The Irish standard., 1904-01-23

partlcularly-as well as to Russia, and
it must be protected against barbarian
eruptioils just as the line of the Pan
anna canal must be saieguarded. For
America or Japan doing England's
dirty work-to demand the military
evacuation of Manchuria is not only
absurd but is also done in bad faith,
for even John Hay would not deny
that it is unreasonable, or that he has
any expectation OF Russia's compli-
ance; but the demand answers very
well as a pin prick and aggravation
and carries out England's policy
There are people enough in the
United States to mold and voice pub
lie opinion and to declare their SYM
pathies on the side of Russia. There
are Irish, German, French, Dutch,
Italian, Russian, Hungarian-American
citizens who do not love England nor
belong to the Anglo-Saxon race. The
application OF the term "Anglo-Saxon'
to us, as has been done by Secretaries
Root and Hay, is vile insult, and it
should be resented as much as the in
PRODUCTION OF the stage Irishman. In
the coming political campaign every
one who rings in the Anglo Saxon on
lis should be promptly called down.
We would be fools to vote for men
who are saturated with Anglomania.
The Anglo-SaNons never stood for
liberty, magnanimity, or justice. They
were always slavisll, sordid, barbarous,
selfish. Their chief characteristic is
hypocrisy. Any greatness achieved by
England was through its French Cor
Norman) rulers and their descendants.
The English murder, rob, and lie, and
hypocritically speak OF themselves as
the embodiment of every virtue. The
cases of Ireland and India disprovc
every good trait claimed for them
America has been whcedled into imi-
tating Anglo-Saxon vileness in the
Philippines, and Japan is trying to re-
produce their methods in Corca. A
short time ago the world was shocked
by the murder Of the royal family of
Servia. Has it already forgotten the
atrocious murder of the Empress of
Corea by these Japs that we are asked
to synpathze with? The blood of
that assassination is on the Mikado's
hands.
There is a time coming when the
two great powers Of the earth will be
Russia and America. These are the
young and growing nations, and their
mutual friendship will be blessing to
mankind England has been tried and
found wanting. She proved herself
curse and vampire. She is now de-
cadent and her sceptre will pass into
other hands. Russia acknowledged
the fact that two great powers will,
before the end of this century, be
dominant. To emphasize her views
she sold us Alaska, thus retiring from
this continent, which she acknowledge
ed to be our legitimate sphere of i'll
t1uence. She does not try to embar-
rass It's, nor does she intrigue with the
South American states. She has no
wish that we should abandon our vital
interests in Panama. She recognizes
the justice and necessity of our meas
ures for safeguarding the canal strip.
When we annex Our Canadian Siberia,
Russia will not disapprove. 1t is a
fact that all the liberty and home rule
enjoyed by the Canadians is by favor
OF the United States, which exercises
a real protectorate over Canada, while
England's rule is only nominal. Prox-
unity to the great republic is what
saved Canada from being sucked dry
like India and Ireland Canada else
wise would have had no choice but to
be England's orange or rebel.
The sympathy Of the great republic
Tor the great empire of the north
should not be unexpressed. Even if
it displeases John Hay, let us cry,
Down with the murderous, semi-bar-
barian Japs" Our olden friend, Our
future comrade among the nations, is
the one to whom our best wishes
should so forth. 1t is a wonderful
problem, the development of Russia,
and we watch it with sympathetic in
terest. We likewise watch the deyel-
opment of our own great nation. We
think there is something providential
in their progress which excites the
envy and antagonsm OF the effete ma
tons of Europe. But while we hope
there may be no war we should not
for moment hesitate about which
side to favor-the nation that is doing
the best for itself and the world, or
that which is only acting as England's
cat's-paw.