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Show EOUnXE C00KKA2J"S SPEECH. : ''It Isn't An Alliance; It's a Surren- i der to England," Ee Says. ! At the recent pro-Boer meeting in Xew York, W. Hourke Cockran deliv-cred deliv-cred the following speech: .; "Recent events in a distant part of j the world seem to show that Provi- denceis moving in a mysterious way ! to bring about its just ends. It is the duty of every Irishman, of every " American, of every upholder of justice j and civilization to condemn the igno-? igno-? ble course of England in this war. J (Loud cheers.) This war has damaged Kngland's prestige as a military power f very greatly, as a moral power Irre-j Irre-j . ti'ievably. It is the greatest war upon J and against civilization in the last 400 I years. "Yet they tell us that 'the Kners must be defeated in the intends of civiliza- tion; that they are an uncivilized race. I Why is this said of them? Is it because I they carry on an effective government j at the lowest rate of taxati.m - n -.-v:: V Is it because in their cnumy educa- tion is universal, drunke nnoi-.s is un- known, divorce doesn't exist, and every t man lives with his own wife? I car j understand a country owning a smart srt thinking that nation uncivilized j which doesn't support a divorce court. I I would not deny to that set the right to Life, liberty, and the pursuit of 1 smartness; but I would have them see" -! that though the Boers have not even- jng dress, they have evening prayers, ? and though they fear Ood. the fear of j man is not in them. (Cheers). 'This government of ours not this people, but this government is not without responsibility for the Boer war. It claims to be neutral. For my part I have never looked for or asked from it anything better than absolute neutrality. But this country has not been neutral. There has been difficulty between this nation and England over the Alaskan boundary. I do not say that we ought to have taken advantage of other complications in which our opponent op-ponent was involved to push those claims unreasonably, but I do say that those claims ought not to have been postponed to give Great Britain a better bet-ter chatice. . "Yet they have been so postponed because of the complications in South Africa. Had the administration performed per-formed its plain duty to the people it would have enforced those claims and the Canadian troops wouldn't, have been fighting in South Africa today, helping to put down liberty, for they would have had their hands full right at home, and that African war would never have been begun. But the moment that war seemed a probability a modus vivendi was entered into between this country and England; that is, England was to choose her own time, not for conceding our demands, but for resisting them. In return for this concession we received re-ceived no advantage. It was all in England's favor. "At the banquet last night President MeKinley said that there was no .alliance .alli-ance between this country and England. Eng-land. Well. I'm inclined to believe him. (Laughter.) It isn't an alliance; it's a surrender. (Wild cheers.) It's a surrender sur-render of our policy to England. I challenge any supporter of the administration admin-istration to show one thing in regard to this Boer war that the United States government could do in Eng-lands' Eng-lands' favor that hasn't been done. The surrender on the Alaskan boundary, boun-dary, the recall of our consul at Pretoria Pre-toria because his mail, was opened by the British authorities, and the appointment ap-pointment of a boy son of the secretary of state, who received his final instructions instruc-tions in the foreign office at London; all these things have made other nations na-tions believe-that we are in alliance with England. ."So. in fea'r, for all those nations that might have interfered for the sake of humanity and fairness, have held back. Some may say that the president might have done even more for England; that he might have sent our navy over there to aid the British. But navies are of no avail against the Boers. They might say that the president could have sent an army there, but that would have involved his calling for volunteers, and have given to the people of this nation a oh p nee to show where they stand in the matter of this unholy war, a chance that must now be postponed until un-til next November. If the Lord God of Battles and of Justice will uphold the Boers so that they may withstand their enemies for eight months longer this nation will show unmistakably its sentiments. sen-timents. 'Oreat cher-ring.') That our oune, the course of the administration, should be such as to lead Europe to believe that we are supporting England Eng-land is itself a disloyalty to. the people, and it will be avenged when the opportunity oppor-tunity comes for freemen to speak." |