IRISH SOLDIERS SHOT.
LOYALTY TO BRITAIN.
GERMAN CAPTORS' STORY.
LONDON. August i
In answer to a question in tho House of Lords, the PaymasterGeneral, Lord Newton, stated that the American Embassy had notified the Government that the Germans had shot Patrick Moran. of the 2nd Connaughts, and William Devlin, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, the two men having been prisoners at the Limburg camp.
It was stated that Moran had attacked the guard on May 28, and that the guard killed him in selfdefence. The Embassy stated that the reason for the shooting of Devlin had not been ascertained. When Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador at Berlin, had visited the camp to inquire into the death of Moran the camp authorities concealed the fact of the death of Devlin.
Lord Newton added that it was significant that both Moran and Devlin had refused to join Casement's band. The Foreign Office had protested to the German Government for concealing the particulars, more especially if they were connected with the refusal of the men to join Casement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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