The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-06
ENCLAND'S PERIL.
The Money That o'Donovan Rosa Has
Gathered for War.
Mysterious Hints About Torpedoes. Dyna'
mite and Poison

"ISIOid0NS 'suIS VOOOt w HOAOSSs 0y'o-
mite and Poison
A Fund Of s4I,724 Rapidly Swelling
How to Be Expended.
"The skirmishing fund amounts to-
day to Sal 1914" said O'Donovan yes
terday, in response to an inquiry.
''In whose possession is it!''
1T is in bonds, and is kept in safe
deposit vault, of which l hold the
key"
at is understood, of course, that
this money is to be used for Ireland
against England; but is there any plan
agreed on!'
Il have plans, but to make them
public would defeat them
"Will you intimate in what general
way the fund is to be expended"
mo, SIR
care you under any promise to the
subscribers in the matterv'
mot any. They have confidence in
me-that is all"
sis there any organization that has
or is to have control of the money!"
"Well, there is an organization
at least number of well-known Irish
Nationalist are banded with me-"
"Will you give any particulars
about themi'
"That would be improper"
GLOW much do you expect to accu-
mulate before beginning operations
against England!'
81 cannot say
GA hundred thousand dollars!'
Il do not care to tell
cat what rate is the fund grow
ing?'
From five hundred to thousand
dollars week. Last week,we receiv-
ed over eight hundred.
This conversation was held in Mr..
Rosa Office, one rallied enclosure
in row of others at 263 Broadway.
He sells steamship tickets there, and
receives subscriptions to a weekly
newspaper, as paper sign indicates.
An express messenger delivered an
envelope, and Mr.. Rosa took out of it
a five dollar bill--the aggregate Of
subscriptions by mill hands in Mas
sachusetts town, he said.
''To state the case plainly" the in
quirer continued, You have In your
possession $40 900, and are receiving
contributions at the rate of $500 to
ST. 900 a week, the expenditure of
which is to be secret, and for which
you are practically accountable to no.
body
THAT is one way Of looking at it,"
was the reply.
"Can l get no further information
on the subject!'
mo, sir. All that l wish to say to
the public on the subject is said in the
Irish World. Here is a copy of the
last number
The inquirer withdrew. taking
along the newspaper. In it nearly Il
whole page is devoted to the skirm-
fishing fund, and it is to its influence,
added to Rosa 5 reputation as an Irish
patriot. that the money is raised.
The department is headed 1.-The Ma
tional movement and it's begins
with .Maxims for Skirmshes, "
among which were the following:
HUMANE WARFARE-The shortest
swiftest and cheapest warfare--that
which does the greatest material dam
age to the enemy with the least loss
of life to either side-is the most hui
name warfare.
CHEAP WARFARE-This is the age
of dynamite and torpedoes- agencies
with which nature has come forward
to aid the weak, the poor, and the en-
shaved. Cheap warfare! Let this be
the motto. War against England
with the smallest number of men and
the least possible expense.
REGULAR WARFARE NEARLY Oh,
Fleets are now almost use
less. AS the ironclad drove out OF
existence the old-fashioned wooden
ships.so the torpedo will drive out the
ironclads. The fleets of Europe and
America are at the mercy of the
stealthy little enemy. and the best
type of the torpedo boat carries no
crew.
ENGLAND,s FEAR.-Three men and
a few pounds of dynamite are more
than a match for the mightiest frig.
ate. Months ofpreparation. hundreds
of men. the biggest guns. and all the
latest improvements go down before
the apparently insignificant assailant.
England to-day is beginning to count
the cost of her expensive and cumbrous
ironclads, and vague and unpleasant
idea is just shadowing itself on the
British mind that all this preparation
for the defence of the Island may have
been useless!
The mysterious hints abont torpe.
does and dynamite are repeated Weel
after week in various forms. connect
ed with accounts of new invention
for that sort of warfare. A contribu
Itor from Providence writes as follows
As skirmishers, it behooves us t,
Iacqnaint ourselves with such applian
cnS 40 are calcnlatpd tn crown fllr al