ROGER CASEMENT PLOT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1773, 8 January 1918, Page 1

ROGER CASEMENT PLOT.

G E UMAX HE VEL ATI ON G

The Zurich “Volksroehl,” the leading Socialist organ of Eastern Switzerland, publishes a number of important German official documents relating to the Casement conspiracy. The first letter, written from the Berlin Foreign Office, under date of December 28th, 1914, is addressed to Casement by the Un-der-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Herr Zimmermann. It states that the Imperial Government has accepted Casement’s proposal for the formation of an Irish brigade to light, only in the cause of Irish nationality, under the conditions contained in the contract already concluded between Casement and (be German Government. These conditions provided that in certain circumstances the Irish Brigade should be sent to Ireland well furnished with stores and munitions to help equip the Irish for a united attempt to restore freedom to Ireland by force of anus.

Among the special conditions mentioned were the following, namely, that in (he event of a (Rinnan naval victory rendering it possible to reach Ireland, the German Government undertook to assist the Irish Brigade with a Gorman auxiliary corps, under the command of German officers, in German transports, which would he landed on the Irish coast. The landing in Ireland would, however, only I>c considered expedient in the event of a German victory offering good prospects for a successful passage to Ireland, failing which the Irish Brigade would be employed in Germany, or elsewhere, solely, however, in the manner already agreed upon with Casement. In such a contingency the Irish Brigade might be sent to

Egypt to render assistance in restoring Egyptian independence.