IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1918, Page 5

IRELAND.

A SINN FEIN APPEAL. TO UNITED STATES PRESIDENT. London, July 4. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Messrs Dillon, Devlin, Healy, O'Brien, and the Sinn Fein leaders have sent a message to President Wilson which says: England threatens to crush the people of Ireland if we do not pay the blood tax. The message quotes the appeal which the American revolutionaries addressed to Ireland in the 18th century, and goes on to ask whether if England had been able to conscript the Irish race then the United States would enjoy its noble constitution now.

"Ireland, as a nation is more ancient than England and throbs with national consciousness. We are now required by law to bleed to make the world safe for democracy in every country except our own. Surely this cannot be the meaning of America's mesage to manhind. "It was known that Australia and South Africa had refused to adopt conscription when England resolved upon the law for Ireland. To overlay malpractice by imputing to the victims perverse and criminal conduct is a stale device of tyranny. We are assured that the President will not be among those who condemn Ireland for determining to continue steadfastly in her present course. I '— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. SINN FEEDERS RAIDED. London, July 4. The police in the south of Ireland are actively arresting Sinn Feiners and seizing arms. They raided the houses of six prominent Sinn Feiners and seized rifles, ammunition, and volunteer uniforms.