FATHER O'DONNELL

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 116, 13 November 1919, Page 6

FATHER O'DONNELL

APPEALS fOit A COURT-MAftTIAL

DISLOYAL REFEEENGES DENIED.

:. (UNWB6 ;press- AsS6ciAt»di*.^bopißißiiT;) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLg- ASSOCIATION.) LONDON; 10th November. The preliminary inquiry in the O'Doiiiiell case has concluded. The prosecution offered further witnesses".'""" Captain Clarke; principal office!' of the Board of Trade in Ireland, stated that he overheard Father O'Donnell's conversation in Killarney Hotel. It seemed to be a. tirade against Ihe King and country, but he only heaM occasional words. Fftther O'Donnell, in a sworn statement, described the part he had taken in the war. He explained that he had Visited Ireland to Consult la, specialist, and to meet friends. .He did hot participate in any disloyal meeting, and denied that he had made disloyal references, tie/ said he had expressed the "belief that His Majesty'a' influence had settled the railways iitrike, and admitted that he had condemned Mr. Lloyd George in reference to his attitude in relation to tfeiMid and other Imperial iind local questions. He offered to produce several witnesses in support if his statement. Kb appealed to the Australian authoritiea to ensure his protection, vindication, and reparation. He recognised that he had not the right to demand a court-mar-tial,, but appealed to the authorities that hi 6 case be sent to trial, claiming that it was a case contemplated in the King's Regulations, in whicji it was imperative that the whole truth should be kflowti to . the authorities considering the evidence. ' •