The Irish standard., 1909-08-28
AN ALLIANCE OF THE
CE[TS AND 7EUT0Ns
The Opportune Time is Now
At Hand For the Irish and
the Germans to Associate
and Organize in the Bonds
of Fellowship---People No
LongerLook Upon England
as the Mother Country of
the United States.


At the picnic of the United Irish
Societies Of Chicago on Aug. is, tho
following address was delivered by
Hon. Albert May, as the representative
of the German element which is op-
posed to any Anglo o-American alliance:
There are today more citizens OF
the United States who are of Irish
and German descent than of any other
nation, and the Irish and German
born far outnumber the English born.
In ethical, moral and intellectual
qualities We stand nearer to the gen.
uine American than do the people of
any other European nation, and par
ticularly the English.
Let me briefly refer to the last
census report. Illinois has a foreign
population of 96G,747, of which 332,-
1853 are German. 114,563 are Irish and
5o,5s5 are English.
New York has a foreign population
of 1,900,425, of which 4SO,o26 are Ger
man., 426,553 are Irish and 135.6s5 arr
English.
We are thus shown to be the domt-
nant power in America. AS such we
control the sentiment and in great
measure the policies of America,
BY emigrating to this country We
Il have expanded into vast regions:
regions which are destined tes play a
very important part in future history.
particularly in the future history Of
Ireland. We cannot longer look upon
England as our mother country. We
are a homogeneous body in which the
Irish and German preponderate. Take
away from us the thought that Eng,
land is our mother country and what
have we left, to admire in her? It ia
the same policy Of tyranny, injustice
and oppression towards Ireland th1t
was pursued toward her American
colonies which led to the Declaration
of independence. ....
"An English writer on Anglo Saxon
freedom some twenty years ago said:
Only two nations know how to colon
ize-England and Russia. They alone
have any future. All other natious
are on the decline and the time is not
far off when all ether nations will dis
appear from among first-class powers,
1.-THE last twenty years have proven
that this gentleman was verv. badly
mistaken. -..,.
To-day the United States and Ger.
many are not only the leading eco
nomic nations Of the earth, but exceed
England as war powers. England.
who represented the European to al
other nations and, believed she had
passed beyond reach politically and
economically of all competing powers.
is today convulsed with fear of a Ger
man invasion
1T is no longer a suspicion; it is
condition that England is now fac
ing. ...
1T is the. settled conviction in off,
cial quarters that Great, Britain and
Germany are building against each
other.
Much excitement is now occasioned
In England over the. present visit OF
the Gar Of Russia, $.
proud England has entirely foreot-
ten that on June II, when the Car
Of Russia and the Emperor of Ger.
many were exchanging visits from
their yachts in Finnish. waters a
small British steamer accidentally an
preached nearer to the imperial vessel
than was thought safe and a Russian
gunboat Immediately opened fire. Yet
England is ready to overlook this in
suit and to receive the Car with
open arms England is crumbline.
She is threatened with war and has
no means to protect her defences. Her
financial position is rapidly, declining.
She has reached the end of her finau-
cial resources. Her taxation ID the
heaviest in the world. and is twice as
heavy as that of Germany. -: :.
England g population in the last If
teen years has increased about 10 per
cent, while. :hers expenditures have
grown BY more than 50 per cent. Ac-