The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-10-06

| were sent 10 washington tne mBnt DC
| 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
| Devoy.' 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 iden-
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 Vierecks 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 10 Necessary"
The communication translated Into
| Won Igefs record Is typewriter. line for
| line. below a cipher. except for the sig
| nature, which remains untranslated from
| the original cipher figures. II is dated
| New York. April IT, 1916, numbered 1885,
| IS. and inscribed at the top VERY 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 It 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, a landing OF 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 establishment
of stations for submarines on the Irish
coast and the cutting of Of the supply
| of food for England. The services OF
the revolution may therefore decids'the
war
He asks that a telegram to this eff
feet be sent to Berlin.
1912 S167 0230.
ITO His ExceIlency
Count Won Bernstorff
~ washington. D. c."
Code Message to Moebius.
Along this same line is a code mes
sage by wireless to Banker Max Moe
bus. Oberwalstrasse, Berlin. which is
interesting chiefly as showing the code
method of important communications
|
tiers 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 Ia
evidently satisfied with proposition
Necessary steps have been taken.
| HENRY NEUMAN."
Not SO innocent and harmless as II
looks. for what the message really
means IL 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 unpromising enterprise against
Canada was foregone by Won Igel be-
cause the volunteer plotter was too old
though he has the best of good win
and also because of his known connec-
ton with the Gaelic-American and the
| Indian revolutionists.
Information carefully and extensively
set forth in the secret documents of the
German oficialdom was sometimes wide
| L
memorandum of March j. 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-
tom
The memorandum purports to outline
President Wilson's expected. message &c
congress. It predicts that the president
will attribute Mexico's anti-Americar
activities direct to German money and
incitement; that he will call upon con-
gress to support him in radical meas.
ures (the prophet even attempts to para
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: Z
THE following memorandum was just
given to me by an acquaintance return
ing from Washington. The 'acquaint-
anceI Is a skillful journalist who hat
good connections. / cannot vouch foi
his reliability but I know~that he hate,
the present administration and fights
it, His informant Is 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:
Captain Boehm decided to leave aftel
reports received here were submitted tc
him to the effect that members of the
press were informed as to his personality
and the purpose OF his being here Too
great confidence In the members OF the
American Truth society was prob
ably the cause Of his becoming quickly
known here"
ETY., which so strenuously denied its pro
German associations, figures as indi
! rectly linked up with Germany's secret