The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-01-30

London Times advocated the cause Of
the Confederacy, and stnt out as its
war correspondent, the famous jour-
nalist, William Howard Russell, to be-
little the Union army and laud the reb-
els to the skies. So faithfully did he
carry out his Instructions that .he
federal authorities, after his descrip-
ton of the battle of Bull Run, ord erei
him out of the country. He is the
same man who had tten assigned 70
report OConnell at his repeal meetings
IN Ireland 25 years before, and made
himself so odious to the Irish peop.e
that the "Liberator" had some diff
Guilty on several occasions to restr ain
them from inflicting corporal punish
nent upon him. He was an Irishnrn
by birth, and SO valuable were his
services to the British government
that he was knighted, and died two
years ago as Sir William Howard Rus
sell.
The London Times, during the Civil
War, attacked Lincoln and the North,
and was instrumental in getting the
British government to recognize the
Confederacy and to encourage the
sending out from it's ports of privatee-s
to prey on American commerce on the
nigh seas. For this latter act, the Ge-
neva arbitrators awarded the sum IT
Sl5.000,0OO to be dicbursed from tne
British treasury, as amages to The
United States, and that enormous sum
was promptly paid by John Bull to
avoid hostilities.
The Londo1T Times has recently
praised President Roosevelt for the
reason that in a speech at Washington
he referred to the "successful' admin
istration Of India by the British gov
eminent. and this, too. at time wnen
the inhabitants Of tad: misgoveraed
empire are ripe for revolution, o.
course. the fact that Roosevelt said SO
does not prove that 1n6ia is well GOV
erned by England. No wonder the
Times is delighted and Acknowledges
that it is deeply touched by the trib-
ute, which, it says, is impressive proof
that a happy change has occurred m
recent years in the relations between
Great Britain and the United States.
None of his predecessors" says the
Times, could have ventured such a
tribute, and high as President Roose-
velt's courage is he could hardly have
ventured it himself had he not known
that the old prejudice and PROPOSES
sions cherished among his countrymen
were fast whitening away"
President Roosevelt is mistaken in
what he says, and the Times is well
aware of the fact. India today is {,
second Ireland and to say that the
British administration there is "suc-
cessful" SO far as the Hindoos are col-
cerned is very wide from the mark.
Roosevelt has rnperlallstic ideas, AMI
during his regime has done his utmost
to imperialize the republic of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Lincoln. The Tim IS
is mistaken if it believes that his ut
terance regarding India will find re-
sponsive chord in the hearts Of the
American people. The old prejudice
against England may have abated
somewhat, but is not fast whitening
away" and so long as the youth Of
America have text books on history
from authentic sources they will never
forget the cruelties of Great Britain
toward the colonsts, the burning Of
the American archives at Washington,
nor the aid and comfort given to the
Confederacy by the government Of
England and it's lno',tkpiece the Lon
don Times, whose name is synonymous
with lying and forgery. Roosevelt is
wrong when he praises the ,Britis h
administration of India and fully Ia
serves the thanks of the enemy of his
country and it's institutions.