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BANK OF CHINA LIBEL ACTION.
THE GERMAN-IRISH CON- SPIRACY
FURTHER HEARING
SHANGHAI.
AT
SIR ROGER CASEMENT AS PAMPHLETEER.
BRITONS' BURNING DESIRE.
WISHED TO STRIKE AT TIME OF VERDUN ATTACK..
A TRENCH RIBBON.
POPULARIZING OF THE
INFANTRY
for libel was continued in which the over 8,000 separate books and pamphlets visiting the British front, thus replying char do most other branches of the Ser-
plaintiffs were the Bank of China and G. Passer and the defendant J. E.
Melchior.
Mr. A. S. P. White-Cooper appeared for the complainants and Mr. J. W. Rice defended.
The following extract from a letter of Almost all the newspapers in Paris BY THOMAS & SMITH PAD."}
have published long accounts from their a senior officer at the front has been pub- The infantry undergo far more danger. In the Danish Consolar Court nt Shanghai on the 15th inst, the action the flood of German, war books-special correspondents who had just been lished in the Times: --
to those who had been asking themselves vice, and over 90 per cent of the total the infantry man receives less pay than kave, appeared up to date-there is an interesting section which gathers road with some concern what the British are casualties ecur in the infantry, whereas
The doing,
do his comrades in those branches, in Ireland and Sir Roger Casement
"The efforts of our Allies are prodigi- which exsualties are fewer and the work
less irksome... ous," they said. They praise the “mar- alleged altempt on the latter's life at the
It is more infantry that we want, and ," recalling difficulties and
it is service in the infantry-the least instigation of a British diplomatisi has vellous organisation of the powerful Bri- been exploited by innumerable German tish army,'
Dr. Müller-Meiningen, in his obstacles in the way of the organisation remunerative, hardest worked, and most
of stel a force, writers.
dangerous/arm-that recruits, semi-com- lsorily enlisted, are endeavouring to Mr. White Cooper said that his ease
balky Collapse of International Law,”
M. Paul Erio, writing in the Journal, I puubmit that it is incumbent ou was a simply this, that the defendant quotes it is a flagrant instance of "Eng said: During the three days which we
U to endeavour to attract, men to the against
extra-territorial have just spent in the British lines and had alleged that his clients had corraland's sins
in the course of our conversations with combatant branches generally, and to the ed Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, rights."-
It Sir Roger Casenient had been British Generals and other officers, I was infantry especially, by higher reasons. fully convinced of the burning desire of than those of pay. As it is, all men in that he had sent out a circular which.
this division will, in the ordinary cafurae, | reached people who might not know the hitherto, aw unknowḥ man to Germans, our Allies to cover their arms with glory. circumstances, and in that circular be it is certain that the advertisement given All branches of the service have been receive the same medals and clasps, wh
the dangers and hardships of a winter | made a very" scurrilons and defuite him by the alleged plot inmediately marvellously. - organised with perfect ther they are men who have undergone The Petit Parisien recalled how, when in the trenches, or have been comfortably Indeed, the charge against the bank and against Mr. raised him to the rank of a martyr and
The German the Germans began their attack on Ver- housed in the back lines.
Brist Commander-in-Chief latter will probably receive more than the Passeri. The defendant had got to show hove in the Fatherland.
Government asserts that Mr Findlay's day, the that he did not write the document.
nt General Joffre's request that he did than i per csit, of the duty men of the move Sir Douglas Haig. the infantry who came out with this division He could not show that because he seemed letter has been laid before their ir Ber-wished to make a diversion and it was former, for I do not think that incre
in, and they youch for its authenticity. Tot
alchoagn some who live byeti' wour de 1 to revel in it and to be proud of it.
Mr. Sung Han-chang, manager of the that should be the case, then we may Journal said, "is only waiting for the in July have served with it continuously,
assume that the original letter is still moment to throw his army forward."
The correspondent was equally enthusiae rejoined, whereas the non-combatant
branches have had very few casualtis. in Germany, and will be produced to Shanghai branch of the Bank of Ching,
influence the actions of the British autho astie over the organisation
With the objects in view which have denied that the Bank had corrupted rities towards the prisoner in the Tower. gigantic British army." He added that Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews
A Gerom edition of the Irish-Ameri- during his visit to the front in the com- been considered in the above paragraph, The auditors, who were engaged in the can pamphlet (“British verns German pany of British officers, the latter pointed I suggest that a special ribbon, which ordinary course of business, had a free imperialing." by P. D. R.) is provided out to him movable bridges-ponts might be in the shape of a button, an as with a preface by Sir Roger Casement, roulants-set up by the Germans before to be easily distinguishable, should be, hundred nights in the trenches, or who hand. In their report the auditors made unted Berlin, May 1st, 1915. The author the war at a small place in France. To-awarded to every man who has been a
of the preface asserts that he is not a day they are being used by the Allies. complimentary remarks on the manage-
has been wounded. I add or who has for it would be unfair been wounded,' neutral no Irishman can be neutral in ment, which witness asked them to delețs this war. This is followed with a sketch
that a man who had early completed The Shanghaj branch was larger than of Anglo-Irish history and arrives at the
is 100 days should lose his ribbon be cause of having been wounded. the head office mud all monies from the conclusion that Customs and the Salt Gabell were paid in here.
