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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA, SEPTEMBER 21. 1022. Ffw Ir!h patriot have hld the degree of rr pect rul aJmirution aecortleti Michael Collin, youiijf leader rrcent ly !ain from ambush by an aiwain. And lew Irinhmeri, if any, were bitUr M to tell the story of Erin'a idruifgle for freedom than thN ardent patriot who threw himm-lf heurt and i"ul Into the tank of working out Ireland' dcatlny. The first two installment of his utory, told to a new, paptr correspondent chortly before hi death, have ap. pearetl in The Omaha Sunday IUe. In them we have learned hom thinjf of the early youth of Collin, w hoe utory ring o true that it cannot be doubted. OuMandinir in the event of hi young: manhood i the fact that he nacriflced an alluring opportunity to go to America because he felt the call of aervico to hla countrv. He never faltered In hi patriotism, Instilled while yet a boy, up to the time the aahj'a bullet found it mark and he died with the word. "Forgive them," on hi lip. Hut for an English blunder, the Easter-week uprising would have ended in ignominious failure, according to Col lin and 1'rofessor Koin MacNeill. Denial that he fostered the Easter uprising, but did everything in his power to pre. vent i. wa the atartlin? statement Professor MacNeill made to the newspaper correspondent. I!ecaue England treated the uprising seriously, using troop instead of Dublin police to quell it, the perpetrator went to martyrs' death and Ireland's freedom was at last in sight, according to MacNeill. Touching on the Casement tragedy, Collins and Mac Neill, while both admitting Casement did hi utmost to per Kuade German otlicer to lead a rebellion, declare that fail ing to secure thi aid he used every eirort to halt the up rising. A sidelight upon the story is Arthur Griffith's credit for the formation of Sinn Fein to William Kooncy, Griffith being unwilling to take all the credit to himself. Griffith denies both that Sinn Fein was pacifistic or that it wa purely a political machine. The asinine scheme of Erskino Childer to get England t consent to a "hand oh" policy is described by Collins, who went with him to a conference at which Winston Churchill and Lord I'eatty were present. Childer proposed that England free Ireland because "Ireland is not only a source of dangi r to England, but from a military standpoint is absolutely useless." "This announcement was such ridiculous l.al.leiila.sll that I felt liku wanting to gi't out of the room," said Col linn later. Deportation of Sinn Feinet s.the devotion of I.oland tor De Vab ra and the Sinn Fein convention in October, l'.H7, were described in the preceding chapter. llut the most Mart ling Matemet.t of Collin-, appearing at the clone of last Sunday' iiutaliiiicnt, was bis i-onT.V tion of Lloyd George for blame in the IbitUlt gov t nnient'a policy toward Ireland in the period of r.M7-l'.'Jl. "In those day I.loyd George had n-i time f..r Ireland, hi whole attention wa absorbed by he world war," saya Collin. By HAYDEN TALBOT. flupitliM, lull, Srm mk Aawtlraa I SJ I USD At llii tune, l injiy iinI Mjrji, thrre was Mini h talk of applying the f f itth C"iii npiion t 1. 1 Ireland, and arrangements weir bung made for triiiijiue in rirry posiible WAV. "Third -The arrest of tlir chief !radei of unn fein. 1 here were jutl miiii' half i')cii throughout ( tic country marked down for ar rest who rcaped the net 'J hi, however, rimt not he tal.en at meaning llut the !mt Uioiic of thi? movement wi gnnr. Ibe ixdili :al firyatiiatiou wat continued, notw illittaiidfug A II . r- toll, ami 'lir military ci gamation w con tinued, always without iiitctler rnrr, " I (if enemy irtivily ll 10 thi period trally had not bon very serious. Ami enemy nrtivtty after What is now called the 'NVtrnun (lot arrest' i mainly directed toward the irr vptllinii of public meeting, tracking down mil ar reting public nnpnit, stopping larar!, ilnlU, training, etc., of milliliters. "Fouith Toward the rnd of the vear rame the armistice in the world war, and with it the Knieral election. Sinn fi'in rlciti- can didate to fight in almost every constituency throughout Ireland and won a sweeping victor v at the poll. Raids Become More Frequent "Our political ti ;k ninety s tl together loo rllieicnl ami t!:e i !.