The Trial of Sir Roger Casement (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Trial of Sir Roger Casement In the latter part of the month of April, 1916, the papers contained the news that Sir Roger David Casement had been arrested by the Irish police on the Korry coast near Tralee Bay, where he had landed with several companions, in circumstances indicating an attempt to run men, arms, and ammunition with the intention of raising rebellion in Ireland. Casement had been employed in the Consular Service for twenty-one years, and in 1913 he had retired on a pension. In January, 1911, he had been knighted, and during the years 1909 to 1912, while Consul-General at Riode Janeiro, he had been employed in making inquiries into what were known as the Putumayo atrocities, and he was in consequence very conspicuous in the public view. During all these years nothing was known of him to suggest that he was connected with any of the popular movements in Ireland. In the latter part of 1914 and the early part of 1915 Casement was reported to be moving about freely and publicly in Germany, and appearing to be treated by the German Government as a very privileged person. He was reported, too, to have been amongst the Irish prisoners in the camps, and as having made speeches to them. If the British Government knew how Casement happened to be in Germany, no disclosure was made, nor has at any time been made, public. The Government may not have received accurate information us to Casement´s proceedings in the German camps until, in February, 1916, some of the Irish prisoners were exchanged, and came home, and their narratives then became available for whatever subsequent events might happen. In view of the events which did follow, especially the trial for treason which this book records, the remark may be made that it was with singular indifference to the interests of Sir Roger Casement that the German authorities allowed the exchange of the very prisoners who could tell the whole story of the happenings in Germany. For the time being, however, it was sufficiently startling to hear that a British subject, and a former official of the Government, could be engaged in an enterprise, whatever it might be, which bore on its face the ugly look of treachery and treason. Had the fulsome letter which Casement wrote to Sir Edward Grey acknowledging the honour of his knighthood been known at the time of bit? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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