THE IRISH PROBLEM
SINN FEIN MESSENGER ABRE3TED,
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SEIZED.
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Australian and N.Z. Cable A* B ***"*!***. ' WASHINGTON, November 8. 1"% United States secret service agents ar- ■.";■«' rested Thomas Welsh', a British subject, „' alleged to be a messenger between the Sinn Feiners in, Ireland and in the United ••'' States, upon his arrival at New York. " ~ When arrested he attempted to destroy inn ', V portant communications from Sinn Feiners "j a in Ireland. ■' l>l It is reported that Welsh made several ,-£,£ trans-Atlantic trips as a seaman since the ,ii United' States entered the war. «jj He carried a document, evidently writ* v '- J -'', ten by a highly-educated person, tne contents of which are described as unusually f s. interesting. The initials used apparently a refer to persons recently arrested here, also in other parts of the United States. It revealed the fact that most interesting documents were seized following recent at- /_•-• rests. / ' ' -J
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17158, 10 November 1917, Page 7
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