The Irish standard., 1915-02-27

for Copenhagen and Berlin start as
one and separate before reaching the
Danish capital.
Findlay fell into the trap and sent
his men, fully armed, on the same
train as Sir Roger. Their tickets were
for Copenhagen and they had no idea
that Easement was not really going
there. There was on board the same
train body of armed Germans, pre-
pared to prevent any foul play on the
road. Ffndlay's men were not all Eng
lish, but Sir Rogers letter did not.
specify their nationality. But they
were the same men who had been en-
ployed by Findlay to dog his footsteps
in Christiania. He did not pretend to-
take notice Of them and his manner
lulled them into false security. The
Berlin section of the train was.
switched off late at night and En-
glands men were caught mapping.
They were all asleep when Easement
and Christensen slipped into the Ber-.
lin section. He arrived in Berlin
safely and Findlay's trusty men were
carried on to Copenhagen.
But one of FindIay's men reached
Berlin the next day and was promptly
identified and his movements covered.
1t was a great risk to take, but En-
gland was playing desperate game
and her men had to take risks. He
could have been arrested at once, but
the German authorities thought it bet
ter to let him think he was unknown
and to have him closely watched.
What has since happened to him is.
unknown in New York.
The Proof Complete.
Christensen continued to commune.
cate with Findlay by letter after his
arrival in Berlin, with view to OBJ
tanning clear and definite evidence of
the plot. That he at last succeeded in
this is shown by the statement in the
despatch from Berlin that Sir Roger
Easement has Photographic copy of
letter, written on British Legation
paper at Christiania, in the Minister'S:
handwriting and over his signature,
promising ION behalf of the British
Government" to pay him $4,000; to-
obtain personal immunity for him and
give him free passage to the United
States, if through information sup
piled by him Sir Roger Easement
should be captured. There is evident
ly nothing said in Findlay's letter
about killing Easement; it would be
strange proposition to put in writing.
But offering bride for the capture Of
man in neutral territory is a pretty
tough proposition from the Minister of
another power, and it affords convinc-
ing evidence Of the desperate straits
the Britishers are in.
| The action of the British Govern
ment in Ireland gave similar evidence
of their alarm. Five weekly news
papers were suppressed, men were
summarily ordered to leave the places
where they lived and were earning
their living; letters were detained per-
manently in the postofice and no no.
t1ce given of the suppression; the arms
.embargo was renewed and the arms
factory in Birmingham which supplied
the Irish Volunteers with rifles was
summarily closed; the scrutiny of all
persons entering Ireland was redou-
bled and other measures of precau-
ton Showing extreme alarm were
| taken. The Government also set it's
Irish slaves of the Parliamentary party
and on the Reptile press to work to de-
fame Easement, and that work is still
going on, both in Ireland and America.
But they might as we'll be "whistling
jigs to milestones" for all the good it
will do them. There are twenty-five
extreme Nationalists in Ireland to-
day for the one there was before the
war, and the old spirit is showing
itself even in the classes from which
1t was either wholly absent or had
lain dormant for generation.
Findlay, the man who has offered a
reward Of $4,000 for the murder of Sir
Roger Easement, has served England
in the East, where murder is not an
uncommon practice among British Of
ficials. Murder in Denmark or Norway
is quite different thing, and it re-
mains to be seen whether England can
carry on murder conspiracy in these
countries with impunity. She GER
tainly cannot do so without exposure.
The full details of the story will arrive
in time and will be published in The
Gaelic American.