IRISH REPUBLICANS
LEADER SMUGGLED INTO ULSTER LANDS FROM GERMAN LINER (Independent Cable Service.) £?ro*s Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BELFAST, August 7. Armed constables patrolled the border following a report that Sean Russell was smuggled into Ulster to hold a meeting of the party council. A Dublin message states that the Civil Guard received a message from secret service officers stating that Russel! landed at Cobh from a German liner. They stated that two men met Russell at the quay and drove off in an American car. Police leave in Eire and Ulster has been suspended for tho next few days to concentrate on a search. TEH YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE LONDON, August 8. (Received August 9, at 9.15 a.m.) Edward Gill was sentenced at Glasgow to 10 years’ penal servitude for being in possession of gelignite. Accused refused to plead. After sentence he pointed to the prosecutor and declared: “That paid agent of British Imperialism has branded (ine a criminal. If it is a crime to love Ireland, thank God I am one.”
The judge said: "Your crimes are serious. 1 must do my duty.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23340, 9 August 1939, Page 9
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182IRISH REPUBLICANS Evening Star, Issue 23340, 9 August 1939, Page 9
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