The Washington herald., 1921-01-09
British White Book Says
Easter Rebellion Was
Plotted Here.
Won BERNSTORFF
BROKE CONFIDENCE
Americans First Planned
German Alliance
In 1911.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.
Special Gable Dispatch to
The Washington Herald.

The Washington Herald.
LONDON, July S.-Sir Harnar
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land, today issued a British White
Book on German-Irish intrigue in
the United States.
The White Book discloses the fol-
lowing facts, obtained by the British
government from secret telegrams
and letters which passed between
the German Ambassador, Count Won
Bernstorff, and the Berlin foreign
office:
l. The Irish rebellion OF Easter
Monday, 1915, was planned in the
United States by Supreme Court Jus
tice Daniel F. 2ohalan, of New
York; John Dewey and other Irish
leaders.
2. At the suggestion of Cohalan,
the German government sent Zep-
pelins to raid London and warships
to attack the British coast.
easement Lost Nerve.
3. The Irish rebellion failed he
cause Sir Roger Easement. with
whom Cohalan and Dewey plotted
the rebellion, lost his courage and
telegraphed the Irish leaders in Ire
land after he landed to stop the re-
bellion.
4. Contrary to charges made by
the Irish against the American gov
ernment' Dewey Confesses in a con-
hdential letter published in the
White Book, that the American gov
lna zF
plans through code messages of De-
voys found among Won Igers
papers.
5. Dewey blames Easement for
the failure of the rebellion.
8. The White Book shows that
Count Won Bernstorff deceived the
American State Department by add
ing secret Irish messages to his
dispatches to Berlin when the
American government granted hisn
permission to- use the cable priyi-
lege of the American government
to discuss the Lusitania case and
peace terms with Berlin.
Z. After the failure of the Easter
rebellion, the German government
suggested another Irish revolution
to the American-Irish leaders but
they declined unless Germany would
send troops to Ireland, which the
Germans refused.
8. Won Bernstorff asked the Ger
man government to use its influence
at the Vatican to have a pro-Ger-
man Irish assistant priest made a
! bishop.
/ 9. The White Book shows that
two Philadelphians, J. MacGarrIty
and the Rev. John T. Nicholson,
were active in Irish plots.
Plot In U. s. Began In 1911.
The German-Irish plot began In
the United States in 1911, but il
was not until September 27, 1914.
that Won Bernstorff officially COM
municated with Berlin. Among
those who played leading roles in
/ the conspiracy besides those men,
toned, were: Jeremiah A. OLeary,
| DR.. Zimmerman, former German
secretary of state; Won Skall, chief
! of German intelligence in Central
i New York; and Eamon De Valera,
president" of the Irish republic.
/ The object of the German-Irish plot
was to start a revolution in Ireland
to begin Easter Sunday, 1916, The
German government promised and
attempted to deliver arms and am
munition in Ireland and to attack
England by Zeppelins and the
North Sea coast cities by destroyers.
The Irish. on their part, promised
a general uprising against the
British government. The coup was
attempted but failed after $50 per-
sons had been killed and 2,614
wounded.
Inasmuch, however, as the Ger
mans had suffered no losses, it is
not surprising to find that the Ger
man government proposed another
rebellion in February, 1917 and
promised to deliver arms, machine
guns and 100000 rounds of ammu-
milton, but the Irish leaders in
America declined this German pro-
posaI unless Germany agreed to
land troops in Ireland, which the
German general staff refused.
Urged German-Irish Alliance.
AS early as 1911, three years be-
fore Germany declared war, there
appeared in various Irish-American
and Irish newspapers a series of
articles urging a German-Irish al
lance in the event of war between
Germany and England.
Later these were circulated in
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