MR LYNCH'S DISCLAIMER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17326, 28 May 1918, Page 4

MR LYNCH'S DISCLAIMER.

NATIONALISTS NOT PRO-GERMANS. LONDON, May 26. Mr Arthur Lynch, M.P. for West Clare, declares that the Nationalists do not sympathise with pro-Germanism. Undoubtedly Sinn Fein has been actuated by sincere nationalism, but its tactics have been all wrong. It was of paramount importance for Ireland that the Allies should win the war. It would be an eternal disgrace to humanity if Hohenzollernism triumphed, whereas an Allied victory would open a new era of liberty in which Ireland would share. He would do his utmost to secure this result. NATIONALISTS NOT IMPRESSED. FAVOUR A PUBLIC TRIAL. LONDON, May 26. The Central News Dublin correspondent 6ays that the Government account of the pro-German plot has failed to impress the Nationalists, who declare that it does not prove the Sinn Fein connection with the plot. They demand a public trial of those arrested' PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSION EXPECTED. DE VALERA'S DENIAL. LONDON, May 26. It is expected that discussion in the House of Commons next week will reveal fuller details of the Sinn Fein connection with the German plot. De Valera has written to the Irish bishops denying the existence of any German plot. AUSTRIAN SUBJECT ARRESTED. RACEHORSE OWNER'S SECRETARY. LONDON, May 26. (Received May 27, at 8.15 p.m.) A sensation has been caused by the action of the Tipperary police in detaining an Austrian subject—'Mademoiselle Bruns, secretary to Major Edwardes, racehorse owner. MIRABILE DICTU! A PACIFIST IRISHMAN. CIRCUMSTANCES MAY EXPLAIN IT. LONDON, May 26. (Received May 27, at 8.15 p.m.). Mr Devlin, in the course of a speech at Duncannon, asked why the war was continued. Both sides said they did not want annexations or indemnities, and both claimed to be the champions of small nationalities and liberty and civilisation. If Germany was willing to negotiate, it would be a crime to prolong the war by a single day. SPEECH BY WILLIAM O'BRIEN. AN UNHAtPY PARALLEL. TRIAL URGED BY INFERENCE. LONDON, May 27. (Received May 27, at 10.50 p.m.) Speaking at Dublin, Mr William O'Brien, commenting on the Government's statement that there was evidence against the Sinn Feiners, said that since the Popish plot there had been nothing more disgraceful to English statecraft. Irish people would read Mr Lloyd George's story with the same mingled indignation and contempt as thev read the forged letters published by the author of " Parnellism and Crime." A similar reaction to that which then occurred was sure to follow. The fact that the traitors were punished by internment was sufficient commentary upon the rubbish, showing it to be an attempt bv foul means to break the anti-conscription movement. The German plot would turn out to be even grosser than the extension of conscription in Ireland.