HUN HOPES IN IRELAND.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 August 1918, Page 6

HUN HOPES IN IRELAND.

Professor Dibevlius, a Bonn. University don, has been turned loose by the German Home Propaganda Department to circulate made-to-order news and views of “What is going on in Ireland,” Under the title he writes in the sem-i-oflieial ‘ ‘ Cologne Gazette ’’ :- “It is not Worth cracking our heads over the question of Whether a new uprising in Ireland is probable or not, In these days of machine guns and heavy artillery it is an enormously diffic'ult thing. What is certain is that the spirit of revolt is at the zenith and that England must retain in Ireland .a very considerable mass of troops—at least hundreds of thousands -——at a time when every man is urgent--Iy~—ne<.:essary on the ‘Continent. It is at least extraordinarily improbable that even this gigantic English force will be able to overcome the opposition of united Ireland to conscription. The Irish will not decide the war. But because of their stubborn resistance hundreds of thousands of English troops will be chained to Ireland and Australia, either as troops or as civilians Who will not fight.” _ p