The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-06-24
THAT BRITISH ALLIANCE.

There is a determined and persist.
ent effort on the part of influences
strong in the present administration
to bring about an alliance between
this country and England. Unsuccess-
full in their efforts to secure a two
thirds majority of the United States
senate to concur in treaty of alli-
ance, our Anglo-American citizens are
now attempting by irregular methods
to secure a friendly alliance. The
whole attitude of our national admin
istration toward England has been
changed In recent years. We no longer
send our best representative Ameri-
cans to the English court. A prere-
quisite now for appointment to the
court of St. James is recognized skill
in the art of toadying The most sig
niflcant recent event in the campaign
for an English alliance was the visit
of Lord Charles Berresford to this
country. His visit has been followed
by renewed outbreak of the Anglo
maniacs. 1t is now proposed that a
division of the British fleet visit the
harbor of New York during the next
autumn to be received by representa-
tives of the national administration
and by the representatives of the city
of New York. This proposed peace.
full invasion of New York bay by a
British fleet has set on the Qui vive
all those anxious to wear silver buck
les and knee breaches. One of the
New York papers recently related the
instance of an alleged visit OF the Sec
rotary of the navy, Paul Morton, to
Mayor Mcclellan of New York. The
visit, it is stated, was undertaken for
the purpose of securing Mayor Nc
Clellan's cooperation in extending to
our British cousins satisfactory re-
ception. Just what success the secre-
tary of the navy had the article in
question did not purport to give, but
It stated that the city would take cog
nizance OF the presence of the Eng
lishmen and that the mayor would ap.
point committee Of citizens to al
range a reception to The visiting off,
GERS, and that those who believe in
promoting the friendly relations now
existing between this country and
England hoped to see New York's re-
ception as cordial as it can be made.
We suspect that If the secretary of the
navy did seek Mayor McClellan's CO.
operation upon this matter that he
met with rather Indifferent success.
Mayor Mcclellan is somewhat of a
politician himself. He has reached
the age of discretion. He knows
pretty we'll who constitutes the cleo.
torate of the great city Of New York
He probably does not need the Tam.
many chieftains to whisper into his
ear that the Irish and the Irish.Ameri
cans constitute fully one million Of
the population of that city and that
the Germans and .German.Americans
constitute another million, making
more than one-half of the entire popu
lation of the city of New York. We
! suspect that under the circumstances
that Mayor Mcclellan, who is a candi
date for reelection next autumn, viii
scarcely cooperate in helping to ex
tend cordial reception to the British
ers. If he did such thing it woulG
need no prophet to predict what would
become of him next November. That
class of so-called Americans who turn
I UP their pantaloons every time 1t rains
in London have yet to learn that there
is in these United States at least tel
millions of people united upon at leas
I one proposition, and that is that the,
will never consent, even passively, t.
anything like a treaty of alliance, of
tcnsive or defensive, with the British
empire. The last time that a treaty