IRISH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SPECIAL ISSUE: THE UNKNOWN ROGER CASEMENT

Contents
Preface: The Unknown Casement (1) Jack Lane p. 3 
Introduction: Roger Casement’s Writings in The Continental Times Brendan Clifford p. 3

Athol Books March 2017

By Sir Roger Casement:
•	Report of an Address to the Irish Brigade, 15/5/1915 p. 12 
•	“England’s Care for the Truth” The Continental Times (CT) 30/7/1915 p. 14 
•	Mr. Wilson’s Note. How to End the War. CT 2/8/1915 p. 15 
•	“British Losses” CT 4/8/1915. p. 17 
•	A Tale of Two Tails by Will E. Wagtail CT 16/8/15 p. 16 ‘
•	The Open Tribune - To our Readers - The Farce of Neutrality’ - by “Justinian” CT 16/8/15 p. 18 
•	Every Dollar Dripped in Blood CT 4/9/15 p. 19 
•	Tracking a Petty Borgia” Some Contrasts in our Neutrality. 
Dr J. Quincy Emerson, Dr. Dumba and Mr. Findlay. 
•	Another Open Letter to the Open Minded. Gotenburg 14 September 1915, CT 24 /9/15 p. 21 
•	America as Britain’s Cat’s Paw. 
•	The Ancient, Immemorial Policy of the Great Parasite. 
•	An Editorial in the “New York American” by G. W. Reilly. CT 4/10/ 1915 p. 23 
•	In Memoriam, Charles Stewart Parnell CT 6/10/1915 p.18 
•	The Calibre of Roosevelt. By One Who Knows Him. CT. 6/10/1915 p. 29 
•	British versus German Imperialism . ‘By an American Scholar’ CT 8/11/13.10. 1915 p. 25 
•	Sir Roger Casement on Sir Edward Grey CT 18/10/1915 p. 30 
•	News Item for his Pamphlet CT 18/10/15 p.20 
•	Ireland and the World War (I) The Emerald Isle and its Giant Parasite – its Ruthless and Systematic Ruin. CT, 15/11/15 p. 34 

PREFACE
Irish Foreign Affairs magazine plans to publish as many as possible of Casement’s writings during World War I which have not hitherto been reprinted since they were first published over 100 years ago. This is an initial collection. The majority of his writings in the period appeared in The Continental Times which was a newspaper published three times a week for Americans in Germany. Casement wrote regularly for it but unfortunately there does not seem to be a full run of the paper available in Ireland or the UK. We have been able to access only about 20% of the newspaper published during his period in Germany. This, combined with the fact that he used a number of pseudonyms and some (probably most) of his items were anonymous makes it almost impossible to establish exactly how much he wrote for this and other publications in the period. We believe that those published here can all be verified as his.

His particular contribution to the opposition to the war and support for Germany was based on his intimate knowledge of the personnel and methodology of the British ruling class and this makes his analyses so persuasive. He was aware of Britain’s long prepared plans for a war on Germany, how it utilised the military situation that arose in August 1914 to launch that war and then escalated it into a war to destroy the Ottoman Empire and thereby create a World War.

His writings provide a clear view of why and how Britain did this and the disaster it meant for European civilisation. These factors together with his moral standing as an international humanitarian made him a serious threat to the British war effort and he was immediately targeted as soon as he declared his position on the outbreak of the War.

* A number of people helped in the preparation of this collection and in particular we wish to thank Angus Mitchell for his assistance and we hope it will complement his own extensive

work on Casement. We also acknowledge the assistance of the staff at National Library of Ireland who provide a great service in preserving so much of Casement’s writings which enable people to assess his real work.

* These articles also complement those published by Athol Books in “Roger Casement: the Crime against Europe - with the Crime against Ireland” (2003). The articles in that publication are a prelude to the analyses in this collection and they include:

•	The Causes Of The War And The Foundation Of The Peace 
•	The Keeper Of The Seas 
•	The Balance Of Power 
•	The Enemy Of Peace 
•	The Problem Of The Near West 
•	The Duty Of Christendom 
•	The Freedom Of The Sea Ireland, Germany And The Next War 
•	The Elsewhere Empire

Appendix 1 Other Writings by Roger Casement :-

•	Alsace, Ireland, And A Poet
•	Letter To The Irish Independent 
•	The Far-Extended Baleful Power Of The Lie 1815-1915. 
•	A Parallel And A Contrast 
•	Why I Went To Germany 
•	Speech From The Dock

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