1 179 Appleton St,
Cambridge, Mass,
U.S.A. May 9, 1916

David Lloyd George Dear Sir You must
not feel offended at me taking the liberty
of bringing the following items to your notice.
I don't see how you can know all those
things, unless someone brings them to
your notice. A few years ago, Cardinal O' Connel
of the Boston Diocese, sent Matthew
Cummings, President of the A.O.H. and
prominent in the Clan-na-Gael, to
Ireland, accompanied by a Priest
named Father Dunn (I believe that
was his name). Their mission was
never given out. It failed. Their mission was to bring the A.O.H
in Ireland into affiliation with
the A.O.H in America, so that Irish
Politics H, would be controlled in 2 2
America. They saw Cardinal Logue
and I suspect he stopped the scheme.
Boston Archdiocese May 7th

In all, or nearly all, of the Catholic
churches of the archdiocese, at the
masses yesterday morning, in the pray-
ers for the dead, the congregations were
requested to pray for the souls of the
men who were recently shot for trea-
son in Dublin, men who died in defence
of the liberties of their native land
was added by many of priests.
Washington, May 6 — The state-
ment in the German note to the United
States that twice within a few months
the German Government has indicated
its willingness to make peace, and
stands ready to consider peace on cer-
tain terms, is taken in some official cir-
cles here as a hint that American me-
diation would not be unacceptable to
the Kaiser. This part of the note has already brought out a reply from England and at the same time a communication from Pope Benedict to President Wilson. Archbishop Bonzano, the papal delegate to Washington, called at the White House today. He left with Sec Tumulty, for the President, a note from Pope Benedict. The White House explained that it was a strictly confidential communication and therefore it should not be made public without permission from the Vatican. Cardinal Gibbons also spoke
yesterday, saying — There is
something in the wind, but it
is not for me to speak of it now. 3 3
As matters have stood from the beginning
of the war, Germany stands convicted in
the eyes of the whole world as being
the cause of the war. From what I learn by observing the
German and Irish here, their object
is to induce President Wilson to bring
about a suspension of hostilities with
the object of agreeing on Peace. That would be a terrible mistake for
England to agree upon, once the
War Machine stopped it would
be rather difficult to start it again,
as there would be such a world wide
demand for Peace, Germany would
not agree, but most likely they
would be able to convince part of
the world that the blame for
keeping up the struggle was not
hers but Englands. 4 The Herald will not be responsible for un-
solicited manuscript unless accompanied by
postage for return. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1916 IS GERMANY BIDDING
STRONGLY FOR PEACE? In the welter of words which make
up the larger part of Germany's re-
cent reply there is one passage which
has received very little attention,
although, if one reads between the
lines, it is of great significance. The
German government has been moved
to make its concessions, this passage
declares, by the thought of the
great doom which threatens the en-
tire civilized world should this cruel
and sanguinary war be extended and
prolonged. From the German point of view
what does this paragraph imply? It
can mean but one thing. The great-
est doom that could threaten the en-
tire civilized world would be the ul-
timate wearing-down and overthrow
of German power. Down in his heart
the German official who wrote that
paragraph was not thinking of the
doom that would threaten English,
French or Russian civilization. He
was not thinking of kultur in this
country, for the Germans have never
credited us with having very much
of it. Not at all. It is simply a case
of blurting out what the rest of the
world has long since recognized,
namely, that anything which makes
for an extension or prolongation of
the war is sure to weigh in the scale
against the Teutonic empires. Hence
the professed readiness to make
great sacrifices in the interest of
world-civilization. Now if Germany is strong enough,
as she alleges, and self-sacrificing
enough to give up the submarine
warfare which she values so greatly,
might she not also be found ready
to give up other things? To give up
Belgium and norther France, for
example? Surely the impending
doom of the entire civilized world
would be worth great sacrifices to
avert. In short, this cry against
the prolonging of a cruel and san-
guinary war looks very much like
a well-developed yearning for peace.
It is a far broader hint to the allies
than anything that has heretofore
been given to them. Boston Herald
May 8th 1916 5 5 as our Post Office is full of Pro German
Irish, I thought it best to register the
letter. I do hope that an election in
England will be avoided until
sometime after the war ends. I am an ex. Liverpool Police Officer,
have seven relations in the army,
Sorry that I am rather too old
myself being 67. Yours Faithfully
Robert Telford