The Irish standard., 1916-08-12
ASKS INQUIRY At WASHINGTON
IN EASEMENT CABLE.
Former Mayor James X. Mcclure Of
Syracuse, Head Of Irish Friends
Of Freedom, Demands in
vestigation.
Telegram Delayed in Reaching Lon
don.

The Hon. JAMES X. Mcclure, former
mayor Of Syracuse and widely known
by reason of his writings and as head
of the Executive Committee of the
Irish Friends of Freedom of New York,
7398-IRISH-TEN Carbon
this afternoon sent from Utica to Pres
ident Wilson at Washington tele-
gram asking that an inquiry be made
into the delay charged in the trans
mission of the Presidents message
of the British Foreign Office in an ap-
peal for clemency for Sir Roger Case.
ment.
Whether through carelessness, by
accident or design the message was not
received by the British Foreign Office
until after the execution of Easement
and burial in quicklime of his body.
Mr.. Mcclure. makes no charges
against anyone in connection with the
delay of the message, but he insists
that there was something wrong some
where-delay at Washington in send
ing it, or at the coast cable station, or
in London. Mr.. Mcclure points out
that the dispatches of the British press
indicate that Sir Roger Easements life
might have been spared if the message
had not been delayed four hours, or
until after sufficient time had elapsed
for the conduct of the execution and
the disposition of the body.
The telegram in full as sent from
Utica this afternoon read as follows:
Zion. Woodrow Wilson,
"White> House,
Washington, D. c.
"Mr. President: United States Sen
ate resolutions asking you to present
to the British Government appeal for
clemency to Irish political prisoners
were signed by you at the Cabinet
meeting last Wednesday morning
around 10 o'clock. There appears to
have been delay of four hours, in
coding the telegram and we under
stand the transmission by cable failed
to take place either in the State De
partment or elsewhere until late Wed
nesday afternoon, that is o'clock Lon
don time"
"Sir Roger Easement was executed
at 9:07 a. M. Thursday. The British
Foreign Office failed to receive your
message and resolution until after the
body was buried in quicklime. We ask
that an inquiry be instituted as to the
causes for delaying the message in
Washington, the coast cable station
and London, as British dispatches in
fer life of condemned patriot might
have been saved if U. S. Government
appeal for clemency has been received
in time.
James X. Mcclure, Chairman,
Executive Committee Irish Friends o
Freedom, New York.
The telegram to President Wilson
is expected to reach him before eve
hing and it is expected that an inves
legation will be Immediately begun t.
inquire into the reason for the della,
If an official message of the Presiden
If the United States on matter tina
vas of deep concern to thousands Q
citizens of the United States an
meant possibly the life of the Iris
patriot. The Irish Friends of Free
lom of New York are insistent tina
The probe shall go to the bottom /
his important matter and whoever
to blame be punished whether it wa
through carelessness. by accident or fc
any reason whatsoever that an officit
telegram was not sent and delivere
as promptly as it should have been.
: it is shown that the delay had p
litical foundation the Irish Friends
Freedom will insist upon the severe
: punishment.
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