The Washington herald., 1921-01-11
SEND AMERICAN
TO IRELAND, WAS
EASEMENT PLEA
Cohalan and Others Are
Further Involved in
White Book.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.

LONDON, Jan. 1O.-AdditionaI light
on German-Irish intrigues in the
United States is given by the fol-
loving excerpts from the British
nhite Book, the alore important
pats Of which were Summarized in
dispatches yesterday Particularly
interesting is the revelation as to
Wast Irish leaders in America ac-
italy thought of Sir Roger Case
ment.
Excerpts from the most impor-
tant documents follow:
John Dewey. writing confdentially
70 fellow Irish leader in the United
states, gave the following account
OF reasons for the failure of the
Irish rebellion in 1915:
The substance of ID all is that
a betrayal Of information about a
shlpIoad Of arms by Wilson's men
enabled the English to catch the
vessel. There is no doubt at all
about this. They got, in a raid
on Won Igels Office, a note Of mine
the transcript of a message re-
ceiVed in cypher from Dublin. and
wirelessed to Berlin the day before,
the nth Of April which was a re-
quest not to land the arms before
the night of Sunday. the 23d.
British Intercepted ship.
1T was at once given to the Eng
!ish and they sent out their patrol
ooats and caught the ship. Then
they sent troops to Tralee and re-
infOrced Limerick.
That would not have spoiled the
uprising because, If they were in
the field, other shipIbads would have
been sent Roger Easement did the
rest. He landed on Friday and sent
a message to McNein that it was
hopeless, etc. McNeill got it on
Saturday and issued his counter
mand. We got one message up to
Montieth who, of course, was obey
ing orders, and sent another by a
priest for whom he sent after his
arrest McNeill had only been told
OF the decision on Good Friday,
which was great mistake"
The prominence OF Judge Coha-
Ian in the Easter rebellion is evi-
dent from the following kilograms
quoted in the White Book from the
foreign, Office in Berlin to the Ger
man Embassy in Washington:
Easement begs that the follow
ing intelligence be transmitted for
Justice Cohalan. 81 Chambers street,
New York, Lody's identity is dis
covered by the enemy, who are
greatly alarmed and taking steps
to defend Ireland and possibly ar
rest his friends. They sre ignorant
here of the purpose of my coming
to Germany, but seek evidence at
all cost Here everything is favor
able. The authorities are helping
warmly. Send a messenger. imme-
diately to Ireland, fully informed
verbally with no letter upon him.
He should be a native born
American citizen, otherwise his ar
rest is likely. Let him dispatch a
priest here via Christiania quickly.
The German Legation there will ar
range passage. Also let him tell
Biggar, solicitor at Belfast, to con
ceaI everything belonging to me.
November 6, 1914"
A second message involving Jus
tice Cohalan, dated April 20, 1915,
was sent from the German Embassy
in Washington to the Berlin For
eign Office: "Cohalan requests me
to send on the following: The Irish
revolt can only succeed if assisted
By Germany. Otherwise England
will be able to crush it, although
not until after a severe struggle.
Assistance is required. There should
be an air raid on England and a
naval attack, timed to coincide with
the uprising, followed by landing
of troops and munitions and also
OF some officers, perhaps from an
airship. 1t might then be possible
to close the Irish harbors against
England and set up bases for sub
marines and cut off the food to Eng
land successfully. The uprising
may decide the war"
The air raid and attack on the
English coast actually took place,
showing that Justice Cohalan's rec
concentrations to Berlin were car
ried out
Copyright, 1921, Public Ledger Co..