In answer to Mr. Hier, witness under- stood the word "corruption" to mean bribery. He understood the declaration of the defendant to mean that they had paid unlawful money to Messrs. Lawe; Bingham, & Matthews to issue a false report.
i
Mr. Passeri, in answer to Mr. White- Couper, denied that the position of the branch in Shanghai had altered - either. in the days immediately preceding or succeeding the report. The proof of this was the fact that last month they with stovila run without borrowing a single cent. Witness saw the defendant in co versation with Mr. Sung at
or of a
ban, Witness did not worry until Mir. Sung told hun that Mr. teng. wanted to criticize the report. Witness wrote to the defendant inviting him to. come and see him. The same afternoon when Mr. Melchior called at the bank witness asked to be shown the letter which he was proposing to send to the papers. The defendant complied. was a long letter and at the end of each paragraph was added, ... ar. Sung agrees with me,' a statement, which was not correct.
It
Discitasing the report, witness remarked that, unless one were blind, it could easily be seen that it dealt only with the Shanghai branch. The report was bead- ed Bank of China Shanghal Office." It was absolutely false to say that Mes. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews were corrupted.
A
1 answer to Mr. Ricey witness said the position of the Bank of China was
Through good.
the moratorium, political aet over which the bank had no control.. * number of the branches had been put
shape, but it was મ matter of a temporary crisis. The Bank of China was still very much alive, During the ran in Shanghai the branch had paid but at the rate of 750 people an hour.
out of
"
Sir Roger regrets that Germany has nos cultivated a separate friendship, with Ireland:
method.
"
of the
The offers also spoke to him of the recent discovery of the factory installed by the Germans close to a port, showing clearly that the Germans after crashing The France intended to attack England and
It is improbable that a man would have dictate their proud will to her."
"Our Allies | done 100 nights in the trenches until he correspondent concluded: are well aware of this. These are not and been well over 200 nights at the
Front. A certificate from the man's com things a nation forgets.
munding officer that he was cotitled to hat it should be awarded as soon as an the ribbon would, of course, be necessary, officer or man became entitled to it..
Hutia
without riland there could be no British Empire, and this fact must be brought home to the German people if the German nation is to play the great rife in the destiny of humanity which
The correspondent of u may justly claim as its mission. That is Ireland's thessage to Europes wrotex- The organisation at the Bri- It is based on and that is the link between Germanytish base is tremendous.
Dur and Ireland: Both have a common perfected principles which arouse
It would also be necessary to consider antagonist, both have the same radunication, mingled with a slight feel- concilable, unscrupulous enemy," ing of jealousy of the British Colonies what would be the equivalent of a night when we see with what consummate art in the trenches in the case of artillery, These points would the Mother Country has succeeded in regimental transport, which goes up to. sending her sons everything necessary for the trenches, etc. “A definite German policy towards their material and moral sustenance. have to be carefully gone into by a com- Necessity, that mother of invention, has mittee. It is a question whether an in- Ireland ought to have been a part of helped to create machinery of a size and fantry brigadier and his brigade major German's war plans in case of an armed conflict between Great Britain elasticity hitherto unknown. Looking at should become entitled to this distinction how no members of a staff higher than that and Germany. If this policy had been it from a distance, ous thinks this unless they were wounded, hat certainly pursued, then, at a moderate estimate, machine is splendid; but, oh!
I further think that a difference should Germany could have reckoned on open-slow But when one is on the spot, face of a brigade should be so,
be made in the uniform of combatant nud ly declared Irish friendship, and one to face with it, it must be admitted how
non-combatant branches of the Service, and that the latter should all wear ways too"
shoulder cords with a piping round casualties, ir is only fate, have all the in-hes or the service. that they should be easily distinguishable from those which do not partake in the honour and the danger of the firing line. and, as I have already said, I consider that these proposals I have made, if put into execution, would immensely popu larize service in the fighting branches of the Army.
appeared ušinou-and from complete and how strong it is."
The battle may be fought on the
waves, but destiny will fulfil itself on a ertain island. The destruction of the British Fleet will mean a united German-Irish invasion of Ireland, and every Irishman who is able to join the army of liberation must hold himself in readiness to-day."
