Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-06-21
Outbreak in Ireland Was
Planned by Bernstorff

the Germans and the rebels whiie the
arms were in transit. and explained
that a submarine might safely enter
Dublin bay and 20 as far as Pigeon
House without encountering nets.
ION March 20 Won Jagow replied
that the arms would be sent and that
special code word would he 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-
ceiving 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, psess-
ing for the landing of German troops
and asking for an air raid On Eng
land and a naval attack on the Eng
lish coast These attacks actually
took place between April "a and 20.
ut was declared to be the hope Of
the rebels and their Germ n and Amer
lean friends to blockade Irish ports
against England and establish bases
in Ireland for German submarines.
"The rebellion broke out day later
than scheduled. on Easter Monday,
April "a, but, as the world is aware,
German support miscarried and It end
90 in complete failure. The report of
the royal commission on the rebellion
In Ireland states:
at Is now matter of common
notoriety that the Irish volunteers had
been in communication with the author
tiles In Germany and We're for long
time known TO have been supplied with
money through Irish-Ameriaan socie-
lies. This was so stated in public by
John MacNeil, former president of the
Sim Fein. on November s. 1914. 1t
was suspected long before the out
break that some of the money came
from German sources
I'll 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
go of May g. a 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 dispatch giving an account
Of the rebellion and stating that So
600 had been provided for the defense
of Easement On July 25 he sent a
long message, explaining that the work
Of reorganizing the rebels was making
good progress and that their lack of
money had been remedied by him.
son September in a dispatch TO
Berlin he inclosed a memorandum
from person called the Irish revolu-
ton director resident IN America
which contained detailed proposals for
fresh rising. Any rising, said the
Irish revolution director. must be con-
tingent upon the sending by Germany
of an expedition with sufficient mill
tary force to cover landing
Demanded ue5oat Bases.
"On this occasion the German gov
eminent was to fix the time, and as an
tue idNdtAaECo VI iAtthfbts
submarine and Zeppelin bases in west
Ireland was insisted upon, Won Bern
storff. on December A. attaching sur
reptitiously TO a message passed by
the government, note. in which he
mentioned that the Irish leaders In
America We're pressing for en- answer
to their proposal of September s. He
seems to have followed TIL, on Christ
mas day with message which is miss
ing for on the last day of 1916 For
eign Secretary Zimmerman informed
him of quantities of munitions which
1t was proposed to land between Feb
ruary p and IS, 1917. He added that
! 1t was impossible to send German
| troops
"on January Is, 1917. Bernstorff
replied that his Irish committee de-
clined the proposal, rs without Ger
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