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

Mysterious Hints About Torpedoes. Dyna.
mite and Poison
Fund Of s4l,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.
sin whose possession is 1t!
1T is in bonds, and is kept in a safe
deposit vault, of which | hold the
key
1T is understood, of course, that
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 eXpended3'
No, sir"
Are you under any promise to the
subscribers in the matter!'
Not any. They have confidence in
me-that is all.
lis there any organization that has
"Well, there is an Organization
at least number of well-knoWn Irish
Nationalists are banded with me-
"Will you give any particulars
about theml"
THAT would be improper.
GLOW much do you expect to accu-
mulate before beginning operations
against England''
81 cannot say.
"a hundred thousand dollars!"
4 do not care to tell.
cat what rate is the fund grow
ing!"
From five hundred to a thousand
dollars a week. Last week, I'VE receiy-
ed over eight hundred.
This conversation was held in Mr..
Rosa office, a one rallied enclosure
in row Of others at 1858 Broadway
He sells steamship tickets there, and
receives subscriptions to 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.
ITO state the case plainly the in
quirer continued. You have In your
possession $40, 200, 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 | get no further information
on the subject."
mo. sir. All that | wish to say to
the public on the subject is said in the
Irish World. Here isa 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 is influence,
added to Rosa $ reputation rs an Irish
patriot. that the money is raised.
The department is headed The Ma
tional movement" and its begins
with '.MaXims for Skirnlshes,
among which were the following:
HUMANE W ARFARE-The shortest
sWifteSt and cheapest Warfare-thal
which does the greatest material dam
are to the enemy with the least loss
Of life to either side-lS 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-
+ S1ax-al HhRa,, yx-,rfnrnl / az this he
4 the motto. War against England
with the smallest number of men anc
the least possible expense.
REGULAR WARFARE NEARLY Oh
>oLETE.- Fleets are now almost use
less. AS the ironclad drove out OF
existence the old-fashioned woodeT
ships.so the torpedo will drive out the
lronclads. The fleets Of Europe anC
America are at the mercy of the
Istealthy little enemy, and the best
type of the torpedo boat carries no
crew.
ENGLAND.s FEAR.-Three men ant
Il few pounds of dynamite are more
than a match for the mightiest frig
ate. Months appropriation. hundreds
of men. the biggest guns. and all the
latest improvements go down before
the apparently insignificant assailant
England to-day is beginning to coun,
the cost of her expensive and cumbrou:
ironclads. and vague and unpleasant
idea is just shadowing itself on tn,
British mind that all this preparation
for the defence of the Island may hay,
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. 4 contribu
tor from Providence writes as follows
As skirmishers. it behooyes us t
lacquaint ourselves with such applian
Ices as are calculated to crown our Ell
forts with success. In this cOnnecti0