THE IRISH PROBLEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17319, 20 May 1918, Page 5

THE IRISH PROBLEM

VOLUNTARY RECRUITING SCHEME, ?r«»« Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. ,1 LONDON, May j./. The Daily Chronicle states that the Go- ' fernment 16 considering the expediency - )f launching a scheme of voluntary reiruiting in Ireland on tie line® of the Derby scheme. Meantime the drafting of ;he Home ,Rule Bill is progressing. NATIONALIST LEADER'S ADVICE, LONDON, May 17. Mr Dillon, Nationalist Leader, haa issued a manifesto addressed to Americans, in -which he urges them to await statements by the Irkh Mission before accepting the version of the British Government. The manifesto begs America to urge Britain to apply to Irdand President Wilson's principles of self-deter-mination. HOME RULE QUESTION. IRISH PARTY'S STATEMENT. Reuter"s Telegrams. LONDON, May 18. (Received May 19, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr John Dillon (Nationalist Party Leader) presided at a meeting of the Irish . Parliamentary Party in Dublin, after which a statement was issued declaring that the Government never really intended introducing or passing a Home Rulei Bill containing the slightest hope of settlement. A VAST CONSPIRACY. DE VALERA AND OTHERS ARRESTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aaaooaatioa. LONDON, May . 18. (Received May 19, at 5.5 p.m.) Documents revealing a vast Irish conspiracy have reached the War Cabinet, with, the result that De Valera, M.P., and Griffith (Sinn Fein leader), and the Countess Marcievitz have been arrested. It is believed that the arrests prevented another outbreak of rebellion in Ireland. A GERMAN PLOT. DRASTIC MEASURES BEING TAKEN. LONDON, May 18. (Received May 19, at 11.30 p.m.) A Dublin proclamation announces that a German plot has been discovered, and (amnions all loyal people to stamp it out. Drastic measures are being taken forth-, with. THE ARRESTS. LONDON, May 18. ' (Received May 20, at 0.30 a.m.) The Irish arrests include William Co* grove, Arthur Griffith, Thomas Dillon, Barren Figgis, members Sinn Fein Executive, and eight others. [Edward do Valera and William Cosgrovc were both sentenced to death in connection with the rebellion of 1916, the sentences being subsequently commuted to penal servitude, as an act of clemency at the time at which the Irish Convention was summoned. De Valera was subsequently, elected member of Parliament for Tfeafr Clare.]