Meade County news., 1917-10-04

urally never knowingly accepted the sup
port OF any person, group of persons, So
ciety or organization Seeking to pro
mote the cause of Germany in the United
States by Illegal acts, by counsel or vi
olence, by .contravention of 'law,' or by
any means whatever that could offend
the American people in the pride OF their
own authority"
Here's a Pseudo Labor Agency.
Closely related to and to some extent
| under the guidance of Won Igel was the
| German and Austro- Hungarian labor
information and relief bureau. with
central headquarters at 1856 Liberty
street. New York city. and branches in
| Cleveland Detroit Bridgeport Pitts
burgh. Philadelphia and Chicago. The
head OF this enterprise was Hans Lie
bau, from whom it took It's famliarly
| accepted name of the "Liebau Employ
ment agency"
| That the Austro- -Hunga rian embassy
had taken official cOgnizance of the bu-
reau Is disclosed in the letter written
| by the ambassador to the Austro- Hun
garian minister for foreign affairs
which was found in the possession of
James F. j. Archibald by the British
| authorities August 30. 1915.
Cause of Strikes.
The report comments with uncon-
| cealed amusement upon the fact that
munitions concerns innocently wrote the
| bureau for workmen (Which. of course,
were not furnished) and continues in
| reviewing later conditions in the NUM-
| tions industry.
The commercial employment bureaus
| of the country have no supply of unem-
| ployed technicians . Many dis
| turbances and suspensions which war
material factories have had to suffer
and which 1t was not always possible
to remove quickly. but which. on the
contrary, often led to long strikes.
may he attributed to the energetic
propa aganda of the employment bureau"
Several lines Of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments. John Dewey OF New York city.
now editor of the Gaelic American,
violent anti British paper, was one OF
the active agents of this connection.
Dewey it was who acted, for a time at
least, as go-between for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roger
Easement. executed by the British for
treason. There are several references
to money and messages for Sir Roger
Easement, or, more briefly "R. c." and
one record of check for $1,000 for Case
ment evidently handled by Dewey.
Letters TO bernStorH.
Devoy's intimate connection with the
German cause is disclosed in two letters
to Ambassador Won Bernstorff, the texts
Of which follow:
New York. April s, 1916
The following communication from
confidential man John Devoy was duly
transmitted:
Letter dated March %, delayed by
censor, seems conclusive that first mes
senger arrived safe with proposal to send
supplies and that cable was suppressed.
Second also safe. Third, with change OF
plans, due about April Is
John Dewey further requests that the
following telegram be dispatched to Sir
Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible. All funds
sent home. Sister and M. s family we'll"
Should Sir Roger be absent or i'll, then
j. d. requests that the telegram be de-
liveTed to John Monteith.
X. N. St
To His Excelency. the Imperial Ambas-
sador. Count Won Bernstorlf, Washing
ton. d. C.
New York. April Is. 1916.
Herewith inclosed report re-
ceived by MS today from John Dewey.
Kindly order further steps to be taken
The important parts of the report were
sent there today per telegram rs copy
To thr Imperial Ambassador, Count Won
BernstorfG Washington, D. c."
AS to i.rrest of Roger Easement.
In view of the involvement of these
prominent Irish-American leaders in the
| Casement plot and it's German ,rpmfica-
tions! II is little to be Wondered at that
they should have endeavored to shoQF
der upon the American government the
responsibility for the arrest of Easement.
/
the sympathetic. German American press
charged this government with having, on
the strength of informati6n' obtained from
the seized Won Igel papers, advised the
British government of the revolutionary
plot arid Easements part therein.
1t Is mot improbable that the signature
at the bottom of the extraordinary
message which follows is in the "cipher
Devoy'' referred to in the Won Igel pa
pers. New York Supreme Court JUS
tice Daniel f. Cohalan has long been
pronhnent in Irish American circles.
though he has never been directly iden-
titled with violent action.
That Judge Cohalan. however,. Is held
in high favor by the pro-German ele-
rnent OF this country is evidenced blythe
fact that Viereck's Weekly, In making
selections recently for the most impor-
tant political offices In this country, puts
MN luTln lot the pOSlllOn VI OHlleu
States senator from New York.
"HeIp Is Necessary"
The communication as translated into
Won 1cels record is typewriter, line for
line, below cipher except for the sig
nature, which remains untranslated from
the original cipher figures. II is dated
New York. April H. 1916, numbered 1885,
l6. and inscribed at the top VERY Secret"
New York. April II, 1916
"Jourge Coholan requests the trans
mission OF the following remarks:
1.-THE revolution in Ireland can only
be successful If supported from Ger
to suppress 1t. even though It be only
necessary. This should consist pri-
marily of aerial attacks in England and
a diversion of the fleet simultaneously
sible landing of troops, arms, and
some officers from Zeppelns. This
would enable the Irish ports to be closed
against England and the establishment
of stations for submarines on the Irish
| coast and the cutting of of the supply
of food for England The services of
the revolution may therefore decide the
war
He asks that telegram to this ef4
feet be sent to Berlin
"5132 Sl67 0230.
ITO His Excellency
Count Won BernstorR.
Washington. D. c."
Plots Involve Trouble in Canada.