VAST IRISH CONSPIRACY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16216, 20 May 1918, Page 7

VAST IRISH CONSPIRA CY.

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""v'E. Valcra (Sinn I'Viu MP. I'tr v' I rlnrd Mr Crillith. arid the Couul.»v, 1.,« »r,-o„c.|. It is believed that tin- arrests preTen tc(l anotlier outbreak of rebellion in Ireland.

The Counts, <)e M:>rkiovuv, was otto A he leaders of the Sum I<em rebolrn in 1916. *he is tlin sister ol Sn Sim Gore-Booth and a daughter ol Sfhte Sir Henry Gore-Booth. r,ho .rripd tile Pt.lir.ft Count Gasinur £V Markievic, in WOO. . Her Miss Eva Gore-Boatli, if. a, Sfiist. but is much hotter known for Iter rharininu' poems.

another gekman plot

fAultjalian and X.Z. Cablo Association.! /Received Mav 19th, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 18. A Dublin proclamation announces that a German plot has been discovered and summons all loyal people to stamp it out. Drastic measures are bein<j; taken forthwith.

MANY ARRESTS MADE

(Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) ?Received May 20tli, 112.30 a.m.) LONDON. May 18. The Irish arrests include William Cosgrovc, Arthur Griffith, Thomas Dillon, and Barrelt Figgis, members of tlio Sinn Fein Executive, and eight others. THE HOME RULE BILL. (Hcutcr'i Telegrams.) (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 13. Mr John Dillon presided over a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin, after which a statement was issued declaring that the Government never really intended introducing or psssing a Home Rule Rill containing the slightest hope of a settlement. LORD WIMBORNE HONOURED. (Australian and N. 2. Cable Association.) (Router g Telegrams.) ■ (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Mav 18. The Press Bureau reports that a Visconntcy has beeu conferred on Lord AVimborne (formerly Lord Lieutenant, of Ireland). MANIFESTO TO AMERICANS. \ LONDON, May 17. Mr John Dillon, in a manifesto addressed to Americans, urges them to wait the statements by the Irish Mission before accepting the -yerßion of the British Government. The manifesto begs America to urge Britain to apply io Ireland President "Wilson's principles of self-determination.

VOLUNTARY RECRUITING

ADVOCATED.

(fyuter'n TeJogramfO ! ' LONDON, May 17.. ! The "Daily Chronicle" states that the Government jg Considering the expediency of launching a scheme tor voluntary recruiting in Ireland on the lines of Lord Derby's scheme. In the meantime the drafting of the Home Rule Bill in progressing.