Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-28


cipher decoy'; also a notation, the
details Of which remain undiscovered,
concerning communication remnant
facture hand grenades.'"
The following reference to Supreme
Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan Of
New York is contained, the committee
states, in a letter found in the Won
Igel papers in cipher with interlineaI
translation, dated New York, April II,
1916. numbered 1876 and inscribed at
the top very secret"
Judge Cohalan requests the trans.
mission Of the following remarks:
The revolution I'm Ireland can only
be successful IL supported from Ger.
many; otherwise England will be able
TO suppress Il, even though It be only
after hard struggle. Therefore help is
necessary. This should consist pri.
marily of aerial attack 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 estab-
lishment 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 there
fore decide the war
HE asks that a telegram to this ef-
feet be sent to Berlin"
This letter was signed 1872 S167
0230' and was addressed to Count
Won Bernstorff, imperial ambassador,
Washington, d. c."
Code Message.
A code message sent to Berlin was
given as follows:
National Germania insurance con.
tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with proposition.
Necessary steps have been taken.
HENRY NEWMAN"
OF this message the committee has
this to say;
Not so innocent and harmless as It
looks, for what the message really
means is this: Irish agree to PROPOSE
ton. The necessary steps have been
taken
Information carefully and extern
sively set forth in the secret document
of the German o%fficialdom, was some
times wide of the facts. For example,
a lengthy memorandum of March 21,
1916, transmitted by the secret agent,
Captain Boehm, dealing with the Mex
lean crisis, appears to have been
largely the work of some fervid and
protective imagination.
1T predicts that the President will
attribute MeXico's anti-American ac-
~tivities to German money and incite-
ment; that he will call upon Congress
to support him in radical measures
(the prophet even attempts to para
phrase the language to be employed
in the MESSAGE: that Congress will
endorse the Presidents stand, follow
ing which upward of $50 German
spies and agents were to be arrested
and the ambassadors of the central
powers to receive their passports"
After citing an extract from Captain
Boehm's letter, the committee states
that he was too loose of tongue for
the good of service and, citing a re.
port of the German military informa.
ton bureau of March q, 1916, quotes
the report as follows:
TOO great confidence in the silence
Of his fellow men, especially the mem
bers of the American Truth Society
was probably the cause Of his
becoming quickly known here"
The committees statement con
%tinues:
80 the notorious American Truth
Society, which so s~trenuously denied
its pro-German associations, figures
as indirectly linked up with Germany's
secret representatives. This society
is still extant and jeremiah A
O'Leary, its moving spirit, is o the
editor of Bull" recently shut out Of
the mails for publishing seditious mat
ter"
Many investors, the committee
states the seized papers show, are
represented as having plans involving
use OF devices of destruction. On'
entry is cited as follows:
"'June is, 1915. Sender, G. s. Vier
rex. Contents. inquiry as to bombs
supply offer. Told to send further de
tails
Possibly the further details" thu
statement continues, ARE indicated II
another entry Of four months later:
Slender, Vierreck. Contents, offe,
of picric acid
'Picric acid is a constituent of man!
high explosives"
An entry entitled pure war ex
penses" from the Won Igel paper II
made public by the committee as fol
lows:
Edward Emerson, $1,000.
Fair Play (Mr. Braun, $4,000.
Fair Play (Mr. Braun, $1,000.
Marcus Braun, $1,000.
81. Archibald, $4,000"
The statement continues:
Concerning the identity Of the las
entry, there might be room for doubt
lint for a signed recent from j. f. j