The Washington herald., 1917-09-23

son had established Liebau branch
office in Detroit. an entry of $50 paid
TO a DR.. Max Niven, of Chicago. in
February, 1916, for the labor fund"
and an inquiry addressed by a bureau
official to Won Igel. asking whether
the Bosch Magnetic Works manufac-
tured fuses for shells, the bureau
having evidently been applied to for
woIkmen for the Bosch plant. The
reply, in the negative, stated that the
company was universally known for
! its friendly attitude for the Ger
, mans"
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments. John Dewey. OF New York
! City. now editor of the Gaelic Ameri-
one of the active agents of this con-
! nection. Significant entries appear
! here and there; references to mes
sages from the German Embassy at
| Washington and the German con-
sulate at New York; mention of a Sc
cret code to be employed in communi-
eating with him and Of a cipher De-
voy"; also a notation, the details of
which remain undiscovered, concern
/ ing comm !.cation re manufacture
hand gre2ades." Devoy it was who
acted, for a time at least, as go-be-
| tween for the German secret service
dealings with Sir Roger Easement,
executed by the British for treason.
There are several references to money
and messages for Sir Roger Case
ment. or, more briefly. "R. c." and
one record OF a check for $1,000 for
Easement, evidently handled by De-
voy.
Devoy's intimate connection with
the German cause is disclosed in two
| letters to Ambassador Won Bernstorff.
the texts Of which follow:
Message to Sinn FeIn Head.
New York. April 8. 1916.
The following communication from
confidential man John Dewey was
/ duly transmitted:
Letter dated March %, delayed by
censor, seems conclusive that first
messenger arrived safe with proposal
to send supplies, and that cable was
| suppressed. Second also safe. Third.
with change {: plans, due about April
15."
John Dewey further requests that
the following telegram be dispatched
to Sir Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible. All funds
| sent home. Sister and MS family
we'll"
Should Sir Roger be absent or ill.
then J. D. requests that the telegram
be delivered to John Monteith.
(Signed) X. n. st.
To His Excellency,
the Imperial Amba' sador,
Count Won Bernstorf,
Washington, d. c.
New York, April Is, 1916.
| Herewith inclosed report re-
ceived 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 Ambassador.
Count Won Bernstorff.
Washington, D. e.
In view of the involvement of these
prominent Irish-American leaders in
the Easement plot and its German
ramifications, it is little to be Won
dered at that they should have en-
deavored to shoulder upon the Ameri-
can 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 OBJ
tained from the seized Won Igel pa
pers. advised the British government
Of the revolutionary plot and Case
ment's part therein.
State Department Easy.
The Department of State and the
Department of Justice promptly re.
futed the charges. When the Won Igel
papers were seized in New York the
district attorney and his assistant.
/ busted themselves in a search for In
formation to sustain the indictments
| which they had obtained against vor
Igel. and overlooked for the time be.
ing the great mass of other evidence
which pointed incriminatingly tc
others.
Derartmept Of Justice officials ad