COUNTRY OUTWARDLY CALM.
FURTHER ARRESTS MADE. Received May 21, 8.20 p.nj,. " London, May 20. Ireland is still outwafldly palm this morning. lu> ,(Arrests continue quietly througout thecountry. The latest arrests include Maud Gonne, widow of the late Major'.MTSride, who was executed in 19145—Press Assoc. EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY. TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY. . Received May 21, 9.30 pan. London, May 20. It is understood that the evidence of complicity between the Sinn Fein leaders and the enemy is being prepared for early publication.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. SINN FEIN EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE. GOVERNMENT ACTION. j. Received May 21, 8.20 p.m. London, May 20. The Sinn Fein emergency executive, which wag nominated before the arrests were made, has assumed control. It is expected the Government will prohibit Sinn Fein agitation.—United Service.
PRESS COMMENTS. GOVERNMENT FIRMNESS APPROVES. DUE, PLOT MUST BE ORUSHED. Received May 21, 3:20 p.m. London, May 20. The newspapers urge the necessity of the Government immediately formulating the charge against the Irish who have ben arrested, thus expediting the pubiicatiotn of material fasts to give tho accused a full and fair opportunity of making a defence. The Daily Telegraph says:—Tho supreme mistake of successive British Governments during vha past dosade hai bfen to allow British authority and law to fall into contempt. The paper congratulates the Government on having at length determined to end open treason in Ireland. They have cast the net wide, and vr» hope there rill he no more pitiful surrender to any clamor for tbe release of conspirators as political prisoners, ' v f The Morning Post says:—The arrests are an excellent step towards the reestablishment of firm government in Ireland. It complains that Nationalist leaders have been left to carry on seditions agitation against conscription. The Daily Erpresa says!—-The crazy Sinn Fein plot must be crushed; but we hope and believe the British people will maintain the attitude of friendship nnd sanity so forcibly expounded by General Smuts. The pledges to the Irish people must be fulfilled—United Service. , i
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1918, Page 5
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331COUNTRY OUTWARDLY CALM. Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1918, Page 5
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