THE IRISH SITUATION

Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1918, Page 5

THE IRISH SITUATION

IRISH DEPORTATIONS. PREJUDICING THE NATION. LONDON, May 21. The "Times" Dublin correspondent says that a Mansion House conference to-day, including Nationalist delegates, Messrs John Dillon and John Devlin, and the Sinn Fein delegates Professor MacNiell and Alderman Kelly, issued a statement condemning as unconstitutional the deportations to England, and describing the Government's action as an attempt to discredit and disrupt Ireland's resistance of conscription and prejudice the Irish nation amongst friendly countries. AMERICA REVEALS THE PLOT. WASHINGTON, May 22. It is officially reported that the secret service discovered plotting between German agents and Sinn Feiners in the United States, the purpose being an uprising in Ireland coincident with a German landing. The recent wholesale arrests in Ireland were partly due to American disclosures. The arrested Sinn Peiners have been interned at Prongoch, Merionethshire, except the Countess Markiewicz, who is in Holloway Women's Prison, in London. IRISH SITUATION OBSCURE. PENDING GOVERNMENT'S EVIDENCE. Received 11.20 a.m. LONDON, May 22. The Irish situation is still obscure pending the introduction of the Government's evidence of a pro-German plot. Satisfactory evidence is likely to detach a majority of Nationalists from the Sinn Peiners. Mr. Dillon declares Government's action is unprecedented and he awaits the statement of the grounds for this action. Until then he has no opinion ,to offer on the matter. It is understood the Nationalist Commoners intend to return to Westminster next week.