The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-19
0'D0N0VAN R0SSA.

The Apostle OF Dynamite Outlines--HS ran OF
Freeing Ireland.
recently called upon O'Donovan
Rosa TO inquire as TO the next step in
the game of scoring the British lion by
means of dynamite bombs, writes New
York correspondent. O'Donovan is
never more flattered and pleased than
when called upon by people so credu-
lous rs to believe that he knows any
thing about the doings Of the dynamite
flend of the other side, or has anything
to do with furnishing the money or
dynamite.
Rossas Office is in the second story of
shabby building in Chambers street,
near the city hall, and is open to who
ever calls. 1t consists of one small room,
furnished with pine table, an old desk,
and several broken chairs. Here Rosa
may be found at all hours of the day, his
coat of, reading newspapers or writing
letters. He is a big, powerful fellow,
with good natured but ignorant face,
betokening nothing but love Of whisky
and good digestion. Reddish hair
crops out in patches over his face and
neck. In conversation with strangers,
he puts on a semblance of earnestness
and ferocity evidently quite foreign to
the mans real nature. lie talks with
good rich brogue, which he exaggerates
purposely in order to emphasize his
Irish quality. When | called, two other
men sat with their heels in the
air and discussing local politics. Ii
is in Rossas office that most of
the absurd resolutions affecting
England or anything English which
come up from time TO time In our Board
of Aldermen are supposed to originate
such as the proposal to postpone the
opening Of the BrooklyR bridge last
year because the day selected happen
ed to be the Queens birthday; also the
resolution, voted down few months
ago, to discharge young man EN-
ployed TO engross the record Of Evacua-
tion day proceedings because he hap
pened to be an Englishman, and might
fail to give due Importance to the line
| figure which the Board of Aldermen cut
in the procession.
"When is the next explosion to be,
Mr.. Donovan?" asked Rosa, after stat
ing that | came as newspaper cor
respondent interested in knowing when
the final collapse of the British Empire
| might De expected.
"The torture Of purgatory couldn't
make me tell that" said Rosa, with a
self-important frown. There are only
four men on earth that know what you
want to find out-one In Berlin, one in
Paris, one in London, and one In New
York. There is a record ofexactly what
is to be done within the next two years,
with provision in case of failure or trea-
son in any one step"
why is there no secret agent in Dub
linz" asked.
"Dublin is too full of English detec-
tives to make the warfare profitable
there. Beside, we do not wish to de-
stroy property which will belong to the
Irish republic in fact as well as by right
within the next few years perhaps
months. This explosions which may be
looked for in rapid succession at inter-
walls of nine days hereafter will destroy
not thousands but millions worth. We
cannot Oxford to blow up Dublin or Bel
fast"
"Why are the explosions to be at in
tervals of nine days."
Because" said Rosa, "that is the
time which will be necessary for every
one remotely or intimately connected
with the particular explosion to be out
OF the reach Of the English police. The
men who do the active work in these
affairs know simply what they are to do
and nothing more; they act In the dark,
and man concerned In one explosion
may be ignorant that his brother is to
be active In the next. There will be no
more traitors because each man will
know too little to make his story valu-
able. When we have destroyed enough
OF English property-cities, cathedrals,
palaces, and docks-to equal the value OF
Ireland, we shall make a formal demand
OF Ireland, which is ours by right. If II
is refused, then the work will go on until
England has paid or lost twice the value
OF Ireland, when another demand will be
made, and so we shall go on until Ireland
Is handed over"
slow long will ii take the first time to
destroy enough English property"
ABOUT five years, II there are no acct.
dents. Of course, we may destroy good
deal less or good deal more at a time
than we counted on. The explosions the
other day was not so costly for London
as they ought to have been; and some
fires, II judiciously managed, might
prove a good deal more costly than ever
England's worst enemies might wish
Now, don't ask me any more questions
for have told you more than have any
other newspaper man."