The Irish standard., 1905-08-12
GOES AFTER HIM
Michigan Correspondent
Flags the Englishman.
The Russo-Jap War and This
Nations Attitude.

The Russo-Jap War and This
Nations Attitude.
To the Editor of The Irish Standard:
| Dear Sir.-I wish to attract the at.
tention of the numerous readers of
your valuable paper to some facts
concerning the Russo-Japanese war,
and the duty of every loyal American
citizen during the Russo-Japanese
strife.
Russia, at one time, accused the
American government of being IN
sympathy with Japan in the present
struggle, but they obtained evidence
to the contrary, and then they said
that it was not the American govern,
ment, but the American people. And
they expressed their amazement at
such conduct on our part as, indeed,
they we'll might, because of all ma
tlons on earth the United States
should be the last to give moral aid
or sympathy to any enemy of Russia.
But dear Russia, our true, faithful and
constant friend, you wrong us. We,
the loyal American citizens are not in
sympathy with Japan, but are heartily
with Russia in the present strife. To
adduce the evidence of this declara-
ton: First, England is the open ally
of Japan; second, the English people
are truly great journalists and cor
respondents. The proBritish own
and control more than three-fourths of
all of the newspapers in the United
/ States, including all of those that are
printed in English, French, German,
Italian and all others combined; third,
the Englishman, as correspondent,
is veritab,e prodigy. He is very
suasive, fascinating, and ingenious
writer. And they are the most con-
summate and skilled artisans in du-
plicity and misrepresentation that the
world contains with the exception,
perhaps Of their beloved little brown
man. Now those pro-British cor.
respondents and their journals and
periodicals throughout the United
States write and print all sorts OF
horrible accounts of the savage treat
ment which the Russian government
perpetrates upon the Russian people.
They employ every possible means,
no matter how false and how foul, to
blacken the character of the Russian
government and render it hideous to
those who do not know the designs of
the writer's, and therefore may believe
| them.
1t could not come with such bad
grace from any nation on earth as
from England to speak of the cruelties
of any nation to their subjects. 1t is
but a very few years since the people
in British India were dying of starva.
ton by the thousand daily. This, too,
was while the British nation was
spending millions of dollars in mur.
dering and robbing the brave Beers.
And when the people of the United
States sent the starving people Of In
dia provisions, free, by the shipload,
as the first ship landed, the British
officials charged duties on the pro-
visions and expressed the wish chat
instead of provisions, they had
brought guns to kill them ALL" And
perhaps it would be better for the
poor creatures to be all killed than to
remain subjects to such brutality.
their pretended sorrow for what they
call the down-trodden Russians and
with their indignation against the
cruelties of the Russian government?
The above is but one Of hundreds, of
instances of the criminal neglect and
brutality of the ERglish government
to their subjects.
Now, when you call any Of those
pro-British editors to task for some
!
and confute his statement till he has
to acknowledge that he was wrong, he
will look up at you with a pleasant,
| genial smile, and in the next issue of
his paper or journal he will print the
same old lie! o. yes, he is prodigy.
And this is but a sort of the great ma
| jority of editors and correspondents
that infest the United States. l re,
peat they are Britishers, for those of
them that have taken the oath of ale
glance to the United States are citi,
zens only for convenience and are not
loyal to the United States. Besides
the pro-British editors and CORE
spondents, there are many other spur
ious citizens in this country who,
down deep in their heart, and in their
solicitude for souls, though they have
taken their oath of allegiance to the
United States, are still as truly loyal
to England as the Lord Mayor of Lon.
don. And they are as truly perjured
as those who have been convicted of
perjury and are performing their SER
vitude. Those creatures are all very
enthusiastic in favor of Japan and the
dearly beloved little brown man.
Before England formed the alliance
with Japan neither the Englishman
(nor our spurious citizens cared a jot