The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
EIlgN FEM WAR
EDEPICTEDN In
SEIZED PAPERS
Republican Plans Told in
Documents Left by
Mulcahey.
By CARL ACKERMAN.
Special Gable Dispatch 10
The Washington Herald.

Special Gable Dispatch 10
The Washington Herald.
LONDON. Dec. 11.-In the opinion
Of the British government, two men
today blocked the road to an Irish
settlement. They are Michael COL
Inns, ,conrmander-in-chie of the irish
republican army and Richard J.
MuIcahey. chief of staff.
Documents known as the Null
rahey papers form the basis OF
Premier Lloyd Georges contention
that peace cannot be made In Ire
land until the extremist leaders are
captured or VanQuished. On NoVem-
Der Is the Dublin temporary mead
paArters of the Irish republican
trnIy~was raided by British military
authorities, MulcaheS. chief OF stan
tscAped in his night clothes oy
5uInplng through a window but ne
left behind him military plans. re-
portS documents, letters. check
books, receipts and army instruc-
tionss covering all Of the confidential
activities of the Sim Fein army
leaders.
Aekerman Sees Documents.
roday your correspondent read all
et these papers. Mulcahey's papers
s-ere all carefully tabulated in loose
foolscap Jackets and were markeo
by him as his travelling once.
1'hese papers tell their own Story
ma The most important follow:
L. A memorandum regarding the
Stuart street power house in Man
rhester, with a plan Of the works.
b description of the shifts on which
the works were operated and a plan
pf operation for demolition
=, a map of the Liverpool docksS
sith confidential memorandum at
taohed, annotated by Mulcahey. on
their possible demolition and de-
struction-
= 3. 4 report Of agents on a plan
OF operation. including the disloca-
tion OF telephone communication,
hold-up of the police, the opening OF
the gates by means of pumps and
demolition Of the pumps with a note
of the number Of men required
recommending twenty-three officers,
tventy-seven engineers and seven
ty-five Of the rank and file who were
ordered to reside in the locality one
week before the operations. This
report bore Mulcahey's ok" dated
November IL.
sendInx British Contingent.
- T. Daniel Breen reported to Null
irahey that he was sending a con-
Gngent to England.
4 "a A report saying that the direc-
tor of engineering had completed
plans to cripple the export trade
from Dublin.
= s. A letter from William ]. Clark,
of Westminster, to Collins, drawing
attention to the fact that his two
sisters, one of whom now Is dying,
.pGere raided in their cottage at Au-
gsvilla, Warren Point. by the Sim
-F,ein, Clark protesting because of
their sympathies for the Sim Fein.
7. A document concerning a Sinn
Fefn plot to murder all the officers
of the Irish Constabulary following
the death of MacSwiney.
; 3. A document in the form Of an
Original letter from Daniel Breen.
.fef whom the British government
has offered a reward of $1,000 for
murder. reveals that the murder poll
icy Of the extremists was bringing
protests to the high republican lead
isrs from their friends.
- Tell of Brigade Attacks.
. 3. Letter to the brigade comman-
DEF At Monaghan. in which Mulcahey
ordered the formation of an !. R. A.
.dying squad with the object Of "un-
brigade attacks upon the
military and police particularly the
iBritish troops who are to be shot
every time and everywhere"
10. A memorandum drawn up by
the Irish military leaders ''on con-
alterations which should guide the
chief Of staff in the event OF any
power. for example ate United States
Or Russia, undertaking to assist Ire
land in the merits of independence"
Another document was an order
from the chief OF staff to the Irish
brigade commanders In Innlscharren,
Garry. the city of Belfast, Antrim,
Tyrone, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh
and Monaghan to commence "a Wig
Qrous offensive against the Ulster
Volunteers at night to eliminate in
general ambushes'
(cepyright, 1890, Public Ledrer COZ