IRISH CRISIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16324, 13 January 1921, Page 4

IRISH CRISIS.

DE VALERA BREAKS SILENCE, SINN FEIN AND GERMANY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, LONDON, January IJ. Mr de Valera, ha-s broken silence by publishing a long statement in the '■ Irish Bulletin,” the secretly circulated Sinn Fein organ. De Valera attempts to discredit the White Paper, and denies that there was any German plot in 1918. He says: “ The document 6n army organisation attributed to me is not in my handwriting. 1 did not compose it. As the Government states, the discovery of the whole plot was due to Sir Edward Carson. The British Government, by sheer audacity of lying, is trying to deceive English people and foreigners. 1 ’ Do Valera makes no effort, however, to counter the detailed evidence contained in the White Paper. SINN FEIN CAMP ATTACKED. SHOTS EXCHANGED LONDON, January 11 Troops attacked a. Sinn Fein camp in an isolated position at Garrybawn, Monaghan. There was a considerable exchange of shots. The Sinn Feiners fled, after hawing apparently suffered casualties. No arrests were made. DEPORTA ETON OR DER ED WASHINGTON, January 11. The State Department has. formally requested the Labour Department to deport Mr O’Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork.