IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1917, Page 5

IRELAND.

#TtpaDEB WITH GERMANY. «KN FEINERS AT WORK. v_jr- Washington, Nov. 12. , ?6<T«t Serylc6 ha? published two Mlpn FeiAdoetilnents. • Ofr is an official account of the 1916 says: "There is existing «a Mfaamerit win Germany that, if the iWroe of tte war allows it, she Will esttwpb an Independent Ireland." Secret Service possesses other AMMtelltt tending to show that several stftt ftfoiw visited Germany test year * new revolution. The documnf Stiiflated that Se+eral women Sinn had re<pßjr arrived in the United States.

|fi(X|&ITED som FEIN MEETING.

" V (London, Nov. 12. KAtje contingents of police and soldierg thrived at Waterford on Saturday enfirtrce tiie prohibition of a Sinn Fein llteatfqg. Messrs Valera, M.P., and Griffith arrived in the evening and crowds n tiie Ideal volunteers, boy scouts and irsanbers of the Sinn Ftein Club welcom*4 tirajn loudly cheering the leaders. A DMasion was formed, many carrying ({Mil: sticks. The police prevented a jpretfb of Redmondites rushing Mr. V4l- - procession. Cordons lof Said soldiers with fixed bayonets posted at various points of the Tie leaders reached their hotel

A meeting was held secretly during a rttls storm in the afternoon three miles otttiMs tUe City. Six""hundred Irish roluitteers attended. They outwitted the police by taking various route?. There were only ten policemen at the meeting. Mr. Valera, in a characteristic speech, t&id they only wanted arms to make jteland free. MINERS REFUSE TO STRIKE. London, Nov. 12. Ihe South Wales miners' ballot overwhelmingly rejected the strike proposal toggested as ft protest against more stringent recruiting of miners. This is regarded as a notable proof of the determination of Labor to make any sacrifice necessary to secure victory.