East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-05

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All Directed by ~"
To ali except the leaders the extent
aad workings OF Sim Fein SPY depart
ment is mystery. The methods by
which the information is obtained and
distribution is unknown ana even the
name of the head of the system is not
known to the general public But
Sim Fein leaders admit that the sys-
TEN is organized as a regular depart
ment and directed by one man desig-
mated as "N". They boast that the
government agents do not know his
identity and that he has never been
arrested.
Some idea of the effectiveness of
the department is afforded by the at
tempt to assassinate Lord French.
The government authorities had taken
every measure to keep the point of ar
rival of Lord French secret. Upon
arrival In Dublin French alighted
the train at an outlying station-and
the station is chosen only an hour be-
fore arrival. But in spite of these
precautions. the attackers earned the
exact route and We're lying in ambush.
The police authorities declare that
some Sim Fein agent employed either
at the VIceregal Lodge or in Dublin
Castle must have tipped OFF, the, ar
rangements.
Although refusing any details. a
Sim Tein leader related to the United
| Press correspondent several incidents
to prove the efficiency of the secret
/ service department.
Among the incidents were the fol-
| lowing:
| Shortly after the proclamation of
| Sim Fein organizations as Illegal. the
! Dublin castle authorities decided up
! on a sweeping raid throughout Ire
| land to roundup all the Sim Fein
leaders still at liberty. The plans
were made in greatest secrecy-only
a few of the most trusted officials were
allowed to know of the proposed raid.
The lists of wanted leaders were
prepared only a few hours befort the
time scheduled for the roundup. To
further guard against leakage, the
lists were kept in Dublin Castle until
IL O'Clock the night of the raid. which
was scheduled for dawn. At IL they
were turned over to the police depart
ment with orders to use in the raids
only men who could be trusted.
Warned Within Hour.
Put within an hour the Sim Fein
warnings went out to every man on the
| list although the points were widely
scattered over Ireland and many were
over 100 miles away.
The lists called for over fifty men
the police found four. The Others
had received the mysterious tip and
fled. In chagrin the Dublin authori-
ties attempted the same raid two days
later, hoping to catch the Sim Fem
ef-s unawares, but failed TO net sim
gle leader
The Sim Feiners smilngly admit
they had received an intimation of the
Forthcoming raid even before the Cas-
tie officials started to make up the
lists The tip came from London and
was to the effect that about so unused
| cells in Wormwood Scrubs prison We're
being cleaned up and prepared for oc-
| cupancy. The Sim Feiners jumped to
the obvious conclusions and the cells
were still unoccupied.
Another instance of the familiarity
of Sim Fein with happenings at Dub
lin Castle occurred before the arrest
recently OF Alderman Tom Kelly
which caused widespread surprise and
resentment in ireland.
Within a few hours after Kelly's
name was placed on the Castle "black
= list" he was. warned of the forthcom-
ing arrest But Kelly refused to hide
and submitted TO arrest.
Quotes Confidential Report.
In an interview with the United
Press regarding Lloyd Georges home
.rule proposals Arthur Griffith, the act
ling President of Sim Fein, incidental
lly revealed another achievement of the
secret service branch.
He alluded to and quoted from a
confidential report Sir Horace Plum
Ikett had made to King George upon
the proceedings of the Irish conven-
ton.
by the way" Griffith added, you
might be interested in knowing thai
.the existence of this report has hither'
Ito been secret. Our agents got pos
session of a copy of it. / imagine the
king and sir Horace will be consider
ahly surprised. Probably President
Wilson will also be surprised and in
terested in knowing that Sir Horace
Informed the king Of Wilson's interest
in the Irish convention and his request
Ito be kept privately informed"
I In. reply to a question as to the
tr1ethod Sim Fein uses in sending out
warnings to remote points, the Sim
B'ein leader admitted they used the
ltelegraphs and added with a signifi-
cant grin, so does the government