Evening star., 1917-11-11
GETS MANY DETAILS
OF S|NN FE|N PLOTS
Chief Flynn of Secret Service
Has Letters Relating to /
Operations in U. S. ID
REVEAL GERMANY'S HAND

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 1o.-DetafiS
of the plans of Sim Fein leaders for
the insurrection in Ireland which cul-
minated in the Easter Monday riots OF
last year. together with information
relating to the landing on the Irish
coast OF Sir Roger Easement. were re.
counted in communication found In
| the possession of Gen" Liam Mellowes.
| Irish revolutionist. arrested hero sew
eral weeks ago. and made public today
| by William J. Flynn. chief Of the United
States secret service.
| At the same time Chief Flynn gave
out copies Of an artfully worked letter
which Thomas Welsh. British sub
| ject. attempted to destroy when taken
| into custody by federal authorities on
the arrival OF steamship here last
Sunday
The two communications. secret
service agents say, have furnished
much information of value in their
Sim Fein operations in the United
States.
Mellowes Out on Bail.
mander of a considerable force OF
lrevolutfonists during the public riots.
| is at liberty under $500 bail, charged
with obtaining by fraud a seamans
| passport on which 1t Is claimed he in
tended shipping on an English bound
vessel in order to assist in another
| Irish rebellion.
| That another uprising was planned
for time not far distant Is indicated,
authorities believe, by a closing sem
| in Weish's possession. In urging dis
l cretion In the wording OF communfcas
tions. presumably from Slim Fein
agents in the United States to tho lead-
ers of the movement in Ireland, this
letter said:
"The game is high and there is too
\ much at stake to take any risks, ana
you must use extreme caution when
writing. Always refer in future to
| the Sein Feiner as do. and IL possible
do not mention his name at all"
Other Names Mentioned.
The word 'tseanfear' recurs mum.
ber of times in the communication,
which was Of considerable length, and
written in >. smooth. regular hand
my oC.." Liam" and persons desig-
mated by the letters "nw,' IN" and
| 81" are mentioned in the communica-
| tion. Reference also is made to man
priest when that role best suited his
purposes, and to another person re.
ferred to as "the lady who was recent
| ly released"
tions, federal authorities believe. tho
! person designated as "Seanfear" is the
director of all Sim Fein operations.
| Though unsigned. the wording OF tho
ten by a subaltern of ''seanfear.'' who
might be termed the secretary OF
state" of the Sim Fein organization.
Portions of the letter. authorities
to
Welsh was one OF number of mes
| sengers who brought orders from lead
ers of the organization in Ireland to
\ their agents in this country and re-
| turned with word as to the progress
| of operations here.
Welsh Held in Tombs.
Welsh is in the Tombs in default of
| $4,000 bail charged with violating the
trading -the-enemy act.
| In requesting that some brooches"
| be purchased with money which he was
| sending. the author of the Walsh let
| ter wrote:
1.-The woman's society wants to know
| IL it would be possible to have a sup.
! ply sent out here. They will guar
| from the sale will be handed over to
| the arms funds"
| Federal agents are endeavoring to
learn the identity of persons indicated
|
| cation They have indicated informa-
| tfon that persons in New York city and
| other parts Of the country are con-
! cerned in American ramifcations OF
Sim Fetn activity.
The communication found in Mel
loves possession is said to constitute
| the first authentic narrative by par
| ticipant in the rebellion of events lead
| ing UP to the Dublin riotine-
| The writer said he believed the ship
ment of arms and ammunition to Ire
| land aboard the steamer Aud, which.
from America and without the knowl-
| edge of Sir Roger Easement. leader
/ of the rebellion, who arranged to OBJ
| tain the help of Germany.
What Was Expected Of Germany.
| The author of the communication ex-
| presses the belief that, in view OF an
i agreement with Germany that IL tho
course of the war allowed 1t Germany
would set up an Independent Ireland. It
| would have been advisable to have
| waited until the end of the war. II nec-
essary. to bring about such a move.
| Il believe it would then have been
possible to run guns on huge scale
and arm every man in Ireland" the
| vinced that, the war ending and tho
| promised home-ruIe bill not forthcom-
| ing. the ranks of the volunteers would
| be largely augmented. I would safely
| reckon on having 10000 armed and de-
penda BILE men.
Il believe 1t would have been much
wiser to wait for some issues which
would justify our cause In the eyes OF
| the people, who were certainly very
| hostile when the insurrection broke out,
| and remained hostile until the execu-
| ton of the leaders"