--lion started oil with rur having SS qnoppo-rd returns. Many of the hinn fein candidate were men who were in jail, or rattier interned, and it must he admitted that the name ol those candidates made an appeal in addition (0 the political appeal, "It will be remembered that sinn fcin sent representative to London at the time of President Wilson's visit to lay a memorandum on the Irish case before him. "l'aralleling our political victor ies were increasing repressions by Ihe British government, although at first neither aggression nor op pression was more than a sugges tion of what was to come. "During that yenr England pro clained Dail Kireann. the Irish re puMiean party, Cumman m Ilann, the Gaelic league and the Gaelic Athletic association illegal bodies. Civil courts were for the most part dispensed with, being replaced by courts-martial. For trivial offenses severe sentences were inflicted, "i'ossession of a card of mem ber sluft in shin fein earned a pen alty of six months' to two years, imprisonment. Kaids by armed bands ol police and soldiers began to become more frequent. "(iraduallv it became apparent that Kiiglaiid bad r vi ii "m trying to rule Ireland with ;i ig less than force. Irish Crow More United "The inevitable reSH: ol this policy as indeed must have been anticipated by Whitehall was the driving of the Irish people to meet desperate methods with desperate remedies. The more extreme the British methods became, the more united our people grew. "From time immemorial England had always maintained in Ireland one of the greatest and most effi cient secret services in the world a service which had for its corner stone the historic, unhappy fact about the Irish people of the pres ence in every generation of a small minority ready to sell their coun try for English gold. Without the aid of these traitors, almost entirely Rogue's Corner boys, ne'er do wells, ragged, penniless and men tally dwarfed. England's secret service in Ireland would have been a far less potent factor. "A it was, there were spies in every street Irish spies furtively obtaining information that would damn brother Irishmen. In those ilav there were few public houses in 'Dublin that did not shelter after nightfall a llritish secret service operative in the midst of a group of corner boys fr whom he would buy quantities of strong liquor, fiv the pavment of a tew shillings cash and liberally plvmg them with drink, the operative never failed to obtain from the miserable outcasts the information he desired. "In this wv, the total number of Rntisli operative r presented wn probably a U'th of the aciuil tul of the spy organijation. I'very strrrt, every city, w an open bi'k to the Frut'lish asents, "Ihe efforts ol Dublin Ctl t" mAe tt ;' orgin'rt on i com P'cre si p,ib'e did not f"d with un Irrw.tiM fat!ini!fmlnrm' in Is g: Her p.sniion wet travhej. ImUiKM this IHd ' 'r'. hoivtver Troiton (ht Just lhtrti "P it, ?Uf alt, Putlun ! Ii fcll'l an HH( ! t !SiHill,t r-i"tiiJ ' a tH,.uart t fouti.lt a I tS svian I ! o !s i tf Bun H in t ft liv."