LANDING THE ARMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 7

LANDING THE ARMS

. __—* MOUNTJOY'S VOYAGE DESCRIBED BY THE CREW LONG WAIT OFT THE COAST VALUE OF THE SHIP'S CARGO By Telegraph—Press Aseociation-Copj-rieli t London, May 4. Tho Mountjoy, after landing arms, went to Hamburg. Six,members of tho crew have returned to Lcith. They belong to various parts of Ulster. They state that when ilicy wero engaged they did not know that the vessel was engaged in gun-running. . They had been debarred from communicating with their families, and had threatened to mutiny unless they wero allowed to send money to their wives. Tho guns and ammunition wero valued at between £90,000 and £100,000. There wero no marks to iadicato tho makers of tho bayonets mid ammunition. Tho Mountjoy knocked about the Irish Sea for fourteen days waiting for signals to land. SUSPECTED OF ESPIONACE. THE FANNY SEARCHED. Berlin, May 4. Two destroyers searched a ship under repair which was suspected of espionage, off Fehmarn Islands, in the Baltic Sea. She had a Russian name on her bows, and a Dutch name astern. Both had- been painted over. i It.transpired that tho vessel was the gun-running Fanny. Sho was 6iibse- i quently released. ■ AVOID ACCRESSIVe'aCTIOM. ADVICE OF A' GENERAL. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. (Rec. May 5, 5.50 p.m.) London, May 4: General Sir George Richardson (rc< tired officer), in presenting colours to tho West Belfast Regiment of tho Ulster Volunteers, 'said: "Do not think your work is done, and relax your efforts. It is always tho unexpected that happens. Exercise the greatest, discretion in your dealings with fellowcountrymen, and avoid aggressive action." Tho story of the gun-running hns already been told with more or less detail. Tho steamer Fanny (which was renamed the Mountjoy) crept into the harbour, followed by two ,smoll steamers. Swift transhipment followed, and tho consorts departed for Bnngor and Donaghadfie. After landing a large portion of her cargo, the Mountjoy retailed. As the vessel entered, Donaghadee and Bango volunteers, armed with staves, surrounded tho coastguards and imprisoned them in tho 'jonstguard stations. The Fanny is a steel-screw vessel of 1451 tons. _' She left-T-ongeland suddenly at the beginning of April with 300 tons of rifles, which had been transferred'from a German lighter, jriie police and coastguards in Ulster were ordered to keep a _ look-out for her, though Hamburg advices alleged that the rifles were destined for South America.