Home Rlue Question.

Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1440, 28 April 1914, Page 5

Home Rlue Question.

. GUNRUNNING RAMPANT. - A CLEVER RUSE. By' Cable.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received 9.25 p.m. London,'April 27. Principal highways are held up by armed and unarmed men, who stopped traffic and refused: to allow anyone to pass except those furnishing a countersign. ; A thousand volunteers commanded the Midland Railway, station and remained till four o’clock,on Saturday morning in order to intercept soldiers or police. The Mountjoy’s consignment' was thirty-five thousand Mauser rifles with. 3,'500,000 rounds of The vessel is not the Fanny, but one which transhipp?,d the Fahey’s cargo, at sea, , The gun runner bore tfie temporary name of Mountjoy, recalling the vessel which broke the Foyle boom and raised the. siege of Derry. The transhipment was dangerous, done in the dark in a choppy sea. Six hundred motor cars were employed conveying the smuggled arms. A collier whose suspicious movements while approaching Belfast and the interest taken here by a detachment of Usterraen, had the. effect of concentrating the Customs officials'’ attention, who learned too late that the vessel was merely a decoy. , It - transpires the Fanny ■ while waiting an opportunity, lay in a sheltered cove at Lundy Island, were the appearance of the vessel Was transformed. , She afterwards sailed westward and met the Mountjoy near Tucsar. . .'. ■

A consignment of rifles and • 'ammunition from Germany' intended for the Ulstermen, was landed at Hull on Wednesday and was warehoused. The police are watching the warehouses but ho attempt has yet been made to remove them. It is rumoured the Government will proclaim military law immediately at Belfast and possibly at other parts. 1 Mr Birreil has arrived at Dublin to attend the Irish Privy Council. Received 9 a.m. London, April 27. It-is denied that tmops have been ordered to Ulster, but there is much activity .at the Curragb. ‘ ’ Mr Asquith, in the House of Commons, said in view of the grave and unprecedented outrage in Ulster,, flit Government would take witjhout 'delay appropriate steps, to vindicate, the authority of the law and'protect the King’s officers, servants, and subjects, in the exercise of their duties and enjoyment of their legal rights. Answering Mr Chaloner, Mr Asquith Shid instructions to the howitzer battery to prepare guns for active service on March 20th were! issued under a misapprehension. n : The Westminister Gazette, says’ the Government must ignore suspicions of loyalty in the army and navy and bfoceed on the assumption that i.t has the power, and can use it. If there is any disaffection or disobedience such as would causajserious- embarrasment, let the Government dissolve and appeal to the electors against anarchy.