GERMANS ARRESTED IN EIRE

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25160, 16 April 1947, Page 7

GERMANS ARRESTED IN EIRE

move follows pressure BY U.S. AND FRANCE (Rec. 8 p.m.) DUBLIN, April 15. Eire police have arrested seven vterman internees as a result of diplomatic pressure from the United States an d France. Leading Eire detectives, including *omen officers, who got into the Germans’ confidence, shadowed the Germans after their release, and learned much that the Prime Minister (Mr de Valera) was satisfied that a powermi Nazi organisation was being Planned in Eire. The Germans were men rearrested. They were caught while in bed, and taken to Mountjoy Prison wearmg overcoats over their pyjamas. The authorities told the Germans they be flown to Germany to-day, dut a habeas corpus application in the {Dublin High Court is likely to delay mem departure. The Germans include Dr. Hermann <*oertz, a lawyer and novelist, who served nearly four years in gaol for to map Manston Airfield, in Jent. Goertz landed in Eire by parachute in May, 1940. He was interned ■ year later. The authorities freed •u seven Germans in September. 1946. •Dd told them they were liable to deportation at any time.