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been forthcoming. I have waited
for months, and if today I judge wrongly
that there is no real wish to aid the
cause of Ireland, even were Germany
successful in the war, my judgment
is founded on and is being daily
strengthened by the evidence of official
indifference and lack of effort to
carry out my views in things that can
be successfully handled here in
Germany, if sufficient interest existed.

I might refer particularly to the
Irish soldiers in Limburg. Had these
been handled in the right spirit we
might, ere this, have had the Brigade
formed. I will not go into details
since you are already fully aware of
the particular points I refer to; but
will only say that no serious effort has been
made to win their sympathies or to show them that
Germany cared for their country and was prepared
to receive them as volunteers to aid a just and a