The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-11
LETTERS BREATHE
HIDDEN MYSTERIES
| Of SIM FfIA PLOT
Revolutionary Posing as Priest Men
tioned In Letters Taken From
Arrested Leader.
NEW DETAILS GIVEN
ABOUT EASEMENT FTAsCo
Lack Of Unity Among irish Leaders
rs 20 Exe<s Date of 1919 Insurry's'-
tsor---what the Germans Prom
fmrd

4 snystsrfeus LADY who was recently re-
leased: other women serving "a go
hetweens In the inner circles OF Sim
resn, tiara brooches sold TO swell the
arms fund" and rebel chief called
ssSeansears" are referred TO In let
ter found in the possession Of Thomas
welsh. alleged finn Fem leader, who
was arrested on his arrival here re
Gently on a British steamer on which
che worked as 8 sailor
The letter, written by an Irish
leader with Ave aliases, was made
public tonight by Chief William Flynn.
OF the United States secret service.
with II a letter found on Genera"
Liam w. Mellowes was given out in
which hitherto unknown details OF the
iats Sir Roger Easements expedition
in q U-boaf to the Irish coast are
given
Meilow~s was caught trying 10 get
hack to Ireland on a falEe passport
Both he and welsh are in the Tornhs.
Here are some excerpts from the
letter found on Welsh, who is said
10 have acted as ermediary between
Sim Feiners IN Ireland and in Amer
lea:
II had expected NJ ". this week,
but as there are no signs of his COM
Ing am sending this by an old friend.
On the same boat with him. IL ali is
we'll, another friend ef mine will trav-
Ell. He was out with you last year
for few days and many OF you
thought he was a priest
When you see him you VIII think
the same. but when you know him
as well as / do you viii change your
mind Ask him. He was one of the
young men who were in G (believed to
ms sEs{th I far las
He will have some news 10 relate
relative TO the matter about which
N. spoke. Under the seanfsars' orders
! DO letters must be carried without my
permission.
do not send any letters through
without some initial appears on II.
either mine or the seanfears-
Lately messages have arrived here
from the lady who was recently re-
leased. These are all right because
they are all shown to the Seanfears.
/ I am giving the bearer $50. Fifty OF
this must he sent to Mrs. Cuman.
The woman's society here wants 20
know II II would he possible TO have
: r. surpiy- Of tiara branches Will
(. guarantee a sale Of 100 pounds, any
!. profits from the sale to be handed over
i 10 the arms fund,
y THE contents Of this letter must not
pc SHOWN TO any one,
'T will give yeu more definite news
shout II next time. The man who will
reach you on this ship will be able to
tell you much. When he was with
kou his name was William Cain.
BE careful in your letters through
the mall never to mention the fact
that am out of town. AS I have four
or FIVE aliases and addresses in this
city the less you say the better. BE
careful also what initials you use when
ssforring 20 persons or things.
The game now is SO high and there
Is too much at stake to take any risk
T snd vow fnust take extreme cau,You
when writing AIsaYs = eder IN future
{" the Seanfears as I ID and # posi-
bic DO not mention his name at ALL
The letter dealing with the I'LL
starred Easement expedition is intro
I nIced by some paragraphs showing
( that there was 8. cousidera HE lack Of
Unity among the Irish leaders as 10
the day on which the revolution in
1al6 was to be launched. The writer
then says.
Easement was lying III in private
hospital In Bavaria when he first
heard there was going to he nm insur
vection in Ireland, A German officer
who had come from Baltic port told
him of the Aud's departure. He i'm
rnediately went to Berlin and learned
that the military authorities there were
not aware OF she Aud's departure. for
ireland, 1t had been arranged with
she German officer at the Baltic port
I ans OF the opinion that this was
arranged from America After tn,
- Aslstencs- on hIz-tar--- l4t--f
ties placed q submarine at the dis
posai Of Easement ON this suhma
rine he started for rfeland but ahe,
one days journey the machinery wen
wrong. He was transferred 10 an.
other submarine.
This was an older pattern and VERY
slow. Besides. the commander dix
not know the coast OF Ireland very
we'll
Easement, Montsith and Bailey
who accompanied him, landed on tn,
Kerr coast. Easement had been con
nected with the arrival of the Aud
AS a matter OF fact not general,
krDwn, there was a distance OF no
less than ons hundred miles between
the spots where The Aud WIS sunl
and that where Easement landed.
Immediately after landing Mon
teith and Bailey were sent by him or
an errand, When they returned h
had BEEN arrested through the treach
cry Of the man on whose land he hat
landed
Nevertheless Easement did suceee.
IA having word brought 10 Dublin tina
he had failed TO get German help an,
that under the circumstances the In
surrection must not take place at tina
time. II was this knowledge Of Case
sments arrival which decided McNal t.
countermand the maneuvers and tn
order appeared in the Irish iudepen
dent OF Easter Sunday. ! know tina
there was an existing agreement witt
Germany that II the course OF the wa
allowed it they would set up an In
dependent Ireland knowing this
was willing to wait and see wha
would be the course II the war woult
allow it--even TO await the end Of III
war.
y believe that Il would have bee
possible to run guns on huge seal
and army every man in Ireland I
would then be possible 10 deman
through q party In the house Of com
mons mot necessarily the Irish Ma
etionlist partly colonial government
for ireland.
with this party 10 voice tie de
rnand and the rifles az the volunteer
ready TO support IL. bel eve the gov
Eernmsnt would have no recourse bu
TO accede"
German Singer Droppcd 81