New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-28

Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan Of
New York is contained, the COMMITTEES
states, in a letter found in the Won
Igel papers in cipher with interlineal
translation, dated New York, April II
1916, numbered 335-16 and inscribed al
the top very secret"
Judge Cohalan requests the trans,
mission of the following remarks:
1.-The revolution in Ireland can only
be successful il supported from Ger.
many; otherwise England will be able
to suppress it, ever though it be only
after hard struggle. Therefore help is
necessary. This should consist pri-
marily of aerial attack in England and
a diversion of the fleet simultaneously
with Irish revolution. Then, IL 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 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 a telegram to this ef-
feet be sem to Berlin"
This letter was signed 1912 8167
O23O" and was addressed to Count
Won Bernstorff, imperial ambassador,
Washington, D. c."
Code Message.
A code message sent to Berlin was
given as follows:
National Germania insurance con-
tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with proposition.
Necessary steps have been taken.
HENRY NEWMAN"
or this message the committee has
this to say:
mot SO innocent and harmless as 1t
looks, for what the message really
means is this: Irish agree to PROPOSE
ton. The necessary steps have been
taken
Information carefully and extern
sively set forth in the secret document
Of the German officialdom. was some
times wide of the facts. For example,
a lengthy memorandum of March 81,
1916, transmitted by the secret agent,
Captain Boehm, dealing with the Mex
lean crisis, appears to have been
largely the work of some fervid and
protective imagination.
ut predicts that the President will
attribute Mexico's anti-American &C.
tivities to German money and incite-
ment; that he will call upon Congress
to support him in radical measures
(the prophet W. attempts to para
phrase the language to be employed
in the MESSAGE: that Congress will
endorse the Presidents stand, follow
ing which upward of $50 German
spies and agents were to be arrested
and the ambassadors of the central
powers to receive their passports"
After citing an extract from Captain
Boehm's letter, the committee states
that he was too loose Of tongue" for
the good of service and, citing a re-
port Of the German military informa-
ton bureau Of March 81, 1916, quotes
the report as follows:
TOO great confidence in the silence
Of his fellow men, especially the men,
bers Of the American Truth Society
was probably the cause of his
becoming quickly known here"
The committees statement con
tinues:
$50 the notorious American Truth
Society. which so s%trenuously denied
its pro-German associations, figures
indirectly linked up with Germany's
secret representatives. This society
II still extant and Jeremiah A.
O'Leary, its moving spirit. is now the
editor of BULL" recently shut out of
the mails for publishing seditious mat
Many investors, the committee
the seized papers show, are
represented as having plans involving
use of devices Of destruction. One
entry is cited as follows:
"'June Is. 1915. Sender, G. s. Vier-
rex. Contents, inquiry as to bombs;
offer. Told to send further de-
tails
Possibly the further Details" the
continues, ARE indicated in
another entry of four months later:
"'Sender, Vierreck. Contents, offer
Of picric acid
"Picric acid is a constituent of many
high explosives"
An entry entitled pure wal Ell
penses" from the Won Igel paper is
made public by the committee as fol.
ows:
Edward Emerson, $1,000.
Fair Play (Mr. Braun, $4,000.
Fair Play (Mr. Braun, $1,000.
Marcus Braun, 5 1000.
81. Archibald, $4,000"
The statement continues:
Concerning the identity of the last
,ntry. there might be room for doubt,
tut for a signed receipt from J. F. J.
Archibald, acknowledging the sum of
5000 from the German embassy for
work"
The committee concludes its expose /
8 follows: {
while chiefly concerned with mil {
tary affairs in Europe the represen- 1
Of a supposedly friendly nation {
we're keeping an interested watch on '
ur own activities in that line. A
ecret code message Of April II, 1915, t
igned 1892 1929 46919,' addressed S
'on Igel to this effect: Herewith i
send an extract regarding q
he troops stationed In California Y
nd the armament Of the coast fortifi. S
atoms" !
Need s1s, ooo,o 900 for War.