Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1921-01-09

were to give.
i9ii-i2 Propaganda.
The white paper" makes reference to
pamphlets on the subjects of Ireland and
Germany, freedom of the seas and others,
in the publication of which kuno Meyer,
then professor of Celtic languages at
Liverpool, and Sir Roger Easement col
laborated, and which were widely circu
lated in Germany and America in 1911-
L.
Sir Roger, who was in America at the
outbreak of the war, proceeded to Ger
many in 1914, maintaining communication
with Mr.. Devoy, who, the paper says, re-
mained as chief agent in America in the
communications between Germany and
the Sim Fein.
Then follows textualiy many other
communications marked for transmission
from the beginning of September, 1914,
to the end of November, 1918, most of
them from the German embassy at
Washington to the foreign office at Ber-
lin. Others were communications from
the Berlin foreign office to the German
embassy at Madrid and from Nauen to
Mexico. Some of these were marked
most secret"
Army Organization.
setting forth a memorandum on the or
ganization of the Irish army, found in
possession OF Eamonn De Valera when
he was arrested, which is said to have
been in his own handwriting, and brief
statement on Ireland's case before the
powers to be assembled in a peace con-
ference"
A Berlin foreign office message, dated
August 1t, 1915, informed the German
ambassador at Madrid that AN agent
will shortly arrive from Buenos Aires.
You should at once communicate
his wishes and support him IN every
way He is instructed, after establish
ing himself with the Americans that the
first steps TO take would be to organize
the smuggling of arms. etc, from South
America and the United States into Ire
land An undertaking OF this nature
must be made from Spain. In the second
place the question arises of sending arms
from Germany by the Moewe or SUBJ
marine in event of its being possible to
fix the place and time for landing them
in good time. There is 10 question what
ever of landing German troops IN Ire
land"
Zlmmermann's Hand Seen.
DR.. Alfred Zimmerman, then under
secretary for foreign affairs, informed
IlS HSlhAdl tL4bacSS AZ w AfO-
vember g. 1914, that Easement has ar
rived. His proposals are being care
fully gone into
The same month Sir Roger, through
the German embassy at Washington,
sent word to Judge Cohalan at New
York as follows:
"They are ignorant here of the pur-
pose of my coming to Germany. Here
everything is favorable. The authorities
are helping warmly. Send messenger
who has been fully informed verbally
to ireland mmediately. He should be
native American citizen, otherwise his
arrest is likely"
On December Il. the white paper"
indicates. the German embassy at Wash
ington sent the following message to
Sir Roger:
Bought Arms for india.
There have been purchased for India
II 900 rifles and 100000 cartridges.
Dewey doesn't think it possible to ship
them to ireland. | am trying to buy
rifles for Turkey in South America
Other correspondence contained in the
paper says that the Rev j. T. Nichol-
son, of Philadelphia, ''is ready to start
tor Germany and that Joseph McGar-
rity of Philadelphia, J. 2. keating of
Chicago, and Jeremiah OLeary of New
York can give particulars regarding
persons suitable for carrying out sabot-
age in the United States and Canada"