The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
Ireland Literally Honeycombed
by Organized Systems
of Espionage
SINN FEIN REACHES
AN AMAZING DEGREE
Uncove7s Innermost Secret
Plans Made by Authorities
! in Dublin Castle
BY Webb Miller

Omitted Press Correspondent
+ Dublin-(By MaiD-Ireland is
literally honeycombed by two OF the
most elaborate secret service sys-
tens of modern times.
The Sim Feiners maintain high
ly organized system of espionage to
watch the government while the gov
ernment employs corps Of agents to
spy upon the Sim Feiners. and their
service men,. ''~ .I,a
The Sim ,Fein spy department has
reached an amazing degree of eff
cheney and extends into the inner
most councils Of the Irish govern
ment Despite Dublin Castles great
est precautions. the Sim Fein lead
,ers time, after time secure advance
info6mation Of contemplated action.
Carefully guarded; secret documents
mysteriously turn up, in possession
of Sim Fein,. and government Off
eiais make scarcely 9 move without
Sim Fein's knowledge. .39-,>>s;;
I Owing to, the fact that the SYM
pathies Of the majority of the people
are with Sin Fein, the government
aecret. service system labors under
great difficulties. t...
XAkCAt 10 AAv0tV1Ys
To all except the leaders the ex-
tent and workings of Sim Fein spy
department is a mystery. The me-
thods by which the information is
obtained and distributed is unknown
and even the name of the head OF
the system is not known to the gen.
eral public. But Slim Fein leaders
admit that the system is organized
To dam orfy onn diro0f o6
by one man designated as tx" 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
attempt to assassinate Lord French.
The government authorities had TAX
en- every measure to keep the point
of arrival of Lord French secret.
Upon arrival in Dublin French al
ways leaves the train at an outlying
station-and the station is chosen
only an hour before arrival. But in
spite of these precautions, the at
tackers learned the exact route and
were lying in ambush. The police
authorities declare that some Sim
Fein agent employed either at the
Vieeregal Lodge or in Dublin Castle
must have clipped off" the arrange
ments.
Although refusing any details a
Sim Fein leader related to the Unit
ed Press correspondent several Incl
dents to prove the efficiency of the
secret service department.
Raid l. Secretly & a Planned; anne 10 to,-
lowing:
Shortly after the proclamation of
Sin Fein organization as illegal, the
Dublin Castle authorities decided
upon sweeping raid throughout
Ireland to roundup all the Sim Fein
leaders still at liberty. The plans
were made in greatest secrecy-only
few of the most trusted officials
were allowed to know of the pro-
posed raid. The lists of wanted"
leaders were prepared only few
hours before the time scheduled for
the roundup To further guard
against leakage, the lists were kept
in Dublin Castle until eleven O'Clock
the night of the raid, which was
scheduled for dawn At eleven they
were turned over to the police de-
partment with orders to use in the
raids only men who could be trusted.
But 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 one hundred miles
away.
The lists called for over fifty men
the police found four. The others
had received the mysterious tip and
fed. In chagrin the Dublin Castle