The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26

| WHICH am making myselr, on board.
These bombs resemble ordinary Jumps
of coal and 1 am planning to have
them concealed in the coal to be lad
en- on steamers of the allies"
Money apparently went from Ger
man sources In the United States
through the embassy channe. to Sir
Roger Easement.
Several lines Of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service.
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments, the statement continues. John
Dewey of New York, now editor of The
Gaelic American, violently anti
British paper. was one of the active
agents Of this connection"
The following reference to Supreme
Court Judge Daniel F. Cohallen Of
New York is contained, the commit
tee states, in letter found in the
von IecN papers in cipher with inter
linear translation, dated New York
April II, 1916, numbered 335-16 and
inscribed at the top Every secret
Judge Cohallen requests the
transmission Of the following re-
marks:
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 con-
sist primarily of aerial attacks in Eng
land and diversion of the fleet
simultaneously with Irish revolution.
Then, II possible, landing of troops,
arms and ammunition in Ireland, pos
sibly some officers from Zeppelins.
This would enable the Irish ports t.
be closed against England and the
establishment of stations for subma-
rines on the Irish coast and the cut
ting off Of the supply of food for
England. The services of the revolu
ton may, therefore, decide the war;
HE asks that a telegram to this ef-
feet be sent to Berlin"
This letter was signed '5132,s167.
T2S0,' and was addressed to Count
Won Bernstorff. imperial ambassador,
Washington. d. c..
"A code message sent to 5erlin was
as follows:
National Germania insurance
contract certainly promised. Execu-
tor Is evidently satisfied with propo-
sition. Necessary steps have been
taken.
Henry Norman"
OF 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 proposition. The
necessary steps have been taken.'"
Information carefully and extern
sively set forth in the secret docu-
ments Of the German ofiicialdom."
the committee continues, "was some
times wide of the facts. For example,
a lengthy memorandum Of March /.
1916. transmitted by the secret agent,
Captain Boehm, predicts that the
president will attribute Mexico's anti
American activities to German money
and incitement; that he will call upon
congress to support him II radical
measures; that congress will indorse
the presidents stand, following which
upward of $50 German spies and
agents provocatures were to be arrest
ed and the ambassadors of the CEN
trail powers to receive their pass
ports"
Speaking of Captain Boehm's ac-
tivities, the statement cites a report of
the German military information bu-
reau Of March 81, 1916. declaring
Boehm was well known to members OF
the American Truth Society.
The statement then says that the
American Truth Society still Is extant
and jeremiah A. O'Leary, it's moving
spirit Is now editor of The Bull, re-
Gently shut out of the mails for publi-
cation Of seditious matter. .,
/ Many inventors, the committee
states. the seized papers show, are
represented as having plans involving
the case Of devices Of destruction.
An entry entitled pure war eX-
penses," from the Won Igel papers is
made public by the committee as fol-
lows: