THE IRISH PROBLEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17322, 23 May 1918, Page 5

THE IRISH PROBLEM

PRO-GERMAN CONSPIRACY,! ' I HOW THE PLOT WAS I UNEARTHED. J INFORMATION PROBABLY 1 FROM AMERICA. ,3 Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ' Australian and N.Z. Cable Anocriation. - NEW YORK, May 21. 'i The New York Times publishes a Dub-;; lin message which states that there is a' strong impression that Washington officials ; supplied the information upon which, manyi of the Irish arrests were made. A report from Washington indicate that the ramifications of the ®nn Fein plot extended to the United States, where' the - Germans have been acting as agents between the Irish rebels and Germany. UNITED STATES'S ATTITUDE. EARLY PRONOUNCEMENT' EXPECTED. . WASHINGTON, May 2L > It is authoritatively understood here ' that the United States Government will' soon make clear its attitude towards the' 3 Irish situation, with due regard to th 6 ': American troops fighting with the British. • SINN FEIN CONFERENCE. BRITISH ACTION CONDEMNED. The Times. LONDON, May 21. The Times Dublin correspondent says that a Mansion House conference to-day— those present including among the Nationalists Messrs Dillon and Devlin, M.P.'s, and among the Sinn Feiners fessor M'Neill and Alderman Kelly—issued.! a statement condemning as unconstitutional the deportations to England, anddescribing the Government's action as>aa attempt to discredit and disrupt Ireland's resistance to Conscription and prejudice the Irish nation among friendly countries. ; THE ARRESTED PERSONS. INTERNED IN WALES. Australian and N.Z. Cable : LONDON, May 21.* (Received May 22, at 8 p.m.) The arrested Sinn Feiners have been un temed at Frongoch, in Merionethshire, except the Countess of Markiewiez, who is in the Holloway Women's Prison, in Loudon. • t AMERICAN DISCLOSURES. - PROJECTED GERMAN LANDING. TO SYNCHRONISE WITH i IRISH RISING. WASHINGTON, May 21. ' (Received May 22, at 9.30 p.m.) : It is officially reported that tne Secret Servico discovered plotting between German agents and Sinn Feiners in the' United States, the purpose being to secure an uprising in Ireland coincident with a, German landing. The recent wholesale, arrests in Ireland are partly due to; American disclosures.