-n i.t i I fi' tSma' e' 'ti. n p. m t"-s ("aii.f 1 1 :. i f. (... ( H a h '' CM M i t H III ' (. I tv t ., i f i1 ! nu t tiai4 4 t' fiwVt.in Sister of Casement at Grave of Collins t. S M 11. w ir Mrs. Newman, sister of Sir Roger Casement, hanged in Lon don for war treason against Eng land, placing wreath on grave of Michael Collins. that the Irish leaders had to solve, M iehacl Collins said : "The Kntdish secret service in Ireland, w'ith its limitless supplies of money, had been unquestionably able to reach men of influence and position within our own organiza tion. Most of these met their just deserts down through all the years. When the Fenian leader who be trayed his comrades who commit ted the I'hoenix Park killings thought himself for all time immune from Irish vengeance, he suddenly found the long arm of the Irish re publican brotherhood could reach out to the furthermost ends of the earth and mete justice in tlir name of Ireland. Shot by Or" of Urol her he. I "When the English sbio that car ried him away with 10,000 pounds of English money as his reward for delivering up his colleagues was taken into a South African port he was shot dead by one of the broth erhood traveling on the same ship. Thus every Irish youth for many generations knew in a general way of England's spy system and how it was tremendously strengthened by renegade Irishmen. "But up to the end of 1918 we had done little to, combat it. Grif fith had won a vast majority of the best clement in all parts of Ire land to his way of thinking, and the sinn fein policy of moderation urged by him for 13 years with but little success until then seemed to many the best course for Ireland to pursue. "The words 'sinn fein have been generally misinterpreted to mean 'ourselves alone' a mistake which Griffith never took occasion to cor rect. "While that is the literal trans lation of the Gaelic, it. isn't the real meaning of the phrase. To one conversant with the ancient Irish language, 'sinn fein' means 'self reliance' obviously a very different thing. "Unhappily, the Irish people even yet have learned little of self reliance. Today they depend too much upon a few leaders. Offers A'o Apologies "What else tan be expected alter 700 years ot subjection? But the Irish people must acquire sell reliance and put nn end for all time to the present custom oi waiting for a superman to head them into the possession of full freedom "Other nation must understand the state of mind of the aveta e Irishman which nuke this a land where public opinion are privately expressed. lor many hundred i vrar this wa the only way hi which opinion could be exrrsed, It it tnll the ci in I'M with the impormil ditierrnre that th Irish prup'e weie beginning to awalrn fo the truth. The trnimph of the sinn Mr raiihdatr Wit proo! ptmliv," a.M-4 Ciul-'. "that !' pcapl were pr'iufed l ivpt the ;un. r i S i imolted in teii fr!i-aru-e. We . intffprf ted the over V!uui4 iif they t l.t i I (hi win y -but Uii'o luiulfty w tii.t nut tu'iy pprvis' their imhiN Hy o ki b.i t trn!a' their w ,!'rr iiH rr-ui v t term "f mnukmW tiievt that fit I it ml t'n.r t p!Hl Ctil tVt w ty in or M t rve !'! r,v t. rn r . t ! Ili.nl be m l ' I il tS ,. the iu. r t- ,.isl W U!ti 4 .(,in,l tSe tr tt -' ' tlt' w l , n At, life t U'l. V ts4i Id Main HI f hJ s .IkI up . 1 iV f ..uat t I nl , sr Mm ro"r, IvwU H astiy tv adopt mora extreme measures than would have been the case had we hs J the active support of the whole people. 'I am malting no apologies for what we did in thoc succeeding ear I hope merely to explain Ihe necrs'ity wlmh drove u. "Tin net result of what we ac complished it the treaty a hundred fold greater result than iiiuuv among t us at Ihe end of IVIX would have dared to prophesy that our new policy would win u. "That policy wa based on the recognition id two of ibe nio-t urKent problem with whih we were fatfd at th.it time- beating the l'nglih sririi terviie until it v. as powerless. And cleaning our own house until Ibe List traitorous Irishman li.nl hern identified and fittingly dealt with. "It wa a job of herculean pro portion, but until and unless it wa done thoroughly, freedom could never