IRISH AFFAIRS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12777, 22 October 1919, Page 7

IRISH AFFAIRS.

■ <► ARREST OF A CHAPLAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 22, 10 a.m.) . LONDON, October 21. It is understood thgt the charges against bather O’Donnell allege that ho attended the Sinn Fein Convention m uniform. It is also stated that he dined with Griffith, the acting president of tho Sinn Fein. Father O’Dou*4. V 1 ~i atenri cw stated that he visited Dublin to consult a speciab’st. Subsequently ho visited friends and relatives in various parts of Ireland, and soon discovered that ho was being followed. Ho realised that ho Had struck a listening post in a Killarnev .tlotol, when he began to talk to a man Uho piofessed deafness. Ho discussed current aftairs, in'cludino- the strike ami Britain-s failure to solve the Irish problem, and chose subjects carefully in view of the fact that there were listeners m the room. Father O’Donnell met more mysterious strangers in . , , .™o were anxious to converse with him. .Father O’Donnell added that when ho returned to Dublin the assistant 1 mvost-Marshal said that he had received a report that he (Father O'Donno ) had used seditious hmguago at Ulla'ney He replied: “That i,W lutelj untrue. His arrest followed, on a charge of conduct prejudicial t 0 Older and discipline, m ? s W FatJier P Donnell, chaplam in the Australian Forces, was arrested at a Dublin hotel Sfil C W fi fn d lU l der rn m<3Cl SUard at tll<3 military barracks. The reasons for his arrest hare not yet been disclosed )