THE IRISH PROBLEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 8

THE IRISH PROBLEM

GERMAN INTRIGUE IN AMERICA. NEGROES WOULD NOT RESPOND. r.<i: . VTfIJT SINN FEINERS DID. PJwm Aeaooiation—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, May 22. Xr* connection -with the reported United States Secret Service's discovery of a. Ger-man-agent plotting with Sinn Feiners in tbG United States with the object of pro- •- noting a rising in Ireland, it is now stated that the agent plotted with negroes isnd Lithuanians to hamper the United States Government's war activities, but he failed. German money was freely flpent in these efforts. A ;.- It. is reported unofficially that the plotters intended to divert England's military efforts from France. "Many German communications were Brought to the United States, written in invisible ink and coaed. It is reported that some Irish Radicals said that the plan was that if Hindenburg leached the Channol ports Germany would send troops, guns, and munitions to the Irish coast. A separate New York investigation of |Jie plot hag started. . ADDITIONAL ARRESTS. LONDON, May 23. ' Further arrests in Ireland include P. Fi Burke, a well-known Sinn Feiner, and Mrs Thomas Clarke, the widow of a rebel •xecuted in Easter, 1916. DISTINCTIVE IRISH BRIGADES. WAR OFFICE ATTITUDE REVERSED. • I LONDON, May 23. _ (Received May 24, at 8.10 p.m.) Dublin Government has adopted the suggestion of raising distinctive brigades forming a new Irish army. This is a complete reversal' of tie War Office's attitude.