New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

NaEQdDt general OF bHe iiiS"
teers, was made public yesterday by
William ]. Flynn, chief OF the United
States Secret Service.
This remarkable document, to-
gether with other papers seized when
Me!lowes was arrested by Chief Flynn
along with other Sim Feiners. on the
charge of plotting another rebellion IN
Ireland, shed a new light on the ell
forts of the Sim Feiners to throw of
British rule.
Sir Roger Easements connection
with the uprising is also told In
new way. In his own hand MelloWes
penned the statement that Germanys
aid was sought by the Sim Feiners
and that Germany failed to give inc
promised aid. He says:
81 know that there was an existing
agreement with Germany that, If the
course of the war allowed it, they
would set up an Independent Ireland
Knowing this, | was willing to wait
to see If the course Of the war ala
allow jt--oyen TO wait until the end OF
the war"
Mellowes Names Dewey as Chief
In another document, also in the
handwriting of Mellowes, is a state
ment which. in the opinion of the
United States officials. proves that
John Dewey, editor of the Sim Fem
organ in America ("The Gaelic-Amer-
ican"), was one of the controlling
geniuses on this side of the water OF
the Sim Fein movement.
Even Mellowes bowed down TO Dewey
in this country, for in the documents
made public by Chief Flynn appears
this paragraph:
ION March 4, 1917, accompanied by
Teter Golden, went to a Robert En-
nett celebration in Boston. / was
asked to stay 10 organize the peop.e
in Boston, as they said | might be
able to do some good. | could not let
them know until l heard from Dir.
Devoy whether he would permit me
or not"
Tells of Easter Week Rebellion
Mellowes, in beginning his story Of
the Easter Week Rebellion. draws
graphic picture of the orders ana
counter orders cf the various ieeders'
from President Pearse down, when
led to general confusion throughout
Ireland and was responsible for the
failure of the forces IN the various
narts OF Ireland to make any sort OF
q concerted effort
Then his account continues:
"Afler Easements death / got
message from him through mrs
Green. II was given TO her py Nase
ment, with the request that she "ou'o
deliver II to me. go ;va.o
hospital in Bavaria when ne nrsL he"i :.
that there was TO be an insurrectlon ~
tre,and German officer who had
come from n Baltic port told HIM OF
the Aud's departure. He immediately
went TO Berlin and learned that the
military authorities there were not ON
,ially aware of the Aud's departure LOT
ireland. 1t had been arranged win
the German officers at The Baltic port
| am of the opinion that this vas ar
ranged from America. -,
"Sfter insistence on his part, the
authorities placed a submarine at the
/ disposal Of Easement. In this suoma'
/ rine he started for Ireland. but after
one davis journey the machinery went
wrong. and after four hours vain en-,
/ deavor to right il ne was transferred
10 another submarine. This WAS AT
older pattern and very slow. Besides
the commander did not know the coast
Of Ireland very well.
Easement Arrested
Easement, Monteith and Bailey, who
accomanied him, landed on the Kerry
coast. Easement has been connected
with the arrival of the Aud. As a mat
&c 90 aan - 4
known, there was n distance of not less
than one hundred miles between the
spot where the Aud was sunk and that
where Easement landed. Immediately
after landing he sent Monteith snt
Bailey on some errand, and when they
returned he had been arrested through
the treachery Of the man on whose
ground they had landed, who, living In
fear of the Germans landing, had i'm
mediately gone to the police with the
information.
Nevertheless, Easement did succeed
in having word brought to Dublin thai
he had failed to get German help, snc
that under the circumstances the in
surrection must not take place at tha'
time. II was this knowledge OF Case,
ment's arrest which decided McNeill Il
countermand the msneuvres, and ths
order appeared in THE Irish Indepen
dent of Easter Sunday. Every ont
knows how events shaped after that.
ut has been popularity supposed tina
the instruction was to take place or
Easter Sunday, for the reason that tn,
government had issued orders for tn,
simultaneous arrest of all the Volun
teer leaders, and that the leaders de
cided TO anticipate the government anC
strike first, and thus prevent the de-
moralization in their ranks. This, how
ever, is not the CASE.
THE order issued by the government
for the arrest OF the leaders was no
given until after the conference helC
in the Viceregal Lodge on Easter Sun
day night between and 10 o'clock;
when, as a matter of fact, the, revolu
tionary leaders had decided on the in
surrection many months previous-ever
before the Secret Orders to the Mill
tary' document was read at the Dublr
Corporation meeting by Alderman Ton
Kelly, which order, By the way, was a.
out and out fabrication for the purpose
OF forcing McNeill's hand, who was en-.
tirely opposed 70 taking any ofensiy,
action"
Suggests New Uprising
Meliowes then says that he believed
the best time for the Sim Feiners e
act was after peace had been concluded
lie argued that IL would be possible "a
run guns into Ireland on n large scale
then, so that every man in Ireland
would be armed. He says:
ut would then be possible 10 de.
mand through party in the House OF
Commons mot necessarily the Irish
Nationalist parity colonial govern
ment for Ireland. With this party
70 voice the demand and the rites
Of the volunteers ready 10 support II,
believe that the government would have
| no recourse but TO accede. While thi.