Show BIG PRO BOER MASS congressmen condemn the conduct of british government immense audience in nev york city cheer sentiments favorable to boers strong resolutions endorsed man sulzer s strong words new york dec 31 the united irish societies of new york and vicinity filled the academy of music tonight at a mass meeting called to express sympathy with the boers and opposition to england in consequence of the south african war senator mason of illinois congressman sulzer congressman cummings of nev york and others addressed the meeting justice fitzgerald of the supreme court presided the entire house was filled the proscenium the boxes and abo balconies were all decorated with a profusion of american flags the green irish emblems and occasionally the flags of the two south african republics justice fitzgerald after calling he meeting to order said it a great honor to be asked to speak to this great audience tonight and to join in expressing our deep indignation at the unjustifiable war now being waged by great britain on the people of the transvaal and to give utterance to our sentiments of deep admiration for the gallant stand being made by the embattled farmers of south africa in defense of ithell property their lives their liberties the great heart of the american people goes out to the people of the transvaal and the orange free state they are fighting for the same principles they are against the same sovereign and red coated soldiers that fought us a century ago and would fight us tomorrow it they dared and thought it would benefit them congressman sulzer spoke next lie said in part 1 I am no ashamed to have it known that my sympathy is with the heroic boers in their resolute endeavor and determined effort to maintain their homes and their inde i against the piracy and the tyranny of the british crown I 1 want to see them win in this contest because they arc right and deserve to win in my judgment nine tenths of the american people alfr against england in this matter and in sympathy with tho south africa patriots tho courage of tho boers in the face of tremendous odds has challenged the admiration of mankind and their heroism against almost obstacles has won the respect of the civilized world they are entitled to our sympathy and we would be false to ourselves and to all our history if we did not give it to them the south african patriots arc white men they are a good deal like the patriots of our own revolution they love their homes their freedom and their liberty they came from good old saxony ancestors from the i north of europe they are flesh of our fleen and bone of our bone they love free institutions bo same as we do for the sake of personal liberty it comes to them naturally and by inheritance their lovo of liberty is not of a day or of a year but of centuries they have never been conquered and in my opinion no matter what others may think they never will b the atory of tho struggles and the hardships of those brave men in south africa is one of the saddest pages in all history an imperishable heritage to their hardy and valorous descendants no one can impartially read it without feeling a deep sympathy for them in their present struggle to maintain their freedom and independence against english greed tor gold englich tyranny and criminal british aggression for land this conflict should be called cecil rhodes war for gold in south africa ho Is responsible for all the woe all tho sorrow all the despair all the misery this war has caused the boers have made him practically a prisoner ho is shut up in his diamond mines at kimberley he will have to cat diamonds it he Is not speedily rescued I 1 hope the boers will capture him and give him an immediate trial 1 I glory in the spunk of grand old paul kruger he is one of the worlds great heroes there is no doubt a secret understanding exists today between ibs white house and downing street I 1 am opposed to an anglo american alliance expressed or implied especially when its object Is the advancement of imperialism the march of armies the downfall of republics the destruction of freo institutions the enslavement of man and the perpetuity of the power of kings the president should have offered the friendly offices of ahls country to prevent this cruel war he have responded tor the great and mighty petition tor peace presented to him at the beginning he should have acted on the findings the conclusions and the judgment of the hague peace CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT BIG PRO BOER MASS MEETING continued from page one p conference lie could have done so consistently but the friends of free institutions should not lose hope wo should not despair even though the white house seems to be enveloped in the atmosphere of an english fog it Is nt too late for this republic to assert itsell in behalf of republican institutions it is not too late tor us to demand an honorable peace in the interest of humanity christianity and civilization it the president will not act congress can and congress should I 1 have offered in the house of representatives senta tives a joint resolution protesting against the war granting the bajis belligerent rights and instructing the president to bring about a cessation of hostilities and an honorable peace this ought to be done ar once I 1 promise you I 1 will do all in my power to pass that resolution and pass it wll in my opinion it the president continues to exhibit symptoms of anglophobia Is american patriotism dead has the spirit that animated the people in vita and 1812 been forgotten Is the declaration of independence no longer potent for the up building of republics and the perpetuity of free institutions Is our form of government a farce do the great names and heroic deeds of the revolutionary fathers no longer appeal to us are we dead to american feeling and to national sentiment shall we tear down our monuments trample in the dust the constitution send back to france the statue of liberty and turn to the wall the picture of the great emancipator it democracy and free institutions find no answer here then indeed are republics a thing of the past and the message of the future an cry of destruction of oppression and of tyranny when congressman sulzer in the course of his speech brought in the name of chamberlain the crowd mingled groans with their hisses stamping waving boer flags whistling and cheers with occasional remarks interrupted all the way through when justino firzgerald introduced senator mason the illinoisan was given a hearty welcome senator mason reviewed the history of the dutch people in south africa and her relations with england in the course of his speech he said aln tell s tnt i ascii y with mhd boers may interfere with politics in england if there are any politics in england that interfere with our duty they had bilte get out of the way the same rule will apply to this country also it has been said that we must sympathize with england in this cause because she was our friend in the spanish war even so we were fighting lor liberty we fighting kostop tho murder of women and children in cuba and for the fostering of a alstor re public if england was kald to keep her greedy durin blut struggle does it follow eliat we haaf sol dour birthright and that the agle must not raise liia voice except ill honor of the lion congressman amos J gummings spoke next and referred to chamberlains recent change of front and added chamberlain is a liar and that it not putting it a bit too strong for three years ago he said the same things that I 1 have told you tonight mr cummings blamed ambassador choate among others for the exis tto situation of affairs as far as th position of the united states is concerned the following resolutions with a cheer resolved that we new york in mass TO estIng assembled con damn the action of the british goven ment and recognize that strenuous struggle for generation after by the burghers of afi tea to sec urethe right to rule selves in their own way as an example worthy of the embattled c valor won american freedom anaw recognize that two filter republics whose citizen soldiers hayfi in a series of pitched veteran legions of england have thua won 0 title to independence which all mankind should recognize as valid resolved He solved that we protest against the seizure of american food supplies in transit to a neutral territory as an act of inhumanity and a breach of international ter national law the evident purpose of which Is to accomplish by tho starvation of non combatants a result which the british arms have failed to accomplish that we deprecate the action of the dominion of canada in sending troops to defeat the boers ana protest against any part of this conal nent being used as a base of operations tor the conquest of a free huou u any part of the world as a menace to the peace and happiness of the ameci can people resolved that wo appeal to the heart and conscience of the lo ing people descendants of the founds of this republic and is 0 tame and all loves 0 liberty throughout the world to aside all personal and selfish consid oration unworthy of freo men to extend i the hand of to the patriots and heroes now so bravely fighting to maintain their liberty and to drive the invader from the soli of the boer republic and we hall the victories a the happy augury odthe establishment ot the united states of south africa among the vice presidents of the meeting were william A governor of nebraska georgo L wellington united states senator from maryland john J mcdonough secretary of state of new york and congressmen polk geston and zestier Ze of pennsylvania johnston rhea and lamb virginia salmon new jersey and gordon ohio smith michigan south carolina mississippi and pearre maryland an overflow meeting attended by buoo persons was held in irvcng place |