Evening star., 1939-07-03
Sabotage of British Utilities
Heart of |. K. A. War Strategy
Agents Also Have Been Placed in
Arms Factories to Garry on Fight

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carry the war into London, ''to make
London feel the blow of dynamite
again"
He jumped up from his chair and
cried out: Never again would Irish
lives and Irish property feel the
brunt of war We decided that all
public services in England-not in
Scotland and Wales-should be dis
organized. Englishmen were never
to depend upon mails or railroads
or telegraph lines. Nothing that
was part of an orderly life was to
be exempt from our campaign. Even
the theaters were included. We
meant that Englishmen should leave
their homes not knowing whether
the movies would be open when they
got to the theater or that the lights
would be going when they came
home
He paused and said significantly:
I'VE are not killing people-yet.
Once we could have put out all the
lights in London, but it would have
cost the lives of several Englishmen
and we would not harm them.
Men in Arms Factories.
I'VE made those plans in 1894.
Yes we included the armament fac
tories and we put men into them.
They are in those plants now. It's
easy enough for an Irishman to pass
himself off as an Englishman. We
trained them in school to initiate
English manneriSmS. Gave them a
course that lasted three weeks.
Il can't tell you the number of
volunteers who were sent into Eng
land. Yes. we had more than enough
to carry out all our plans. Some of
them were men who had been COM
mercial travellers in England. They
were accustomed to live among
the English and it wasn't hard for
them to find out the plans of power
houses and such things. They are
still there Only a very few have
been arrested. And there will be
no more arrests.
"All those years we planned, COL
lected funds. examined our men.
We knew, too, that England was up
to her neck She was having
difficulties on every hand. Germany
Italy and Japan. And we knew,
100, long before the world knew it.
that she was going to try to win
over the Soviet to her side
How did you know that?' asked
the reporter.
The British have their secret
service. So, I suppose, has the
United States. Well, we have one,
too. Fully as good as any of them
We have our men in every capital
and in the chancelleries. Nothing
takes place without our knowing it
beforehand.
Ultimatum to Halifax.
He then described the formal
action that came next.
I'VE addressed an ultimatum to
the foreign secretary, Lord Halifax.
Since we spoke in the name of the
republic of Ireland, we, as any other
nation would. spoke to him, not to a
Dominion secretary, the sort of per-
son to whom De Valera speaks.
"On January IL, Viscount Hall
fax received proclamation which
demanded that within four days the
government should agree to with
draw it's troops, recognize the re-
public, and cease its influence in
Ireland. A copy of this proclama-
ton was presented to all the min
listers of all the countries of the
world.
The foreign secretary was told
that an answer should be made and
that a refusal would be followed by
a declaration of war.
There was no acknowledgement.
On the fourth day after the issuance
of the proclamation. the bombs burst
in the cities of England for the first
time since the World War Parlia-
ment was closed to the public. The
Ulster visit of the Duke of Kent was
Cancelled. Swarms of police guarded
bridges and power plants. Our men
evaded the guards and carried out
their orders. Due to Our policy OF
avoiding bloodshed, they had to
work when streets were empty. De-
lection was hard to avoid. But the
war had begun And it will con-
tinue until England surrenders and
the flag of the republic of Ireland
flies over a free assembly in free
country"