The Irish standard., 1905-11-11

l AAS 4NSW 4OEA LILIES ~ ar EnGllSL
newspaper. published in the Borough
of Manhattan, and Its office is a kind
of infirmary for a horde Of journal.
istic cranks from Great Britain and
anti-1rish Ireland. says John F. Fin.
erty. editor Of the Chicago Citizen.
When anything mean Is written re.
garding Ireland and the real Irish, the
New York Times Is nrst to print it.
When anything complimentary is
written about them the New York
Times either suppresses the matter
or damns 1t with the faintest of faint
praise. Such Englishmen as we have
met In our career In America have not
been. in general, narrow or contempti-
BILE men socially, but they almost to q
man. showed contempt for ireland
and jealousy of this country and dts
institutions. But we always expect
this from the English and, therefore,
are not taken by surprise when they
show their true colors. However
they are tolerable in the social sense
much more SO than those miserable
Irish who hate the land that gave them
birth and are always seeking some
excuse to be other than they are.
Here is a specimen Of this class of
beast. who exposed his idiocy and ma
lightly in the Times of a recent date:
Mixed on His Nationality.
To the Editor Of the New York Times:
I came to this country from Dublin,
Ireland. in the year 1890. and in due
course took out naturalization papers
as an American citizen. can trace
my pedigree in Ireland as far back as
the year 1900. but my family are, and
always were, English in heart, English
In religion, and English On name, I my
self being an ex-soldier of the British
army.
Now, when asked by fellow Ameri-
can citizens what my nationality was
before I became an American. 1 reply:
"Irish," am commiserated with as to
my down-trodden country and told:
"Oh. how you must hate England u
protest against It! have Irish
blood in my veins in plenty, and I'm
proud Of it, but I never was,l or felt
myself to be. down trodden and my
last drop Of blood would go for Eng
land tomorrow If she needed it. ]
don't carry shillalah round with me
or stick a pipe in my hat, nor did !
ever see anyone in Ireland who did
do SO. I'm an American now, but what
was 1?
ERIE" OF DUBLIN.
New York, Oct. 10, 1906.
We can easily answer "Erle's" last
query-he was, is. and will remain to
the end Of the chapter, son of an
animal. Now let him go and bark!
Here is another vile specimen, who
profanes the illustrious war cry of the
Kildare Fitz-Geralds:
AZ to irish Ancestry.
Reasons Why One Man Kept HE q
Secret, Though From Dublin.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
AS another Irishman-also from
Dublin, and a descendant of the fam
GUS Irish family whose war cry I sign
below-I should like very much to ten
der my sympathy and advice to Erie
Of Dublin. whose letter appears On
your columns today.
came to New York in 1898, and
about the time that ERIE" arrived
(1900) had made up my mind that II
was extremely injudicious to confess
an Irish origin while sojourning In
this state. unless one were prepared to
indorse the whole program Of the Clan
Gael and kindred organizations
Some people to whom was intro
duced a. an Irishman elevated their
eyebrows in surprise, while others
boisterously greeted me as zone of the
right Sort" All Immediately assumed
that my training had been, and that
my opinions and habits were, those OF
a certain class of 1rlshmen; and this
was perfectly natural. as Americans
who have not lived abroad know OF
that class only. That there are othe,
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casional utterance like that OF your
correspondent, but Irishmen of this
kind are go rare in this country thai
they almost count for nothing. Those
who exist here are silent for reason
which will appear later in this letter.
So much for my sympathy. Now
for my advice. Let ERIE" drop hi,
Irish birth and pose as an American
citizen Of American. or, II he prefer 1t
Of English or Scottish birth. 1t will
involve an occasional NIB; but nbl
must be told in business. With0u,
protesting the orthodox principles he
will not be popular among Irish-Amer.
leans; and, confessing Irish birth
among all other Americans he will bt
misunderstood. as he tells US he ha,
been.
Personally, for several years, have
adopted the course which I advise. and
md that It works well. And / an
not alone In my deception, for more