Arizona republican., 1916-05-23
ROYAL INQUIRY
 0F IRISH FUSS
 STILL GOES ON
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tivities of the Sim Feiners to the at tention of the Irish authorities before the outbreak
 He said he had conferred with Au- gCstine Birrell. then chief secretary for Ireland. and had strongly urged that the national volunteers be dis armed On February p. MT. Birrell had written him q letter in which the following statement occurred:
 gro proclaim the Irish vounteers an Illegal body and put them down by | force would, in my opinion, be a reck- | less, foolish act and promote disturb ! anees to prodigious extent" Preceding, Viscount Middleton, Mr l Rirrell was interrogated regarding conferences at which, according to his previous testimony, he had asked for more troops to be sent to Ireland A letter written by Major Gen. Mac ready of the adjutant generals staff was read. It said the conferences had reference to recruiting and that the proposal was that troops be sent to men to join the colors.
 MT. Rirrell said he was surprised to near ne had omitted to mention at the conference the necessity of sending troops to Dublin. He certainly had done so he declared, in interviews with Generals French and Kitchener.
 Elaborate plans for furthering a rev oluticn were put under way. Accord portant of all. is said to have agreed to furnish money, arms, and men to assist the Sim Feiners and, most inn i portant at ali IS said to have agreed 10 ar invasion of England which would 1 prevent soldiers being sent into Ire land ny the British war department America was. made the medium of communication between Berlin and Ire 1 lard. Certain Irishmen in the United ! States enlisted their services and cap tains EoydEd and von Papan, the ! then German naval and military at | taches respectively at Washington, to- 1 gether with numerous others, are saio 1 to have done their part in furtherinr the plars. The carrying of funds lv sim Feiners was done largely by the Irish synpathizers in America. ViscoGnt Middleton said he had told Sir Matthew Nathan, then under sec Ietary for Ireland. that John Redmond whose advice the government had talk en would hardly carry a single seat in Munster should there be an election and further that the situation was sc bad that Married was in danger of his life. Six days before the outbreak oc ! I 1r warned Baron Wimborne of the re. suits that would follow if no actior were taken
 Baron Wimbcrne was then called He said that since the chief secretar, 7 for Ireland had dislodged the lord lieu 9 tenant in the cabinet the lord lieu s tenants power had been entirely usur red by the chief secretary and the un f dersecretary. He had no executive ma " chinery with which he could take ac tion Independent of his colleagues. h declared.
 He said he urged on General Frenc II last March the desirability of sendin division of troops to Ireland Earl this year the police reports shove u that the Sim Feine movement wa > growing and Lord Wimborne said h then suggested deportation or intern 7 rnent as q remedy.
 . Baron Wimborne caused a stir the room when he stated that the aC miral at Queenstown had received ir formation that Sir Roger Casemei had departed from Germany and tn; his ship. accompanied by two subma rines might be expected off the Iris . coast about Easter Sunday. This il formation he said had not been con municatcd to the Irish government.
 After Easements arrival in German Sir Roger published his charges thi the British minister at Christiania ha tried to have him assassinated. Fl accusations against the British mil ister are now said to have been u initial step in a publicity campaign
 gain sympathy.
 The next intelligence concerning s Roger was brought by returning SC diers who reported that he was visi ing prison camps and trying to r crLit Irish soldiers to fight again
 
 plotting went on until November 19 Then there was lull The truth a
 pears to be that revolutionary wi
 had blown so hot from Berlin at fiji
 was then getting cold. The Germa
 had grown tired of Easement, who I
 tired to Munich
 These persons in the United Stat
 who were taking a part in the en.
 neering of the revolution becal
 weary of waiting and sent man
 see Easement. He brought word ti
 definite date of the uprising m,
 be set and plans laio to meet that da
 Either Easter Sunday and Saster Mo
 day was fixed upon
 AS the time drew near it was SC
 that revolution could not be made
 success and the idea of an invasi
 was virtually discarded This fact W
 rot known to the Sim Feiners UT
 almost the moment before the fight
 started. However. certain Belin of
 clals had given their word to assist
 movement Easter approached and
 was proposed to despatch a ship
 Ireland with arms and those IF
 sclciers who haG agreed to fight.
 naval attack on the east coast of F.,
 land and air raids also were sett
 upon to divert attention
 The ship with some twenty thouss
 arms did start from Kiel for Ira
 but it did rot carry the Irish recru