The Irish standard., 1909-10-02
AN ANeLo.IRlsH LORD.

AN ANGlO-lRISH LORD.
The United States and the Domil:-
ion of Canada have recently been
honored by visit from Lord Charles
Beresford, an admiral in King Ed
wards navy. Though native of Ire
land this man has no more sympathy
with the aspirations of his own coun-
trymen for human rights than II he
were born in Timbuctoo. Unlike other
distinguished Irishmen in the British
service, Lord Beresford and his pro-
of the land of their birth. The Beres-
fords come of Crcmwellian family
and their record in Irish history, as
far as it can be traced, Is one of blood
shed and barbarity. In 1898 their san
culinary nature reached it's full de-
velopment, and the name of Beresford
was abhorred from one end of the
country to the other and became the
personification Of cruelty. They used
the pitchcap and the triangle on Irish
patriots who fell into their hands and
achieved such notoriety for inhuman
treatment of their victims that even
today after the lapse of 10 years,
their name is an odious to the people
as that of Cromwell. This Beresford
has been several times in America, but
no Irish body Of men have ever paid
him the slightest attention, for he IL
not worthy of it. He has never be-
come Irish after breathing Irish air
and receiving nourishment from his
native soil. The only Irish character
istics about him are courage and COM
bativeness.
Lord Beresford has crossed the At
lantic, not in the interest of Ireland,
but in the interest of England which
he loves so we'll. He is afraid that
Germany within three years will go -
war with England and pound her to
death, and he wants Canadians AMI
Americans to sympathlze with tho
buccaneer of the nations whose cup of
iniquity is full to the brim In his
speech at Toronto he said:
I'VE have arrived at a crisis in our
history as an empire. We aim at no
aggressive action or increase of ter
ritory, nor do we hold threats to
other nations. We wish to keep clear
Of all international disputes. We wish
to consolidate the empire for the pur-
pose of mutual advantage and defense.
But we are determined to hold our
own and let all know that our unas-
sailable supremacy at sea shall bc
Kept The heart of the empire is alb
solutely dependent on the punctual and
sure delivery of the water borne food
and raw material supplied by its ar
teries-the trade routes. A success
full attack on the trade south would
paralyze the trade of the Dominion as
well as that of Great Britain
Lord Beresford crossed to the
United States and made his appear
ance before the Pilgrims club Of New
York, a society composed Of Anglo
maniacs, to whom he said, by way of
interrogation: why should not the
five nations that make up the British
Empire and the other great, English
speaking nation, the United States, say
that there shall be no war?"-between
England and Germany.
The Anglicized Irishman was mildly
reproved by the N. Y. Sun for speak
ing Of the United States as possible
ally in the event of war with Ger
many. admiral Beresford," said the
Sun, will pardon us II we intimate
that such quasi alliance as he PRO-
poses Is unattainable through the
channels Of diplomacy or by engag-
ing rhetoric, and that nothing could
be less conducive thereto than inter-
national discourse" fN
In the same address. Lord Beresford
declared that he saw "the sky red
ahead" If there is a war, England
must fight her own battles without any
aid from the United States. Why
should Lord Beresford expect this
country to fight for England? With
the exception of the Spanish Ameri-
can war. the United States has not
had any trouble with any other power
but England. Germany has always
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