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Show THE man SALT LAKE CITY,;,UTAH, SUNDAY, MAY 28, 191G. N, you 3 1 the Game Played by the Teutons; 1 , by Failure of - Germans to Carry Out Important Features at the Time Set; Germany, J t f .;i-V- ,r - - " X X;XXf tiM ' k' - ii .ni . Though Promising to Attack England on Her Own Shores, U "j Irisli' Cause X Failure of Recent Revolt Made Doubly Certain ' to. flie irat 4 Irish Organization, It Now Develops, Was Used as a Pawn in HERALD-KEPUBLiCA- h V 1 r k Mf i , r ..... Dropped Her Plan at the Last ti t - liv l l1r xT v-- j 4 7 ' - J.' 1 - f--it'll- Minute Without, However, Notifying Irish Plotters of Her Intentions. ' (Correspondence of Aeslclated Tress.) London, May 9. The Sinn Fein organization was used as a pawn in the gam played by Berlin and certain Germans and revolutionists in America, according to tie history of the Irish uprising as told by the authorities here. The failure of the revolt, it is pointed out, was made doubly sure by the inability or disinclination on the part of Germany to carry out important features at almost tho last moment. The facts given hero have been gathered from authentic British sources and are presented as completely as possible under the censorship. Shortly after the beginning of the war certain Irishmen and German authorities conceived tho idea of utilizing the Sinn Fein organization for a revolt the Germans being actuated, of course, by the admittedly legitimate purpose of weakening Great Britain and the others having national aspirations, or, In at least one case a desire to obtain revenge for alleged political wrongs. The Sinn Feincrs accepted the plan and eventually fell victims to a scheme which was not of their own making. Agreed to Invasion. Sir Roger Casement, now in London Tower awaiting trial on charge of treason, went from 'America to Christian ia late in 1914 under an assumed name. At Christiania ho conferred with the German consul and then proceeded to Germany. Coincident with his arrival in Berlin cer- tain officials placed their influence and guarantees of assistance back of an Irish rebellion. Elaborate plans for furthering a revolution were put under way. According to this account Germany agreed to furnish money, arms and men to assist the Sinn Feiners and, most important of all, is said to have agreed to an invasion of England which would prevent soldiers being send into Ireland by the British war department. America was made the medium of communication between Berlin and Ireland. Certain Irishmen in the United States enlisted their services, and Von Pa-peand Captains Boy-E- d the then German naval and military attaches, respectively, at Washington, together with numerous others, fome of whom are now under arrest in America, are said to have done their part in furthering the plans. Tho carrying of funds and information to tho Sinn Fcinera was done largely by the Irish sympathizers in America, who were able to visit their home land without question. Shortly after Casement's arrival in Germany the statement appeared in German papers that his Norwegian sonant had been making trips to 'Christiania to visit the British authorities for the purpose of delivering Casement over to them. Sir Roger published his charges that the British minister at Christiania, had tried to have him assassinated. Thi was the first news the British public had received of Casement's presence n, i. rfu;.--v.,.,,-,i.;rjv.-,- ,. in Germany. Hi3 accusations against the British minister are now said to have been the initial 6tep in a publicity campaign to gain S3mpathy. Tire of Casement. The next intelligence received in London concerning Sir Roger was brought by returning soldiers) who reported that he was going about the prison camp3 and trying to recruit Irish soldiers to fight against England. He is said to have obtained few acceptances, but some men agreed to his proposition, wero given freedom and furnished with the green uniform of the Sinn Feiners. This somewhat haphazard plotting went on tntil November, Then there was a lull jn proceedings. The truth appears to be that the revolutionary wind, which had blown so hot from Berlin at first, was then getting cool. The Germans had grown tired of Casement. Casement himself retired to Munich, where, it was reported he was in poor health. Those persons in the United States who were taking a part in the engineering of the revolution became weary of waiting and sent a man to see Casement. Thi3 man, an Irishman and a British subject living in 'America, proceeded direct to Germany without touching England. He brought word that a definite date for the uprising must be set and plans laid to meet that date. This was agreed to and either Easter Sunday or Easter Monday was fixed upon. 'As the time drew near it was seen that a revolution could not be made a success, and the idea of an invasion was virtually discarded. This fact was not known to the Sinn Feiners until almost the moment before the fighting started. However, certain Berlin officials had given their word to assist the movement and decided to satisfy the obligation as far a3 possible without heavy loss of life or war material. Easter approached and it was proposed to dispatch a ship to Ireland with arms and those Irish soldiers who had agreed to fight. A naval attack on the east coast of England and raids were also settled upon to divert the attention of the British authorities from Ireland. The ship with. some 20,000 arms did start from Kiel for Tralee, on the western coast of Ireland, but it was manned by a German crew and did not carry the Irish recruits. When Sir Roger found that the plan for an invasion of England had fallen through he refused to let his followers embark, declaring that it would be sheer murder. lie did agree to go himself, however, and departed on the submarine. The fate of the ship of arms and of Casement has been told. Sir Roger .and associates fell into the hands of the British at Tralee and the ship was sunk. The naval attack and air raids on the British coast was carried out, but the Sinn Feiners found themselves espousing a hopeless cause. AH I.-- -. v' f r- X J -- i .'. ) - ri- -f - . J , V IP - Oik X. v- I 1915. '". x tm S y r"-- ' ' ' .: 1 , -- ' ' v . " - - . . , ' k 1 v - -- . 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Joan, of Arc, the' Countess of Mark-ieviesentenced to, life . imprisonment for complicity in the rebellion, shown preparing food for the London poor: at the right, top to bottoin, the Square in Dublin; ruins in Dub lin; lower groupj Irish rebels in" Dublin; rebel sentry on duty and ruins in Sackville street from .O'Connell statue. - XX cXX xt i A J i L mm . re-V- olt SViK M X4 S lfefilx z, I X aisrr "1' - 11 fofflan 1 . |