The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
By INIELIIGENCIR.
III staff officer Of the British In

Tx staff officer Of the British In
triiigcncc Service In ireland
Although tho British intelligence
rorvice never succeeded In cnptur'
Inr Collins and Nul'nUy Who " had
reason to believe wcrc tho braint
directing the operations OF the Irish
republican army. 70 managed u
hamper their plans 10 n very con
siderable extent The authorities
became poHsosHcd OF an intimate
knowledge of tho Irish republican
army and were frequently enabled
10 render its schemes nbortivo. III
any form of warfare. more ospc'
cially perhaps In tho irregular
struggle which was wnged Ia Ire
land In 1920 and the first half OF
1921, It Ia Of the greatest importance
10 either side 10 know the others
methods OF procedure. The vari.
Gus captures ~ correspondence and
orders belonging to tho chiefa of
the organization furnished tho Brit
ish with much valuable information
on this point
shortly before the truce tho com
position OF each OF the Irish repuph-
lican army briEndes was known IN
detail. together with the track Of
the various flying columns" whose
movements were directed from Irish
republican army headquarters The
activities OF every member OF dat
eireann were also known, with
those OF nearly all the men and
women who took any part in tho
organization of tho campaign
against British authority as 1t then
existed. And the greater part of
this information was derived from
the capture of documents and the
examination Of prisoners.
Probably the most dramatic cap
ture was made toward tho end OF
1920 and resulted from II raid made
with tho object of securing Collins
Ho escaped. but practically tho
whole of his current papers, to-
taken.
Papers Proved Valuable.
The papers proved a very mine o
information. They contained, 70
instance, the details of an attemp
10 be made against the Liverpool
docks and cotton warehouses anC
against the Manchester ship canal
The attempt to fire tho Liverpoo
cotton warehouses was actual,
made. with partial success. on No
vember 2S OF that year. Sugges
tlons for other forms of 9ttemp
against the British power. direction
to various Irish republican army
leaders and quantity OF valuable
documents OF all kinds were found
In addition. This probably was tn
most valuable haul That was made
But the capture which had tn
most amusing sequel was that mad
at the end OF March, 1921. In tn
course OF which the whole propa
ganda bureau, including the offic
OF the Irish Bulletin" IA multi
graphod sheet delivered through tn
post to a large section OF the pres
:. :hc ~a.!a, wc-s scc.:as. "A
actual documents captured wer
of distinct value, but tho capture q
the apparatus by which the "Bull'
tin" was produced, together with
list of it's regular recipients, cr
nbled an ingenious hoax TO be Pc
petrated upon It's readers.
Tho paper, which was more -
manifesto than n news sheet, an
had always taken itself seriouusl
and was in the habit OF dealing wit
tho smallest points I'm the graude
possible manner. The actual cal
ture was effected hy n company
AuXiliarics, who Immediately -
themselves to the production OF
bogus Bulletin" cotton up idei
ticAlly with the orlginal--in II
same type and on the same paper
and consequently utterly indi
tinguishabe from II.
Readers Are Deceived.
The first number or two OF IN
spurious publication exactly 10
lowed the vorbiage OF the genulr
article and deceived many pcopl
The second number, incidental
caused mild sensation by affirm
ing that the thanks OF dail eirear
had been voted to certain Britis
tho governments policy In u
house OF commonsl But the tenn
tation 10 poke fun At the style
the proclamation OF De Valera ar
his followers was more than n
new editors OF the bulletin" cnu
resist. The following passage. while
Is a very close parody ~ part
graph which had appeared I'm n
genuine "BuOCtin" week or
previously, gave the game away;
THE tactics Ot the repuhlicg
~ IN handling the situation create
by the English government in floo,
ing Ireland with eN-soldiors I'm n
uniform OF police. In no SINK
recorded case have the republiva
forces attacked single poliCCma
with tho odds less than six 10 on
l}y this strategic handling of a
com OATS victory mas lnNAriNl( res
I'd with ,rpublicaus Science
wars practsed oY the young m
of iralund--has stalgcred humaaIt
ana it wiz he a long time ere hl
msr'y RECEIVERS from the blow"
This parodyin4 OF their sacr,
Bulletin" caused considerably NO
annoyance 20 certain earnest 0or
hars OF DAN oireauu than tho ca
ture Of many OF their supporters
he British.
De Valera l. Captured.
on the whole, the most vurio
Incident was the last and Consi,
of the capture OF DE Valera h
self ON June 22 1924, tho very
of the opening OF the northern y
lament by tho king. Although
this time no overt move towi
peace had been made II WAS kno
that the Sim fein leaders wo
not be averse TO a truce, witi
view to the commencement OF
gotiations toward some betternl