Arizona republican., 1917-09-23

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 The department of state and the de- partment of justice promptly refuted the charges. When the von Igel papers were seized in New York the district attorney and his assistants busied themselves in a search for information to sustain the indictments which they had obtained against von Igel, and overlooked for the time being the great mass of other evidence which pointed incriminatingly to others
 Department of justice officials ad- init that the papers relating to Case ment were sent to Washington the night before Easements arrest was reported, but they were not received by the attorney general until the af- ternoon of the day upon which the British authorities picked up the Irish leader, and were not presented to the state department until ' o'clock that evening. Meanwhile, Easement had spent several hours in an Irish prison.
 That Judge Cohalan, however, is held in high favor by the pro- German clement of this country is evidenced by the fact that Viereck's Weekly, in making selections recently for the most important political offices in this "ountrv. puts him forth for the posi- ton of United States senator from New York.
 The communication as artnslated into von lgers record is typewriter. line for line. below a cipher, except for the signature which remains untranslated from the original cipher figures. It
 is dated New York, April F, 1916, numbered 335-16. and inscribed at the top Very Secret"
 No. 335-16.
 Very secret.
 New York, April F, 1916. Judge Cohalan requests the trans mission of the following remarks:
 e The revolution in Ireland can only be successful if supported from Germany, otherwise England will be able to suppress it, even though it be only after hard struggles. Therefore help is necessary This should consist, primarily, of aerial attacks in England and a diversion of the fleet simulta- neouslv with Irish revolution. Then, if possible, landing 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 establish ment of stations for submarines on the Irish coast and the cutting off of the supply of food for England. The ser vices of the revolution may therefore decide the war
 He asks that a telegram to this effect be sent to Berlin.
 "5132 Sl67 0230.
 ''To His Excellency,
 COUNT VON BERNSTORFF, Imperial Ambassador Washington, D. C."
 Canada was also the object of soli- citous interest on the part of Ger many's representatives in America as was startlingly proven in the plot to blow up the Welland Canal Another lesser but not unpromising enterprise against Canada was foregone by von Igel because 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 Revolution ists
 Information carefully and exten- sively set forth in the secret docu. ments of the German officialdom was sometimes wide of the facts. For ex- ample a lengthy memorandum of March l, 1916. transmitted by the secret agent, Captain Boehm dealing with the Mexican crisis, appears to ! have been largely the work of some fervid and protective imagination The memorandum purports to outline President Wilson's expected message to congress. It predicts that the president will attribute Mexico's anti American activities direct to German money and indictment; that he will tA t-.s- radical measures (the prophet even attempts to paraphrase the language to be employed in the message): that congress will endorse the presidents s stand, following which upward of 15O German spies and agents provoca- teurs were to be arrested and the am bassadors of the central powers to re- ceive their passports
 For all this. Capt. Boehm's author ity is thus indicated oyer his own sig nature
 "The foregoing memorandum was ! just given to me by an acquaintance returning from Washington. The 'ac- quaintance' is skillful journalist who has good connections I can not vouch for his reliability, but I know that he hates the present administra- tion and fights it. His informant is former secretary of the American embassy at Rome now in Wash ington."
 Capt. Boehm himself was too loose of tongue for the good of his service, it would appear from report of the German military information bureau dated March 21, 1916
 Capt Boehm decided to leave after reports received here were submitted to him to the effect that membrs of the press were informed as to his personality and the purpose of his be- ing here. Too great confidence in the silence of his fellow men, especially the members of the American Truth SO- ciety was probably the