Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-04

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the sympathetic German-American press
charged this government with having, on
the strength of information obtained from
the seized Won 1gel 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 busted them
selves In 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 F, Cohalan has long been
prominent In Irish-American circles,
though he has never been directly lden-
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 Vereck'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 IgeIs record is typewriter, line for
line, below a cipher. except for the sig
nature, which remains untranslated from
the original cipher figures 1t is dated
New York, April II, 1916 numbered 1885,
16 and Inscribed at the top every Secret"
New York, April II, 1916.
"Jourge Coholan requests the trans
mission of the following remarks:
The revolution in ireland can only
be successful II supported from Ger
many. otherwise England will be able
to suppress It, even though 1t 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. landing of troops. arms, and
some officers from Zeppellns. 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 ef-
feet be sent to Berlin.
"5l32 S167 0230.
ITO His Excellency
Count Won Bernstorff,
Washington D. c."
Code Message to Moeblus.
Along this same line Is a code mes
sage by wireless to Banker Max Moe
| bius Oberwalstrasse, Berlin. which is
| interesting chiefly as showing the code
| method of important communications
practiced by the German official plot
| ters in this country. The code trans
| lation 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 Germania Insurance con-
| tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with proposition.
Necessary steps have been taken.
HENRY NEUMAN."
Not so innocent and harmless as 1t
| 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 Welland canal. Another lesser
but not unpromisng enterprise against
| Canada was foregone by Won Igel be-
cause the volunteer plotter was too old.
though he has the best OF good will"
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 /. 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
|
| 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 were to be ar
rested and the ambassadors of the cen
| trail powers to receive their passports.
Captain Boehm Leaves.
For all this. Captain Boehm's author
| ity 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-
| ance is a skillful journalist who has
| good connections. I cannot vouch for
his reliability, but know that he hates
| the present administration and fights
| IL. His informantis a 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,
1t would appear from report Of the
| German military information bureau
| dated March 81. 1915.