The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-27
ENGLISH POT AGAINST
SIR ROBERT EASEMENT.
(Contiued from Page ~


Majesty.
He returned at 3 o'clock to the
legation and had about a two hours
conversation with Mr.. Findlay until
about o'clock. The precise record
of the conversation will be submitted
for your inspection and that of other
competent authorities at a fitting
moment. My servant acted as If he
entered into the plans of the British
Minister, and only demanded a con-
siderable sum of money as recompense
for his treason. Mr.. Findlay promised
Christensen, upon his word of honor"
Che used that singular phrase in Or
der to insure confidence in a matter
of such kind) $4,000 If he should
succeed in playing me into the hands
of the English authorities. Should
something happen to me in this violent
abduction or should l otherwise come
to grief he would see to it that any
future investigation would be hushed
up and that the abductor would go
free without fear of punishment.
My companion pointed out that he
would at present have no opportunity
to carry out this commission, as l in
tended to leave for Copenhagen that
very evening and my place in the
train had already been reserved. Mr..
Findlay then agreed that the scheme
would have to be postponed until q
favorable opportunity would present
itself to lure me somewhere at the
Skagerack or the North Sea Coast,
where British men-of-war would be
lying in wait to take hold of me.
He gave my servant the further COM
mission to steal my correspondence
with my accomplices in America and
Ireland, particularly in Ireland, so
that the. same Severe punishment"
that was to be melted out to me could
be imposed on them. He agreed with
Christensen about a secret code and
noted down for him covered ad-
dress" in Christiania to which he was
to communicate the results of his OBJ
servations, send the stolen papers and
reports of my plans. This address in
Christiania Findlay wrote on one-half
of letter sheet of the legations cor
respondence paper in typed letters.
This precaution was necessary, so
he said, Gin order to prevent the
Identification of the handwriting"
This document, as we'll as 100 Nor
wegian crowns in paper money, which
Mr.. Findlay handed over to Christen-
sen as earnest money and to which
more was to follow, was handed to me
by Christensen, who described in de.
tail to me what had happened. As, to
go by that, l was without doubt in
danger, I changed my plans and de-
cided, instead of journeying to Copen-
hagen, as intended, to take another
route. l then left Christiania on the
goth of October, as should like to
point out, in full knowledge of the
criminal plot which by your represen-
tative in Norway was planned against
me, while he had no idea that had
any knowledge thereof.
The rest of the story is soon told.
know that you are familiar with all
details because you were constantly
communicating about the matter by
mail as we'll as telegraph with your
agent. You are also acquainted with
the declaration which the Imperial
German Government published on No
vember 20, 1914, in reply to an in.
quiry made by me.
The British Government by press
news, as well as by special agents,
had spread all over Ireland that the
Germans were committing the most
atrocious crimes in Belgium, and had
told the Irish populace that they
would encounter similar fate If Ger.
many came out victorious from the