The Washington times., 1921-01-08
BRITISH BRAND.
ERIN D|SLOYAL
Cabinet Issues "White Book
Purporting to Show Dealings
With Enemy During War.
BY WILLIAM l.. MALLABAR,
I.ternational News Service.

International News Service.
LONDON, Jan. 8.-The British
cabinet today issued its long prom
ised white book" on Ireland, pur-
porting to back up Premier Lloyd
Georges recent charge that the Sim
Fein had conspired with the Ger
mans in the midst Of the war to stab
England in the back -.-.--
NAMES AMERICAN.
The governments case Is set forth
! in sixty pages OF documents detailing
the alleged connection between John
Dewey, editor of the Gaelic American
of New York, Justice Daniel f. Co
halan. prominent Uew York Irish lead
er; and Professor Mcneil, Sim Fein
leader of Dublin, with Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to the United States.
| in German plots subsequent to the
outbreak of the war.
Destruction of the Canadian Paci-
| flc railway was urged In a message
sent by Wilhelmstrasse to Count Won
Bernstorff and reproduced in the
White Paper.
One passage in this message which
also deals with sabotage all over the
American continent. reads:
Captain Bohem Zone OF the German
secret agents in New York;, carries
instructions for the military attacks.
The latter can obtain particulars re-
garding these persons, who are suit
able for carrying on sabotage in the
| United States and Canada:
| Joseph NJ Charity, Philadelphia.
John p. Heating. Michigan ave-
nue., Chicago.
Jeremiah OLeary, l6 Park row,
| New York.
| Embassy must not under any cir
cumstances be compromised"
| Another document claims to show
| that Judge Cohalan urged Berlin to
undertake an aerial attack on Eng
land, to be accompanied by a naval
raid and the landing of troops in Ire-
land.
This double attack, according to CO.
I halan's alleged plan, was to coincide
with an Irish rebellion. In that
event, Cohalan is quoted as saying,
| Germany would seize the Irish har-
! bors and make them U-boat bases,
which might decide. the war"
One of the documents shows that
Count Won Bernstorff attached to q
message of February 16, 1918, G915?)
| regarding the sinking of the Lusi-
| tania the following rider" in code:
! .Dcvoy Informs me rising win he.
gin In Ireland Easter. riense send
arms to Limerick"
! Wilhelmstrasse subsequently noti-
fed the ambassador. the documents
show, that trawlers would land
! 2O. 900 rifles in Trades bay. Berlin re-
auested Bernstorff to be cautious to
keep the matter secret and to "ar-
range for pilots"
HAD WIRELESS SYSTEM.
A document signed by Dewey says
that Bernstorff arranged wireless
signal system between Germany and
| ireland, and explains where the re-
ceiving stations In Ireland were TO
| be located.
by this radio system the date OF
arrival of the munitions-carrying
| ships was to be announced. Devoy
adds that IL necessary a German sub.
marine could enter Dublin bay and
go direct to Pigeon House. where
| there were no snti-submarinc nets
The white paper says that as =
| result of Americas entrance into the
war Gin April. 1910 the line Of com.
munication between the German gov.
eminent and Sim Fein leaders was
temporarily broken. though mes
senger service, devised by Dewey be
tween Irish revolutlonists in America
and ireland, was maintained.
| Among the documents Is a message
sent by Dr. Won Kuehlmann, then
German foreign minister. to tho Ger
man embassy In Madrid. regarding an
assignment TO German agent IN
Duenos Aires TO establish communI-
cations with Ireland and cooperate
| with Sim FeinerB In the United States
and Argentina. This message also
dealt with the subject OF smuggling
arms into Ireland from America and
Argentina, as well as direct from
lGermany either by tho raider Moewe
or by submarine