The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-06


tiuence OH the side Of Japan, in the
hope that war may exhaust both COM
batants and give her an opportunity to
carry to success her plan for anneXing
commercially if not politically-a
huge and populous territory of China
:lbutting upon her Further Indian pos
open door in China and for the preser-
walton of the integrity Of the Chinese
empire; but nevertheless She wishes
to be in Il position to grab her big slice
when the inevitable breakup comes.
She herself will not draw the sword
to stay Russia; her experience in At
RIGA has taught her that fighting is not
her speciality; so she eggs on Japan
and starts the venal pens of her hired
men in America: into activity to be-
cloud the question and stir up antip-
athies against Russia. She knows
from experience that i'll any scheme
of this sort she can depend absolutely
upon the aid and sympathy OF our
Secretary of State, John Hay, who
will be compensated by the fusome
batteries OF every literary agent and
agency of the astute Brton. Already
we see sent broadcast laudation after
laudation of John Hays diplomatic
genius; American diplomatic victories
are announced every time some treaty
is signed and some port opened; and
John Bull is sllrewd enough to be con-
tent with the results that embarrass
Russia and is willing to throw all the
bouquets soul as vain as Hay may
desire. John Bull has been losing
ground rapidly in the far East; Ger
many is getting the lions share of
traffic there, and is doing the carrying
trade of the East; British prestige
grows DINNER every day; the story Of
her reverseS. military and commercial,
of peoples who fear and worship the
strong man: and Russin's keen dipIo-
mats and awesome Duttalions are ut
the door of Pekin. Russia is England's
betcnoir, her DOGGY; and her hatred
of the Muscovite is all the more bitter
because she dare not meet her foe in
the wage of battle. Her anti-Russian
campaign in America is carried on to
excite American distrust and hatred
of Russia, and not with any hope Of
securing armed aid for her schemes;
and she knows that her campaign will
produce anger and disgust in Russia ut
the ingratitude of Il people whose firm
friend she was when this same Eng
land was working tooth and nail to
destroy America. To those who have
at heart the best interests of the Re
public, who have looked forward to it's
future with hope and confidence there
is nothing quite so dishenrteniny as to
find this nation so easily moved from
its best mornings by the activity and
skill Of the enemy now posing as its
!. friend. This anti-Russian, anti-Gcr-
oman and proBritish cult, it should be
rNmembercd, does not represent Amcri-
cahpublic opinion; but it is carried on
with such vigor, and us it is the only
opinion reproduced in the European
press by the British agencies, Europe
is deluded into the view that it repre-,
sents American opinion. While it IT.
rtates those who dctcSt it's mnlignity
and falSchood. one cannot help noting
it's cleverncss and alroitncss. The pa
pcrs which minister to this cult art.
largely in the East and are under the
control, in Il majority of cases, of Eng
liSll Jews. or of German Jews, like
Ochs. of the New York Times, who
misreprescnts his own race and af-
fects pro-British proclivitics. or
course there are other papers which
take their cues from stockholders and
managers. of .AngIonaniac tendencies;
and there are papers which are hon
estly and frankly anti-Russian. be-
cause they disapprovc of much of Rus
sia's domestic policy. But Europe has
little real knowledge of American opin-
ion and, as has been said. accepts the
rcpuhlished uttcrnnccs of Subsidized
and other papers as representative of
Americas attitude. AS q matter of
fact. these papers do not represent
American opinion any more than the
writings of such dcnationaiZcl crna-
lures as G. w. Slnnllcy. or the mouth
ings of the prstlcnt little Abe Low
represent the views of normal, whole
some Amcricansm. The great body of
Americans, | candi,lly believe do not
forget the services rendered to the Re
public by Russia during and after the
Rebellion: and certainly the millions
that have come to American Golfers
from the Russians in Manchuria and
Siberia in recent years are not likely
to be forgotten by the manufacturers
who received them. 1t may be that
they may make themselves heard and
felt in the near future, if the peculiar
playing of jackal for British interests
by Mr.. Hay should ALLEVIATE this trade;
it must not be forgotten that the
ehrewd and diplomatic Germans stand
by ready to snap up every d0fsar's
worth of blSinpSS which thn "IinlO.