HOW THE GERMANS BEACHED THE IRISH COAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16215, 28 April 1916, Page 5

HOW THE GERMANS BEACHED THE IRISH COAST.

SUSPICIONS OF PATROL VESSEL NOT AROUSED. SIR .ROGER CASEMENT NOT DESIRED IN GERMANY. (Beceived April 27, 11 p.m.) London, April 27. The German vessel engaged in the attempt to land rifles in Ireland was manned by twenty picked German naval men under the command of a lieutenant and a junior officer. The cargo consisted of about 20,000 rifles, machine-guns, and ammunition hidden beneath a layer of goods. In the voyage across the vessel kept the Norwegian territorial waters as far as possible. She crossed to the north of the Faroe Islands, where a British patrol examined her papers and found them in order. The crew spoke English, and expressed friendly sympathies for the allies. The vessel was allowed to proceed. Another British patrol boarded the ship off the coast of Ireland, with the result that the vessel was ordered to accompany the patrol. It is understood that the commander of the submarine received orders before leaving Kiel that whatever befel the expedition Sir Roger Casement's presence was no longer desired in Germany. When the German commander realised that his plans had miscarried, he ordered Sir Roger Casement into a collapsible boat, and left him to his fate. Freeman's Journal, on Monday, published news from Tralee, County Kerry, that a collapsible boat containing a large quantity of arms and ammunition had been seized on Friday morning at Curraharn Strand, and a stranger of unknown nationality arrested in the vicinity. Later arrests include Austin Stack, a prominent member of the Tralee Irish Volunteers, and Cornelius Collins, accountant at the General Post Office, Dublin, charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting the importation of arms from Germany. A man of unknown nationality, who refused to disclose his identity, was conveyed to Dublin.