come to Ireland. "Within the inner circles of Ira i there wa not unanimity of opinion that the new policy was wise men like llruglia and Stark cherished the deliiion that we rould by force alone drive the English armv out of Ireland, having no faith in Irish men's ability to outwit F.nglish brain. System Shown First Time "Perhaps it was because I, more than any one else, disputed this ad mission of inferiority, that it wa upon mv shoulders the heavy task, with its twofold problem, wa laid," Collin concluded. Cn the following afternoon, in hi private dining ropm at the Sol bourne hotel, where I was his luncheon Riiest, Collins told me the inside story of his striking terror into Ihe hearts of Ihe Black and Tans. For the first time, to my knowl edge. Michael Collins, in bis graphic story to me, has let the world know the methods he employed in wrecking the British spy system in Ireland. Here is the story a Tie told it: "The English secret service in Ireland and other countries has broken every movement ever at tempted by Irishmen to make Ire land an independent nation. The espionage by the staff of the Brit ish forces of occupation in Ireland operating from headquarters, Dub. lin castle, was n model to which England had every right to point with pride. "It was a costly organization to maintain. The annual tolal in pre war days was approximately 250, 000, when thirre was little or no talk of an Irish revolutionary movement. "Following the outbreak of the world war, even before the Faster week rising, (he cost of administer ing the spy system, it has been reckoned has totaled 1,000,000 a year. From lu16 countless millions were spent. The secret service money was to be had almost for raising an eyebrow. "I always find comfort in the thought that much of this reckless buying of information brought cold comfort to Dublin castle when it was discovered that the 'informa tion' ivas nothing more than the figment of a patriotic Irishman's imagination. England Sends Black and Tans "But with the coming of the black and tans in W) Ibis profit able form of romancing w as quickly robbed of its appeal . The black and tans, evidencing dislike of being victimized, by torture eventually would murder their vic timizes. "The coming of the black and tans was England's immediate and direct answer to our establishing our own intelligence staff, whereof, I had been appointed chief. Be fore we could turn the attention of the black and tans, however, we had to create our own organisa tion, then use it to clean out Eng land's spies from Ireland. "This alone was no easy t . !c. but before it wa finished there were left in Ireland only nien wh wholeheartedly were prepared tj give their live for Ireland. The determination wa madi; to drive against weathercock politicians, ir respontilile and other ci a simi lar kind whose presence in Ire land, while peihapt not daniterou wa d.tincltv drtriimiia vto morale, A all tt.r d irm? the proves of ctranin our own tone. I rvnstantly had to fight the iritsjnii.sm of I'athal PiUiha. Kerry Man on Staff Tthd "l rivr t ai,i aj n 1 1 e i'Wr4 !f ' llwvr, in d. ';! tJ l !.-;, il it t ..t ''at more lluii ixiii be pro tt l';'it't liuappr.vtal cl me a. tiy I 'IH '.I tit" i b'.M I n f ti,. iff ot ,!.-" m i a i r "rvpl t iU r l i-l ' r ' t i ci' i ft i ! toi . I t vr tii mi i. t'l I til .'l ftt t ! ' I ('!. V 1 I l il I l !il M f 'i.,, tne4 "' r. ''!" ' i vita.tii :t a t'it . 