The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-28

now trying TO 70 any further with II.
; lie assumes the air OF martyr and
has coniided to his keepers that u he
be erected to him By "Irisr patriots"
Sir Rogers trial. Il IL said today.
probably will be held within n month.
The prisoner. feeling that there Is no
marked calmly to Keeper today that
lie hoped they would hang him with a,
silk cord. Just an Ordinary rope. he
Thought, would rot be in keeping with
1t IL plain from what he has said that
he expected the Germans TO start with
feet operations, zeppelin raids. and al
other means possible 20 Keep brIn,n
he put through to successful end. IN
fact, there " no doubt In the minds or
tho OFFICIALS here that the German st
tack on Lowestoft was part OF the
and that the. riots breaking out In Dub
lin are another phase OF II,
Came In Submarine.
While various versions of the hiihus-
tering expedition have been put out. the
OFFICIALS have learned from Sir Roger
that he was brought to Ireland In Q
submarine. This underwater craft left
the German port about the same tiyno
that the false neutral arins-iaden snip
stated out on its bold Journey from
The neutral was a I,1Oc-ton steamer
with one funnel. She flew the Ncr-
wegian flag ana was manned entirely
by "A crew OF Germans. In some mys-
FERROUS way she apparently had teen
loaded in Norwegian waters with arms
and ammunition for the prospective
rebels. She got through the British pa
idols until OF the Irish coast. where
she was engaged by a. British vessel
which had been on the lookout for her
nrid sunk, The entire German crew are
The fakS neutral bore the Norwegian
nane of Aud, but the vevsvsel's real
ma me Is an entirely different one. While
the Aud" with her holds chock full
II guns and ammunition, was picking
her way at respectable distance off
the Irish coast, Sir Roger and two CO.
cansuirators, both Irishmen. were being
taken through the same waters In the
German submarine. They were the
only ones of the entire expedition who
were not Germans
While the neutral ship with her
was noticed that motor car was
waiting in n rather out-of-the-way
place nehr the shore In town on the
southwest Irish coast. At that time
4 was not known that this motor car
, had anything to do with the ammuni-
ton ship p,st but because Of grow
Ing suspicion that there was something
wrong about the car being In such a
secluded spot the officials took II under
their WINK.
As II developed later. this very motor
car was waiting 20 convey Easement
md his two co-conspirators from the
coas. and to whlsk him to communities
where sir Roger hoped personally Ia
sunervise the prospective Irish revolu-
ton. ia
This sii. Roger with show OF despair
at tie fallure of; the plot admitted to-
day In a long talk with British OFF,
erals.
After the motor car had been seized
| by the authorities they calmly awaited
| what they hoped would turn out to be
developments related to the ammul. .lor
ship Their wait dragged on for hour
| until away out ut sea they saw whal
| looked like the tip OF n perlscope.
They we're able TO make II out only
/ family through binoculars. Soon. how.
ever. a, dory, was seen coming TOWARD
| the shore II steered straight for tn,
place where the automobile had halted
| As II came nearer u was seen to D,
! rowed by two Germans. while thres
! other men--Sir Roger Easement and tn,
two freshmen with him-sat In II. The
| officials did not know at that tim,
| what to make OF the whole episode.