Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-09
SIM FEIN PL D I
RATCHED IN j. {.
IS ALE GE D BY
WAR DOCUMENT
Startling Allegations Con-
tanned In Latest Book
Published By London
COHALAN is INVOLVED
N. Y. Judge Knew Real Pur-
pose Of Easements Visit
10 Germany, Say English


LONDON. Jan. S.-Correspondence
which passed between the German
embassy at Washington and the Ber.
lin foreign office. in which names o.
several lrish-Americans are mentioned
To show connection between leaders
OF the Sim Fem and the German
government today in the form of "A
white paper"
After the arrival OF Sir Roger Case.
ment in Berlin in 1914 he sent nle..
saSeS through the foreign office in
Berlin ami the German embassy AT
Washington, according to these docii-
ments. To Judge Cohalan. John Dewey
and others regarding his mission 10
Germany. This, it is declared, finally
led Count Won Bernstorff then Ger
man ambassador To the United States
To send To the foreign office i'm Feb
ruary, 1916. dispatch "surreptitious-
ly attached to message concerning
the Lusitania." saying that Dewey
had informed him of the rising 10 be.
gin in Ireland Easter SUNDAY and
asking that arms be sent To Limerick
Good Friday or Easter Sunday This
was followed by correspondence ar.
ranging details of the assistance tho
Germans were To give.
The white paper" makes reference
To pamphlets on the subjects OF Ire
land and Germany. freedom of the
seas and others. in the publication
of which Kuno Meyer, then professor
of Celtic language at Liverpool. and
Sir Roger Easement co,laborated. and
which were widely circulated in Ger
many and America in l9ll-l2.
German Letters Published
Sir Roger. who was in Amerira at
the outbreak OF the war. proceeded to
Germany in 1914. maintaining com
munication with Dewey who. the pa
per SAYS remained as chief AGENT in
America in the communications be-
tween Germany and the Sim Fein.
Then follow some communications
from the beginning of September.
1914. To the end Of November. 1918.
most of them from the German en-
baSsy at Washington TO the foreign
office AT Berlin. Others were com
munications from the Berlin foreign
'office To the German embassy. Ger
man embassy AT Madrid. and from
Nauen to Mexico. Some We're mark
ed most secret"
dices setting forth "A memorandum of
the organization of the irish army
found in the possession Of Eamonn
de Valera when he was arrested.
which is said to have been i'm his
own handwriting and a brief state
ment on lreland's case before the
powers to be assembled in peace
conference"
A Berlin foreign office message
dated August II u9l5O informed the
German. ambassador at Madrid that
AN agent will shortly arrive from
BuenoS Aires. You should commun-
icate his wishes and support him in
every way. He is instructed that the
first steps To take would he organize
the smuggling of arms, etc. from
South America and the United States
into Ireland. An undertaking of this
nature must not be made from Spain
In the second place the question
arises of sending arms from Germany
by the Moewe. or a submarine. IN
event of its being possible to fin the
place and time for landing them.
There is no question whatever "
landing German troops in Ireland
DIR, Alfred Zimmerman. then under
secretary for foreign affairs. informed
the German embassy at Washington
November ;, 1914 that Easement has
arrived. His proposals are being
gone into"
The same month, Sir Roger. through
the German embassy at Washingon.
sent word to judge Cohalan at New
York. as follows:
They are ignorant here of tha
purpose of my coming to Germany.
Here everything is favorable the
are helping warmly, Send
messenger who has been fully inform
ed verbally To Ireland Immediately.
He should be native American Il
tizen; otherwise his arrest is likely"
On December Il, the white paper
indicated the German embassy al
sent the following mes
sage TO Sir Roger:
There have been purchased for
India 1000 rifles and 100000 cart
ridges. nevoy doesn't think il pos
sible to ship them To Ireland am
irving to buy rifles for Turkey in
South America