But ren as things are, Germany has friends in Ireland and more than is supposed. It is true they are un- arned friends; and therefore powerless to support their own case, or that ot,
is now the nation (Germany) which threatened by the same hereditary "entery, But if Germany had had no Irish policy, if German methods had been less conscientious, less sincerely Accepting Sir Roger's own chronology honourable towards England, then the when he wrote in 1011 when he was still Irish Volunteers would have been a receiving British pay, that the tension well-armed force, and the terrifying between England und Germany could not effect on England of an armed Ireland last much longer : would have more than counter-hanced the violated neutrality of Belgium." A Munich publisher named Huber has ikued two of Sir Roger's pamphlets in. English, and later in German, uader the title. Die Erschen des Krieges. The second part of the publication is merely a repetition of the preface already quoted, a fact which suggests exploita- tion of the German book, buyer," work, which has aroused most interest in Germany, bears the title. Die ehelle feres Englunds (England's Archiles' heel), and was translated into German by the nie-gentleman who has already let
The
Lord Haldane and Mr. Trevel- dowie yan, M.P., viz., Professor Schiemann. Sir Roger Casenient states in the first lines of the book:
It is evident that 70 millions of the most highly educated people in the world a race of men physically strong, intellectually great, highly organiser. enterprising, and submissive to a dis cipline based upon and springing from. a high ideal of patriotism; it is eviden? that such a nation could not allow itself to be permanently limited to an exactly lined and confined territory by a race which is less numerous, less And physically educated, mentally weaker, and in every way, less organized and disciplined. Formulated thea, the problem admits of only one solution, and if no other furtors dominated the situation, that solution would have been fennd long ago."
In 1912, the Irish Knight proceeded to
Mr. Rice said the defendant's position, at they viewed it, was that they said
The following essays were cominform his German and Irish friends white was white and the other sids menced in August, 1911, under the style how best to overthrow England: said white is black and rested upon
Ireland. Germany, and the Next that ascertain in order to carry through
War,' and were only intended for con idential circulation among The defence was willing to
a few their case.
intimate friends in both countries." rest the case upon the Court's judgment upon the question whether it was true of not that Mr. Passeri's letter and report were grossly misleading to the public.
In reply to 31r. White-Cooper the de fendant said he thought part of the auditor's report referred to the bank as a whole and part to the Shanghai branch. He was no customer of the bank and had no interest in it. All he did was due to no inolives of interest but solely to-pro- tect the Chinese customers of the bank. The issuing of a false and misleading report was a most unprofessional act.. He did not think there was a more cruel way to attack an auditor or a bank' than by accusing them of corruption, but it was the fittesteeling he thought he could do in the circumstances.
In reply to the Court the defendant said he sent out 140 circulars to business. people, consulates and such people as he thought would have been interested. He sent no circulars outside Shanghai.
In suunning up Mr. White-Cooper said that any damages awarded would be given to charity.
Judgment was reserved.
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Hence it follows thint, if the contents are capable of being described as high treason, then Sir Roger Casement is a self-confessed traitor of long standing. His introduction (1915) contains the fol- lowing noteworthy passages:
The overthrow of England by Ger- many is absolutely within the range of possibility as a tent of arms; but in order to reap the reonomic and politi- cal fruits of the victory, Ireland must be torn away from the British Empire. To leave a defeated England in possess sion of Ireland would not be a solution of Germany's claim for equal rights on the sea and in the affairs of the world, bat would only postpone the decision- to a second and perhaps still greater collision. The key to free European navigation is not Dover, búi Berg haven, on the south-west coast of Ireland. If Berehaven is, taken out of England's hands she might still close the English Channel-bat Ireland evalu close the exits to the Atlantic." At the same time Casement advised his friends, which parts of the British Em- pire they might proftably annexin case of victory. But he warns thear that even if they take the Gold Coast, the Niger, "A German victors must make a Gibraltar, and Egypt, and impose & sovereign State of Ireland under interbuge indemnity, it would all be in vain national guarantees, and that victory will be the surest guarantee of fature peace.
My intention in the following. chapters was to show that the vital, in- terests of European peace, the freedom. of Europe and the seas, and the na tional life and prosperity of Ireland are indissolubly bound up in the cause of Germany in the struggle which was brewing between the German Empire and Great Britain. But the war has come sooner than was expected, and the part of my task which remained anful filled must be written, not with the pen. but with the weapons of the Irish Volunteers.
Germany's interests make it im- perative that the freedom of the seas should not be endangered again; know only one way to make the seas truly free: Ireland must be delivered once and for all from British rule.'
A year later (1918) Sir Roger concluded
anal essay as follows
In this war Germany is fighting not only for har mun existence, she is fighting for the freedom of the seas: And if she is victorious Ireland's freedom. In this war Ireland has his only one enemy, May every Irish heart, every Irish band, and every Irish- Irish penny be for Germany
The day men in Amerien, be ready! that Germany is victorious as the sea will be the death knell. of England's tyronny on the seas and English rule in Ireland Irishmen of America, arm yourselves and be ready. The German Conran which thunder the destruction f British Brendannahs care- land's
's scattered sons to arms,
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