1 Hn ,M.;.ri i i s I " i tl i' llii . . I t. h i " a i ); I in l" V ' , t t . i ... I - Is i. I I . -I i-l -s t '! tt, t i k( 4 u-i Where Funeral Services Held for Irish Martyr In Dublin cathedral, where funeral services for Michael Collins were read. Bishop of Killaloe officiated. V "N'ow the time had come to turn our attention to the main part of the job smashing the English secret service. "My final , goal was not to be reached by putting it out of exist ence I meant to replace it by a better and Irish aecret service. The way to do this was obvious. It fell, naturally, into two main parts making it unhealthy for Irishmen to betray their countrymen and making it deadly for Englishmen to exploit them. System Loses Efficiency "It took six months to accom plish the first part which was actually the important part and only a month more to disrupt the morale of the English secret serv ice to a point whereat its efficiency ceased to be the proud thing it had always been. "To Fnglishmen who knew the meaning of the appellation of the political section of the 'G' division of the secret service, it stood for, everything that was finest and most admirable in the whole range of the British empire's organiza tions. To gain admission to 'G' division was the dream of all se cret service operatives. "For the most part, the person nel of this unquestionably brave outfit commanded my admiration. But, as I shall have occasion to point out more than once before I finish this tale, their bravery fre quently outdistanced their judg ment. Our experience leads me to suggest it is wiser that thoss who have the placing of men in positions in which bravery and judgment are equal requirement to choose clever cowards rather than stupid heroes. English Spies Identified "Within a hort time n.lti we bad convinced Irish traitor ih.it it was best they sever eoiuu i turn willt lhihliit cattle, our own oprt. (ivi-t identified of the hihet phied, nioit efficient l inilisli pi . It wa mv policy t acquaint thi ti-xtet ith th tut that we knew tbeiu and bd them under coi'vtant turvnUjme. "ti rdr to remove any doubt in tbtir mind I lu-l them tut. I'ubnt With lfiwMHi ttpoitt Cl Ihtif own aitiv.Het i thf pie if I I f JI hmir, b'f ir t tf.it in tinttion, "lb ttlfff wLntAlh iHcv b'lped ta fediit Iri.biiifii . a tuft 1 aSieet trttdr i. ft a in ori ii '.i t r . ui k. "lir '!' I '! T it h l-il hm wt rii iig n l w l tt iv ! Mi )" i l I i I' ( I tl 's ' ! l th r i -'' ' I '" "i. k'.t I il lr'f , M I H,it, (i-. 1 W k,i 'I ! IS i'"il ! 4 "''' 1 ".1 tt t ' ' . I i. ' . p i i i I I t4 I l'-t1' i.nl,. l tnil ..M ,.l ' , " ' 4 ! I ' . I It t. t I- .1, . . I'w r, t , 'j vi u- t i i-.. T Sr.. '-r formation that was responsible for the reputation I began to. acquire as a daredevil. "For instance, one day it was told me that the black and tans had discovered the house at which I was in the habit of lunching every other Thursday. My informant learned they planned to watch the house the next Thursday and have a large force ready to raid it at one minute alter noon, the hour I . always entered it. "Therefore, exactly at noon on Thursday I rode a bicycle down the street, stopped in trout of Ihe watched house and entered through the basement, carrying the bicycle with me. Within one min ute the black and tans came rush ing from jill directions and burst into the house. Thus I discovered the information was accurate and my informant trustworthy. "It wasn't quite as foolhardy as it sounds because a perfect escape had bem prearranged, a tunnel having been dug under the back yard into a cellar abutting the house through which I was able to run with my bicycle and be on my way through the heart of Dub lin a few minutes later. Collins Has Narrow Escapes "But of course to make this test I had to go under the scrutiny of perhaps two score black and tans. Ju this connection let me refle rumors that I resorted to disguises. 1 never did. 1 carried convincing paper, it is true, that established my identity as altogether different to my own. More than once I was held up and searched by black and t.tns. But disguise was uniietes tary and foolish," Regarding the stories told of hi epiits, Micharl Collins, in his revelation lo me, cited many in st.iute of his narrow escapes when riptnre teemed ahnosl trrtain. After tellinu bow be oiganued a vcrrl siivitt- system oj Irnbitirn, be in i'ii : "One m. i.i in whirh perhaps ie-ii-urd greater publicity Ouu any other - In n Jt-iUsli .,!,u-rt tir loiin.le 1 1 rntirr square in whit l was titujic ! ibe Maruion House in whiih ,s,, hfin frn til g. tut lfii !;.