“UNEXPECTED HAPPENS”

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8725, 6 May 1914, Page 8

“UNEXPECTED HAPPENS”

GENERAL RICHARDSON ADVISES THE VOLUNTEERS. tr Telegraph-Proa. Association—Copyrlffli* "Tines" and Kydncy "San” Services. 1 (Received May 5, 5.50 p-m.) LONDON, May 5. General Sir Georgq Richardson, in presenting the colours to the West Belfast Regiment of the Ulster Volunteers, said; “Do not think that your work is done and relax your efforts. It is always the unexpected that happens.. Exercise the greatest discretion in your dealings with your fellowcountrymen, and avoid aggressive action.’’ THE GUN-RUNNING. VBMENTS OE THE MOUNTJOY. ■/ Telegraph—Press Association— CopyrUrlit EONDON, May 4. Tho .Mountjoy after landing arms went to Hamburg. Six members of tho crow have returned to Leith. They belong to various parts of Ulster. They state that when they were engaged fbey did not know Unit tho vessel was engaged in gun-running. They had been debarred from communicating with their families, and had threatened to mutiny unless they ■were allowed to send money to their ■wives. Tho guns and ammunition wore valued tifc between £90,000 and £IOO,ODO. There were no marks to^ indicate tho makers of the bayonets and ammunition. , , Tho .Mountjoy knocked about tno Irish Sea for fourteen days waiting for signals to land. SUSPECTED SHIP. SEARCHED luTdESTROYERS. HEREIN, May 4. Two destroyers searched a ship under repair which was suspected of espionage, off Fehtraarn Island, m tho Haltio Sea. She had a Russian name ®n her bows and a Dutch name astern. Both had been painted over. It transpired that tho vessel was "the gun-running Eanny. She was subsequently released, Tho story of the gun-running ha s already bem told with more or less detail. Tho steamer Eanny (which was renamed the Mountjoy) crept into tho harbour, followed- by two small steamers. bwUt transhipment followed, and the consorts departed for Bangor and Donaghadee. After landing a large portion of her cargo, tho Mountioy resailed. As the vessel entered, Donaghadee and Bangor volunteers, armed with staves, snrronnded tho Coastguards and imprisoned them in the coastguard stations. The Fanny is a steel screw vessel of 1451 tons. _ oho left T/ongeland suddenly at tho beginning of April with 300 tons of rifles which had l>oon transferred from a German lighter. Tho police and coastguards in Ulster were ordered to keep a look-out for her, though Hamburg advices alleged that the nttes vere destined for South America.