers,
and It took six centuries of effort from