(.. it.! in rvtrs w.iv in-44. iliai!e. Warned by Bodyguard "V iM , ii ft i rf ol K I, t rr el I,-!,im til lint ffti-i'l in a o r, f room n n M tnt i It m i i a'. 1 Ii tt J'-i't 1 I lit t r.!v, M-t ! ti itt I at ) 1 c ii 1 !, !, i.it. Ttfl 1 1 V.t 1 I to I . I mi t I. ,1 I 4 O Y l . I .H .1 , 4 ).- 4, f I si. $ , I . . I, , ' f I I tl i 1 ' . tt I-, I ' til t ; ' t. 4 l . I t f , , -M" . ... a II i. tl , I l.i I ,t - vt Vi .1 v tl t k ,i !..i l i run t' the Mantitin bouif. He burtt 111 on ti like a cyclone find announced the imprinting raid. The oilier rushed out the back way and made good their rteape, but I remained behind to safeguard n valuable dormiitiit wlmli we bad been studying and whichwe couldn't just then afford 10 destroy. "Two minutes later the bl.u k ami tans, in armored cars and af mt, came rushing Irom all directions and quickly formrd a cordon tii.t completely encircled ut, The lord mayor hurried in, demanding 10 know what I could do to avoid capture ' It wat ra-y enough requiring the tlieels of two beds from the,, upper part of the Mansion bouse. With these was m.iilr a rope which O'Reilly lowered down the chim ney from I lie roof to Ihe roun I room and up fhe chimney I climbed. Collins Hides in Chimney "When the black and tans came twarmiti in the lord mayor de nounced iheir intrusion as unwa--rant.ible, and Joe got buy with a big geiiniride sprayer which in advertently be pointed most of the time at the immaculate intruder. "For four hours they searched tho liouc everything in it, except the rbimnev of the round room. "It seei.'i d a v astc of time, ! asmnch a a hot lire was burning m the !, replace. I lit that fic, tl inbing Ibe sheet rope with i'.S first snmke, "Half way up the chimney wa the flue of a fireplace on the sec ond floor. Climbing just above this flue, I managed lo git out of my clothes and stop the chimney with them, smoke then exiting through the flue into the room into which O'Reilly had gone and open ed all windows to create a draft. "Above the bundle of clothes, which effectually blocked the chimney, there wa no smoke lo amount to anything, llut a night came on I was a chilly man in the nude. "Meanwhile, however, the black and tans showed no intention of leaving the house until they found me. "O'Reilly, whom the lord mayor had identified as one of his clean ers, started away on a bicycle to get supper and was allowed to pas through the cordon on the strength of the lord mayor's word. Woian of Middle Age THE critical stage of a woman's life usually comes between the years cf 45 and 55, and is often beset with annnoying symptoms such as nervousness irrita ' ability, melancholia, heat flashes which produce head ache and dizziness, and a sense of suffocation. Guard your health carefully, for if this period be passed over safely, many years of perfect health may be enjoyed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is especially adapted to help women through this crisis. It exercises a restorative in fluence, tones and strengthens the system, and assists nature in the long weeks and months covering this period. It is prepared from medicinal roots and herbs, and contains no hannlul drus or narcotics. Its value is proven by many such letters as these : Denver. Obi "I bay tak. n I.vd a K, I'liikham t Vrgrtabli t'l.iiip. Mh'l and 1 can imt tell i lbi (.'ot'd It litt ilnna me. It it gio. fur toursf and i.' I and I aU.ii ke t a iU t.i it m il.. b"iit, fir I am at that tunn t Inn when it t tllt fur it, My liu'tinl imi i. ir ad, ill tlin 'fl and iMI.t, ".m ,tiil ttki'it rtrrytliilifc" tun tail think "I, ttosy t wtnl toil In l.ki- I idi I!, I'll kh.llu I e(fHl'l t'linr-Miti 1 " , 1 lit tt.iit ar-1 it, id I (ell Iwll?, 'I li'W tut ti l llle.' I lp I it. t. I ti t :i 11. j un m, tk ssl nl nut h I'.i tin v .1 t-l n ai. I I'll siritn U.vl frUtd 'tstt.