The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-29

der upon the American government the
responsibility for the arrest of Easement.
The Gaelic-American, Devoy's paper and
the sympathetic German-American press
charged this government with having. on
the strength of information obtained from
the seized Won Igel papers. advised the
British government of the revolutionary
plot and Easements part therein.
The department of state and the de-
partment of justice promptly refuted the
charges. When the Won Igel papers
were seized In New York the district
attorney and his assistants busied them
selves in a search for information to
sustain the indictments which they had
obtained against Won Igel, and over
looked for the time being the great mass
OF other evidence which pointed incrim-
inatingly to others.
Want cohaIan Senator.
Department of justice officials admit
that the papers relating to Easement
were sent to Washington the night be-
fore Easements arrest was reported,
but they were not received by the attor-
ney general until the afternoon of the
day upon which the British authorities
picked up the Irish leader, and were not
presented to the state department until
seven o'clock that evening. Meanwhile.
Easement had spent several hours In an
Irish prison.
1t is not improbable that the signature
at the bottom of the extraordinary
message which follows is in the cipher
Dewey" referred to in the Won Igel pa
pers. New York Supreme Court JUS
tice Daniel +. Cohalan has long been
prominent 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-
ment OF this country is evidenced by the
fact that viereck's Weekly. in making
selections recently for the most impor-
tant political offices in this country, puts
him forth for the position of United
States senator from New York.
"HeIp Is Necessary"
The communication as translated into
Won Igers record is typewriter, line for
line, below n cipher, except for the Sig
nature, which remains untranslated from
the original cipher figures. 1t Is dated
New York. April II, 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
many otherwise England will be able
to suppress 1t. even though II be only
after hard struggles. Therefore help is
necessary. This should consist pri-
marily of aerial attacks in England and
a diversion of the fleet simultaneously
with Irish revolution. Then. II pos
sible. a landing of troops. arms, and
ammunition in Ireland and possibly
some officers from Zeppelins. 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 off of the supply
of food for England. The services of
the revolution may therefore decide the
war
HE asks that a telegram to this eff
feet be sent to Berlin.
"5132 S167 0230.
ITO His Excellency
Count Won Bernstorff.
washington, D. c."
Code Message to Moebius.
Along this same line is a code mes
sage by wireless to Banker Max Moe
bus. Oberwalstrasse. Berlin. which is
| Interesting chiefly showing the code
method of important communications
practiced by the German official plot
ters in this country. The code trans
1ation was found with the copy of the
message among Won Igel's papers. The
original is a German dispatch which.
being translated into English. sounds
like an innocent business transaction
viz:
National Germanta Insurance con-
tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with proposition.
Necessary steps have been taken.
Not so innocent and harmless as 1t
looks. for what the message really
means is this:
Irish agree to proposition. The nee
essary steps have been taken.
Plots Involve Trouble in Canada.
Canada was also the object of solicit
tous interest on the part of Germany's
representatives, in America, as was
startlingly proven in the plot to blow
up the Wellend canal. Another lesser
but not unpromising enterprise against
Canada was foregone by Won Igel be-
cause the volunteer plotter was too old.
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and also because of his known connec-
tion with the Gaelic-American and the
Indian revolutionists.
Information carefully and extensively
set forth in the secret documents OF the
German officialdom was sometimes wide
of the facts. For example. a lengthy
memorandum of March 1. 1915. trans
mitted by the secret agent. Captain
Boehm. dealing with the Mexican crisis.
appears to have been largely the work
of some fervid and protective imagina-
tion.
The memorandum purports to outline
President Wilson's expected message to
congress. 1t predicts that the president
will attribute Mexico's anti-American
| activities direct to German money and
incitement: that he will call upon con-
gress to support him in radical meas
ures (the prophet even attempts to para
phrase the language to be employed in
the message); that congress will in
dorse the presidents stand, following
which upward of $50 German spies and
agents provocateurs We're to be
rested and the ambassadors of the CEN
trail powers to receive their passports.
Captain Boehm Leaves.
For all this, Captain Boehm's author
tty is thus indicated over his own sig
nature:
"The following memorandum was just
given to me by an acquaintance return
ing from Washington. The 'acquaint
ancet is a skillful journalist who has
good connections. / cannot vouch for
his reliability but know that he hates
the present administration and fights
It, His informant is former secretary
of the American embassy at Rome now
in Washington"
Captain Boehm himself was too loose
of tongue for the good of his service.
II would appear from a report of the
Garrnnn military Information hureau