Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-16
WILSON'S Personal
APPEAL FOR EASEMENT
IGNORED BY ENGLAND
Secretary Tumulty So Informs
Michael Francis Doyle, Who
Says Fact Proves Britain's
Small Regard for U. S.
NOTHING BUT MURDER

A letter received today by Michael
Francis Doyte from Joseph r. Tumulty. sec
ietary 10 President Wilson. disclosed IN tne
resultant comment the fact that Presiaent
Wilson had made personal reavs ,,,s ,,se
OF Roger Easement former Irish knisnI
hanged for treason. and had met with
refusal -, -.
Mr. Doyle said this only instanced how
small the United states was being ues.eS n,,S
nv E,noiand in the Easement affair ana
Secretary Tumulty wrote to Mr.. Doyle
who helped defend Easement IN the u'al
where the 1rishman was condemned 20
death for treason In order to correct the
Impression that United states officials had
not acted in way TO save Easement an
Impression created. Mr. Tumulty said by
partisan influences
MR.. DoYLEs COMMENT
Mr.. Doyle in his statement agrees with
what Mr. Tumulty says IN the case In MS
letter. This IL Mr.. Doyle's statement;
This viii set at rest the allegations that
the officials OF our Government were remiss
in their efforts 10 save the life OF Sir Roger
"It should be said in addition that Presi-
dent Wilson made personal request 10
stay the execution.
The refusal OF the British Government
to consider these requests, together with It's
attitude toward our country on other mat
tera shows how small II regards our nation
THE excuse for the execution on tho
ground that Irish prisoners in Germany VINO
refused 10 join Easements brigade were
punished by the German Government is alb
solutely false and the British Government
must know that Il Is false because at the
trial these charges were not substantiated.
Evidence has recently been received cor
roborating all that Easement claimed that
his object In forming the Irish brigade was
far faa dafa nj
| rights at the conclusion OF this war, ana
| that his purpose in going TO Ireland when
| he did was to avoid bloodshed and stop
| the rebellion. =
''The evidence of the witnesses In Ger
many who were unable to testify for Case
ment is now being collected. and when pre-
| sented TO the world will show that the exc
oution OF Easement was one OF the most
atroc!ous acts ever deliberately conceived
and carried out by any Government and was
nothing less than murder"
| The letter to Mr.. Doyle was made public
by Mr.. Tumulty in Asbury Park. N. J.
WHAT STATE DEPARTMENT DID
Tumulty made the letter public because,
as he writes to Doyle. ''tor many weeks a
| futile effort has been made by partisans TO
make a political use of the fact that the
| resolution passed by the Senate with refer
| ence to the execution OF Easement was not
| Immediately forwarded TO the British For
| eign Office" Tumulty says he took the
matter up with Acting Secretary of State
| Polk, who said
'The State Department discussed the
| Easement matter with the British Ambas-
sador on several occasions informally. but
| In great detail. before the passage of the
| Senate resolution.
"The resolution was prepared on Satur-
| day, and the Ambassador at once conveyed
| the information to the British Government
On Wednesday, the day before the execu-
| tlon. when the Ambassador and / were
| again discussing the subject. he showed
| me the cable from his Government, stating
| that the Government had considered the
| Easement case and the resolution of the
| Senate and had come TO the conclusion that
in view OF all the circumstances II coulc
| not grant clemency.'