-.,it I. (.if 1 1 itupy n( 11 y fum It tiiijSt Wi.ii! h. i t "wl "--. M't M. J, l.nig.s, Sjt i,i iux Aitt, ltittr, Ctiltit Lttteri tkt th kbtir da Influent: wonwn ta trf Lydia E. Pinkliam's 1 WXeiA H.HNisMAM MIOICINC CO. LYNN. M4SI. Leading Fighter in . Irish Free State Army ft t 3 Commandant 'General Tom Oi lmen is one of leading fighters in Irish free state army, "Within an hour be returned and resumed bis floor scrubbing. "Half an hour later, when it was quite dark, a black and tan officer hurried down the steps to the front entrance of the Mansion House and made big way quickly past the British troops stationed three feet apart. "It was the only time I ever wore a British uniform and the only time I ever resorted to even partial disguise. "Where ami how O'Reilly pro cured it, I never asked. It was enough that he had the presence of i'.ZMi-riti W- i i: ;i c ' iif sVI Melr.qudiit, lib "I bate l,,l.,n I.ydi I'. riiifc.liitnt" iv litl e t'i. in iit ml snl ir i nil it it nit In In, hiiI l..'M. l t. .l im wnn Ifrlully. I ha t hvn . i.ir t-ihi ncni'it witli a i".it,in wloi h is.Mm. . ii (,, ,i,y u, e'llv 11I1U t ' lo up part n( t'i lone, t It n I uat !tir lit a fritnd, Mit. Sm.lli, ti liy fid P I'liis'imt't Vi'.t!la i .n..,ini,, ti l r I'd it. 1 ts.i, . I: .i l l-t, I' '. m II"' "I t' r.rt ,..!, 1 Hit t Hit I tt tt . Ii- . (I, ,.1 HI I.,,, ' . i t tit Hi l t , I I il.. ihrn 1 Iw-tA l.tkit-jf K ir.i i.,n nil I t. t I1 tl ti'lli I u, f t ' V. V.. I "t h'n n I knrlv ti. I ' 1 t'l lis k.lt.i"lil V" Ml t' 14 ti I t '.ins, :s t:. itu it, Mt-r.j. !,., i : unn I I.) g i and i' 1 il, don il under Ins "a 11 1 lot Ins mil g. t it to me. "Ihe totdoil .lirroiimli I the M.insioii House all night, and wa null Wilhdiawu mIh 11 th'' buiileis Ini.il'y were luinuiiel thai their infotinalioii had been i.i!-' Mean time, llisbiileli anxiolis 'o sell in l.iimatiou to Iltiblin t ast'e learned that whenever Ibey did so It Vtll knoH 11 lo ut in 1 iii 'Ii.it' Iv. aiding Mails Another Method lii,i lii..!,y tin big. ut to nil it rlut tic very ld.uk and tan Id wh'iiu they ol, tti tor 111.1t i il was ..lie ol our agent wlihin tlur cistli II they bad doubts about it we saw to it that 'hey disap peared -our freeing them after rapture and after proving the t r 11 1 ii to them accomplishing iur. purpose. "From then on they took paina to acquaint others who were con sidering betraying lit thai in all probability they would offer in formation lo one of our men. "Another one of our method wa raiding the mails, a most of the Information oflrred lo Dublin Castle was sent by post but al ways with Ibe name and address of the sender for staled purpose of reward. Every Phone Message Tapped "We hail an unofiicial nnsoi 1 who returned all except govern' nient mad and would-be inform ants' letters. The latter we also returned to the seader, generally with a wholesome lecture suffi cient lo persuade I hem that a rep etition rd the uftrnse would be in advisable. "Almost 50 per rent ci the telegraphists in Ireland were either active members or identified with our Intelligence stalf. Through the telegraphists we got the code, which was changed twice a day bv Dublin castle thus simplifying the work of the censor handling government messages. "According to admission made freely by Dublin castle at this time, not one telephone message was re ceived that was not tapped and heard by us. This may be exagger ationthough I am inclined to think not. Our corps of intelbgent linemen would have resented any doubt of the accuracy of this statement." -(lC$ Kir I 't TO