SECOND EDITION, TROUBLE IM IRELAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1251, 21 May 1918, Page 5

SECOND EDITION, TROUBLE IM IRELAND.

OVER 100 ARRESTS. INCLUDING FOUR SINN FEIN COMMONERS. Received May 21. 11.35 a.m. LONDON, May 20, i lie arrests number over 100, incluiinig .'5 Sinn Reiners, who sailed from Kiitgn town to Holyhead on Saturday. A huge crowd at Kingston cheered the prisoners. Lie crowd shouting “Up with the rebels and smash tin* Nationalists./' The polite later dispersed the crowd as they were con. imneing to sing the soldiers’ song. Iho arrests continue in Athione, Galway, Cavan, Cashel, Sligo, Dundalk. tviiKitnny. t loninel. Roscommon and Cork, hut [uincipaliy in Dublin. 1 our Sinn Fein Commoners ha,it* thus far beety arrested, apart from Gionnel, who is serving six months in Mount Joy prison. I'; a( dually the whole of the governing body of tlie Sinn Fein movement is in custody. the generai belief is that the Roman 1 'atbolie clergy will now abandon their original attitude ol stern resistance. A /ell-known Dublin priest said on Sunday: "If it is true thut a German plot existed in Ireland the great majority of the Nationalists would withdraw their sympathy from the Sinn Fein movement, to centre their hopes tor an Irish settlement in constitutional methods under the Dublin Party. ’ It is believed in Dublin that Mr Dilion may decide to bring back bis followers to Westminster to interrogate the Government regarding the German plot, especially as Lord French’s proclamation virtually admits that the conscription policy has failed.

GERMAN COMPLICITY UNQUESTIONABLE. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received Mav 21, 1.40 p.m. LONDON, .May 20. For months the knowledge that a new conspiracy was maturing weighed on Ireland like a nightmare. Tangible evidences thereof were numerous, including the lootings of arms and explosives and boasting by orators. All Irish loyalists arc convinced that Germany is at the bottom of the trouble. She (Germany) believed another rebellion was possible should the Allies meet with serious reverses in France. The authenticity of the evidence is unquestioned. The Times in a leader says it is most necessary to publish the evidence immediately, so as to di.-pel the cloud ot sensational rumours afloat. LONDON. May 20. The Daily Mail's Dublin corre-pondenl says if is believed the Sinn Feiners had prepared a decentralised control of the organisation in the event of the central committee being put cut of action. The most important documents were destroyed or removed. The anti-conscription fund, totalling £200,000, remains in the hands of local trustees. RUSSIA AND GERMANY. FURTHER 11UX AGGRESSIONS. Reo< ived Mav 21. 1.50 p.m. LONDON, May 20. A Russian wireless message states the Germans in the Reval region have violated the boundary fixed on March 6th and advanced eastwards, despite the protests of the Russian commander. The foreign commissary required the withdrawal oi the troops. The White Guards at Helsingfors executed the. Russian fleet commissary, Jemtchiyin, under the pretext that ho was conducting a revolutionary campaign among German marines. The German commander replied to the protests ol the Russian Admiral, saying that Jemtchiyin had outlawed himself by inciting a mutiny, consequently his execution was exclusively a Hunnish affair.

BOLSHEVIKS AT BAKU. Received May 21, 1.50 p.m. PETROGRAD, May 20.. The Germans have occupied Biorko in the Gulf of Finland, south of Viborg. The Soviets' tones at Baku are in deadly conflict with Mussulmans, A Moscow paper st; ti - thai 21 DC wort: killed and 3000 wounded. Various parrs of Baku, including entiro street-, and the Persian Bazaar are burning. AMERICA'S ARMY. 2 i ['•;!: THE WESTERN FRONT. R ivi d Mav 21. 1.40 p.m. WASHINGTON, -May 20. It i.- i Hicially announced that the Americans hold more front line trenches than the Belgians, who, until recently, ranked next to the British. It is also officially intimated that, as a result of the arrangements for forwarding troops this year, there is the possibility of more than two million men being sent overseas. Allowing for casualties, American forces will number • I so upon two millions before the end of this year. The fact that American troops are brigaded with the British enables British supplies being used, thus affording a great increase in the shipping room for the transport of ti ■ ; 3. AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED. Received Mav 2! 12.50 p.m. NEW YORK. May 2C. A repott from the American front states thai Major Ha.);'! I.ufbcrry, an American air hero, formerly of Lafayette, a pioneer of the Flying Corps, was shot and killed on Sunday during a running air light. His body has been recovered. THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. Received Mav 21. 2.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, May 20. The Navy Department announce, that America is increasing her patrol forces in European waters. This is our- of the factors of the reduced sinkings by submarines. The department feels that the submarine menace has greatly decreased. There- is some reason ;> believe that Germany has super-submersibies of unusual power and cruising radius, but it i- impossible to verify these reports. FRENCH TRAWLER'S EXPLOITS.

Received Mav 21, 1.50 p.m. PARIS. May 20. A French trawler sank a German submarine, prisonered the commander, and liberated the captain and crew of a Spanish sailer who were aboard the submarine. Another submarine torpedoed the Spanish steamer Yilladesolla. AMERICAN FREIGHTER MINED. . Received Mav 21, 9.35 a.m. WASHINGTON, May 20. The American freighter, McCullough, v. as mine'.! and torpedoed in European waters. One of the crew was drowned. THE DUTCH SHIPPING QUESTION. Received Mav 21. 12.50 p.m. MELBOURNE. May 21. The Commonwealth shipping authorities have arranged for a partial resumption of sd-ainer communieation between Australia and the Dutch possessions in the Pacific, uliieh was micmipltd through the American ,■.11.1 the British Governments requisi tioning Dutch sliii»pin«r.