In October 1914, Casement sailed for Germany via Norway, travelling in disguise and seeing himself as an ambassador of the Irish nation. While the journey was his idea, Clan na Gael financed the expedition. During their stop in Christiania, Adler Christensen, a homeless Norwegian immigrant Casement had met in New York and made his valet and alleged lover (unaware he had a wife and daughter),Roland Philipps, Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement, Bodley Head, London 2024, was taken to the British legation, where a reward was allegedly offered if Casement were "knocked on the head".Mitchell, Angus, Casement, p. 99. British diplomat Mansfeldt Findlay, in contrast, advised London that Christensen had "implied that their relations were of an unnatural nature and that consequently he had great power over this man".National Archives, Kew, PRO FO 95/776 thumb|right|170px|upright|Franz von Papen. Papen was key in organising the arms shipments. Findlay's handwritten letter of 1914 is kept in University College Dublin, and is viewable online. This letter—written on official notepaper by Minister Findlay at the British Legation in Oslo—offered to Christensen the sum of £5,000 () plus immunity from prosecution and free passage to the United States in return for information leading to the capture of Roger Casement.
In October 1914, Casement sailed for Germany via Norway, travelling in disguise and seeing himself as an ambassador of the Irish nation. While the journey was his idea, Clan na Gael financed the expedition. During their stop in Christiania Adler Christensen, a homeless Norwegian immigrant Casement had met in New York and made his valet and alleged lover (unaware he had a wife and daughter),Roland Philipps, Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement, Bodley Head, London 2024, was taken to the British legation, where a reward was allegedly offered if Casement were "knocked on the head".Mitchell, Angus, Casement, p. 99. British diplomat Mansfeldt Findlay, in contrast, advised London that Christensen had "implied that their relations were of an unnatural nature and that consequently he had great power over this man".National Archives, Kew, PRO FO 95/776 thumb|right|170px|upright|Franz von Papen. Papen was key in organising the arms shipments. Findlay's handwritten letter of 1914 is kept in University College Dublin, and is viewable online. This letter—written on off,icial notepaper by Minister Findlay at the British Legation in Oslo—offered to Christensen the sum of £5,000 () plus immunity from prosecution and free passage to the United States in return for information leading to the capture of Roger Casement.