The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-23
New York. Anril LIZ. 1913.


New York, April Is. 1918.
Herewith enclosed a report
received by US today from John De-
voy. Kindly order further steps to
be taken.
The important parts Of the report
were sent there today per telegram.
IS. copy.)
(signed) X. n. st.
To the Imperial Am hassador,
Count Won Bernstorff.
Washington n. G..
SHOULDER BLAME on
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
In view OF the involvement of these
prominent Irish American leaders in
the Easement plot and its German
ramifications, IL is little to be won
dered at that they should have en-
dsavored to shoulder upon the Ameri-
can Government the responsibility for
the arrest of Easement The Ga ellie
American, Devoys paper. and the
sympathetic German "A m erican press
charged this Government with having,
on the strength of information OBJ
tanned from the seized Won Tgei pa
pers, advised the British Government
Of the revolutionary plot and Case
mert's part therein
The Departm OF State and thu
Department of Justice promptly re-
futed the charges, When the Won Igel
pa pers were seized in New York the
district attorney and his assistants
busted themselves In search for In
formation TO sustain the indictments
which they had obtained against Won
Igei, and overlooked for the time be-
Ing the great mass Of other evidence
which pointed incriminatingiy to 9th -
ers.
Department OF Justice officials
admit that the papers relating to
Easement were sent TO Washing
ton the night before easements
arrest WAS reported. but they
were not received by the Attorney
General until the afternoon of
the day upon which the British
authorities picked mp the Irish
leader, and were not presented tn
the state Department until
O'Clock that evening. MeauwhiIe.
Easement had spent several hours
In an Irish prison.
II is not improbable that the sigma
ture at the bottom Of the extraordi-
nary message which follows IA In the
cipher Dewey" referred 10 in the
Won Igei papers. New York Supreme
Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan has
long been prominent in rish-Ameri-
can circles, though he had never been
directly identified with violent action.
That Judge Cohslan, however. Is
held in high favor by the pro- German
element of this country Is evidenced
by the fact that vfereck's weekly, in
making selections recently for he
most important political Offices I'm this
country. puts him forth for the posi-
tion OF United States Senator from
New York.
JUDGE COHAI4AS, OF
NEW YORK. INVOLVED
The communication SIS translated
into Won Igel's record is typewriter,
line for line. below a cipher, except
for the signature which remains TN
translated from the original cipher
figures. 1t is dated New York. April
II, 1919. numbered s55-is. and In
scribed at the top Very Secret"
NO. ass-Is.
Very secret,
New York. April II, 1915,
Judge Cohalan requests the trans
mission OF the following remari<a.
The revolution In Ireland can
only be successful II supported from
Germany. otherwise England will be
able to suppress II. even though Il be
only after hard struggles Therefore
help Is necessary This should consist
primarily. Of aerial attacks in Eng
land and a diversion OF the fleet stimuli
taneously with Irish revolution. Then,
IL possible. landing OF troops. arms
and ammunition In Ireland, and pos
sibiy some officers from ZeppeIins
This would enable the Irish ports be
closed against England and the estab-
lishment 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 there
fore decide the war
He asks that telegram to this
effect be sent to Berlin
"sls2 s167 $3.50.
To His Excellency
Count Won Rernstorff,
Imperial Am bassador,
Washington. n. c."
Along this same line is a code mes
sage by wireless to Banker Max
A b IS. Oberwallstrasse. Berlin.
which is interesting chiefly as showing
the code method of important commu-
nications practiced by the German off
cial plo,ters In this country. The code
translation was found with the copy
of the message among Won igefs pa
pers. The original is a German dis
patch which. being translated into
English. sounds like an innocent bust
ness transaction. via;
National Germania Insurance con-
tract certainly promised Executor Is
Necessary steps have been taken
HENRY NEUMAN"
Not so innocent and harmless as II
looks. for what the message really
means Is this:
irish agree TO proposition. The
necessary steps have been taken"
Canada was also the object OF soli-
citous interest on the part of Ger
many's representatives In America. az
was startlingly proven in the plot to
blow up the Welland Canal Another
lesser but not unpromising enterprise
a gainst Canada was foregone by Won
Igel beca use the volunteer plotter was
too old. though he has the best of
good will" and also because of his
known connection with the Gaelic
American and the Indian Revolutions
lists. Such is the Endorsement upon
the letter. signed only TX" who thus
sets forth his qualifications for foment-
Ing disorders In Quebec,
As honorary president OF the frst
Independence Club started at Mont
real about the time of the Boer War,
and of which the Hon. Honore Mer-
cier, now minister of colonization in
the government or the Province OF
Quebec, was one of the vice. presidents
and later president. am we'll known
among the members and journalists
in that oYganiyation Thara Il