Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-25

GERMANY,S PLOT IN IRELAND IS MADE KNOWN

technical charges Of seditious utter
ances. 4 .l 45
Department Of justice oficials
pointed to the disappearance of
jeremiah O'Leary, an Irish-American.
organizer Of the American Truth So
ciety, as a strong indication that he
and others are Informed Of charges
which might be brought against them.
The statement from the press bu-
ieau follows in part:
THE revolutionary movement in
Ireland consisted of two series Of ac-
tivities: Attempts by the German
government to foment rebellion in
Ireland and, preparations in Ireland
to execute these attempts. The story
of the active connection between the
leaders of the Sim Fein movement
the period prior to and the period
since the abortive Irish rebellion of
Easter, 1916.
Started In 1914.
"The story begins November s,
mitted through Count Won Bernstorff
a message from Sir Roger Easement
uater captured in Ireland and exc
cuted) asking that a messenger,
native born American If possible. be
sent to Ireland. Easement also asked
that an Irish priest be sent to Ger
many with the assistance Of the Ger
man legation in Norway to corrupt
Irish prisoners Of war. This priest
was John r. Nicholson, an American
citizen of Irish birth. We find him
in January, 1915. transmitting mes
sages to America.
According to report of Captain
Won Papen German military attache
in Washington), December S. 1914.
verbal assurances were sent in re-
sponse' to Easements request that an
duced in ireland. February 10, 1916,
Count Won Bernstorff sent to an ad-
dress in Rotterdam a dispatch signed
with the name of Skal. one Of his
principal American agents.
THE dispatch included an extract
from the report of John Dewey, head
Of the Clan-Na-Gael, that action in
Ireland could not be postponed much
longer since he feared the arrest of
said. to begin action by Easter Satur-
day and he urged that arms and mu-
nitions be in Limerick by that date.
His Usual Practices.
"von Bernstorff, following his US
'ual practice, surreptiously attached
to a message to Berlin passed by the
American government, a note fixing
Easter Saturday for the rising and ur-
ing the dispatch of munitions in
time. On March Won Jagew Ger
man foreign minister), replied that
the arms would be landed in Tralee
bay and asked that the necessary
arrangements be made in Ireland
through Dewey.
.tVonI Rernstorff telerranhed the
code to be used between the Ger
mans and the rebels while the arms
were in transit, and explained that
a. submarine might safely enter Dub
lin sbay: and go as far3 as Pigeon
House without enc countering nets: l&,
..On March 26, Won Jagow replied
that the. arms would be sent and that
every night as the introduction to the
German wireless press service.
"On April 1S and April 10 urgent
| messages were sent from America to
Berlin fixing the delivery of arms
for the evening of Easter Sunday.
pressing for the landing of German
troops and asking for an air raid on
England and naval attack on the
English coast. These attacks actually
AFTER Americas entrance into the
war, communication between the Ger
man government and Sim Fein party
was broken temporarily.
"a clue to the new line of commu-
nication was obtained subsequently,
and has been followed actively.
"For some considerable time IL
was difficult to obtain accurate infor.
nation as to German-Sinn Fein plans
but about April. 1918, it was ascer.
tanned that plan for landing arms
in ireland was ripe, and that the
Germans only awaited definite infor-
place and date.
Landed April IL.
'The British authorities were able
to warn the Irish command regarding
the probable landing of an agent OF
Germany from a. submarine. The
agent actually landed on April ~ and
was arrested.
.The new rising depended largely
upon the landing of munitions from
submarines and there is evidence tc
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, presumably would
be stripped Of troops.
According to documents found or
Prof. De Valefo, he had worked ou'
in detail the constitution of rebe
army. He hoped to be able to muster
5000 trained men. There is evi.
dence that German munitions actually
had been shipped on submarines from
Cuxhaven in the beginning Of May
and that for some time German sub.
marines have been busy of the wes
coast Of Ireland on other errands thar
the destruction Of allied shipping.
r Continue Over Three Years.
.It will thus be seen that the nego
tiations between the executives Of thu
Sim Fein organization and German!
[have been virtually continuous fol
three and q half years. At first q sec
ton of 1rish-Americans was the inter
fmediary for most Of the discussions
but since Americas entrance into tn
war, Communication with the enem!
had tended to be moro direct. A sec
| ond rising in ireland was planned 70
| last year and tho scheme broke dow
| only because Germany was unable t.
send troops
This year plans for another risinl
in connection with the German often
sive on the western front were ma
turing q new shipment Of arms from
Germany was imminent" (,
SCHOOL FOR NURSE @
washington. May e.. sscretarJ
Baker today authorised Surgeon Gen.
l erel GorEas to estahlish an army
school Of nurAns Tor training women
Of, Al to IS years for service In mill.
4 tAry hospitals. No place for the hos.