The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-25
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one thousand POUNDS had pee"
provided for the defense of Case
ment. On July rs he sent a long
message giving further news from
Ireland and explaining that the
work of reorganizing the rebels was
making good progress and that their
lack of money had been remedied by
him.
September s, in dispatch to
Berlin, Bernstorff enclosed a mem
orandum of a person called the
Irish revolution director resident in
America which contained details OF
proposals for a fresh rising. Any
rising, said the Irish revolution di-
rector, must be contingent Upon the
sending by Germany OF an cXpedi
ton with sufficient military force
to cover a landing"
'On this occasion, the German
government was to fix the time; and
as an inducement the advantage OF
having submarines and Zeppelin
bases in west Ireland was insisted
upon. Won Bernstorff evidently was
having difficulty with his tools. for
on October "a he warned his gov
ernment not to allow certain Cap
tain BOohm, then resident of Rot
terd2m, to write to Irishmen in Am
erica, since his letters were apt to
60 to the wrong people. Later, Cap
tain Boohm was arrested by US III
British waters.
Still More Messages,
I'VE again 6nd Won Bernstorff
ON December 4, attaching note
surreptitiously to message passed
by the American government in
which he mentioned that the Irish
leaders in America were pressing
for an answer to their proposal Of
September 8. He seems to have fol-
lowed this on Christmas day, with a
message. which is missing, for on
the last day of 1916, Foreign Sec
retary Zimmerman informed him of
quantities of munitions which it was
proposed to land between February
y and Is, 1917. He added that it
was impossible TO send German
troops.
~On Jan. lS, 1917, Bernstorff re-
Piled that his Irish committee de-
clined the proposal, as without Ger
man troops a rising would be use
less.
After Americas entrance into
the war in April, 1917, the Line of
communication between the Ger
man government and the leaders OF
the Sim Fein party was broken
temporarily, though there was no
reason TO believe that the messenger
service between America and Ire
land devised by John Devoy was
"A clue to the new line of com
munication was obtained subse-
quently and has been followed up
actively. The effect of this new line
in Ireland is visible in the speeches
of the Sim Fein leaders during this
period.
Valera's Words Caught.
For example, Prof. De Valera,
addressing the convention Of the
Irish volunteers on Oct. q, 1917,
aid:
by proper organization and re-
cruiting we could have 100000 fight
ing volunteers in Ireland That
would be big army, but without
The opportunity and means for fight
ing it could only be used as men
ace. There already has been too
much bloodshed without success.
We can see no hope of that in the
near future, except that through
German invasion of England, and
The landing OF troops and munitions
IA Ireland. We should be prepared
10 leave nothing undone toward
hat end
"On another occasion, in Janu-
lry of this year De Valera said:
Gas long as Germany is the en-
smy of Fngiond and England is the
enemy of Ireland, so long will Ire
and be friend OF Germany
Vicious Plot Is Exposed.
For some considerable time it
was difficult to obtain accurate in
rs to German-Sinn Fein
plans. but in April, 1918, it was as
certained definitely that plan for
arms in Ireland was ripe for
execution and that the Germans
only awaited definite information
from Ireland as TO the time and
place and date.
The British authorities were able
10 warn the Irish command regard
ing the probable landing of an
agent Of Germany from a subma-
rine. The agent actually landed on
April y and was arrested.
"The new rising depended largely
on the landing OF munitions from
submarines and there is evidence to
show that it was planned to follow
a successful German offensive in
the west. and was TO take place at a
time when Great Britain presum-
ably would re stripped of troops.
According to documents found
on his person. De Valera had
worked out in great detail the exc
cution of his rebel army. He hoped
10 be able TO muster 100000 trained
men. There is evidence that Ger
man munitions actually had been
shipped OF submarines from CuS-
haven in the beginning of May. and
that for some time German subma-
rines have been busy off the west