The capture of Sir Roger Casement while engaged in a
gun- running raid on the Irish coast shows clearly the connexion between Germany and the rebels. The Irish conspirator, now a close prisoner in the Tower, was arrested on Saturday last on the coast of Kerry. It may be remembered that about the middle of the month a report was circulated from Denmark that Sir Roger Casement had been arrested and imprisoned in Germany. That, of course, was a "blind." What really happened was that on April 14th he was taken on board a German submarine at Kiel, which vessel was escorting a tramp steamer of comparatively small tonnage, flying Dutch colours. According to the Daily Mail of Thursday, which prints a striking account of the whole transaction, the " Dutch " tramp was manned by twenty German sailors and commanded by German naval officers. Its cargo consisted of some twenty thousand rifles, machine guns, and ammunition.
