The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-20
Outbreak in Ireland Was
Planned by Bernstorff

the Germans and the rebels while the
arms we're in transit. and explained
that a submarine might safely enter
Dublin bay and go as far as Pigeon
House without encountering nets.
"On March 90 Won Jagow replied
that the arms would be sent and that
special code word would be used ev-
cry night as the Introduction to the
German wireless press service. In a
message from Won Bernstorff to Berlin
the Germans We're assured that there
were numerous private wireless re-
ceivng stations In Ireland.
"On April IS and April 10 urgent
messages were sent from America TO
Berlin fixing the delivery Of arms for
the evening Of Easter Sunday, press
ing for the landing Of German troops
and asking for an air raid on Eng
land and naval attack on the Eng
fish coast. These attacks actually
took place between April "A and 20.
at was declared to be the hope of
the rebels and their German and Amer
lean friends to blockade Irish pores
against England and establish bases
in Ireland for German submarines.
1.-THE rebellion broke out day later
thon scheduled on Easter Monday,
April "a, but, as the world is aware,
German support mlscarried and 1t end
ed in complete failure. The report OF
the royal commission on the rebellion
In Ireland states:
ait is now a matter Of common
nOtoriety that the Irish volunteers had
been In communication with the author
tiles in Germany and were for long
time known to have been supplied with
money through Irish-American sOcie-
ties, This was so stated in public by
John MacNeil, former president of the
Sim Fein, on November 8, 1914. II
was suspected long before the out
break that some of the money came
from German sources
1T became clear soon after the rIs-
Ing that the Sim Fein leaders again
were asking Germany for help on
June II there was a message from
Berlin to Washington referring to "A
250 Of May g. n message which Is
missing. and saying that Germany was
perfectly ready TO give further help
if the Irish only would say what sort
Of help they required.
"On June 16 Won Bernstorff already
had sent "A dispatch giving an account
Of the rebellion and stating that So
600 had been provided for the defense
Of Easement ON July % he sent
long message, explaining that the work
Of reorganlzing the rebels was making
good progress and that their lack of
money had been remedied by him.
"On September 8 in dispatch to
Berlin he lnclosed memorandum
from a person called the Irish revolu-
tion director resident In America,
which contained detailed proposals for
a fresh rising Any rising, said the
Irish revolution director, must be con
tinCcnt upon the sending by Germany
Of an expedition with sufficient mill
tary force to cover a landing
Demanded U-Boat Bases.
ron this occasion the German gov
eminent was 20 fix the time, and ms m
lnduccmcnt the advantages of having
submarine and Zeppelin bases in west
Ireland was insisted upon, Won Bern
storr, on December 4, attaching sur
rcpttiouSly 10 message passed by
the government, Il note, I'm which he
mentioned that the Irish leaders in
America were pressing for an answer
to their proposal Of September g. lie
seems to have followed this on Christ
mas day with n message which is MISS
ing, for on the last day Of 1915 For
eign Secretary Zimmerman Informed
him Of quantities Of munitions which
II was proposed 10 land between Feb
ruary u and 26 1917. He added that
1t was impossible to send German
troops.
con January 18, 1917 Bernstorff
replied that his Irish committee de
clincd the proposal, as without Ger
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