IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1919, Page 5

IRELAND.

THE O'DONNELL CASE. A COURT-MARTIAL UNLIKELY. London, Oct. 31. It is unlikely that Father O'Donnell will be court-martialled, as he desires to be demobilised in order to bring a civil action against the authorities in Ireland, who brought about his arrest on a charge of making seditious utterances. Father O'Donnell explains that, though lie drafted cablegrams to Mr. Hughe3 and Archbishop Mannix protesting against his deportation without an opportunity of defending himself, his counsel decided not to send the cablegrams. The Australian military authorities telegraphed to Ireland summoning witnesses in the Father O'Donnell case, with a view to preliminary investigation. They are taking summary evidence.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN INQUIRY DEMANDED. Received Nov. 4, 12.15 a.m. London, Nov. 1. The Daily News demands that ths O'Donnell case be cleared up by a public inquiry. It states the case has created bad feeling in Ireland and given a new filip to the Sinn Fein Party.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A REVOLT FRUSTRATED. RAIDS ON POLICE BARRACKS. London, Oct. 31. A court-martial at Gfclway charging an Athlone resident with possessing seditious documents disclosed that a sensational scheme had been planned on military lines to bomb numerous police barracks and seize arms. The coded instructions insisted that no quarter must be given to the police.—United Service. M.P. SENT TO GAOL. THE PERSECUTION OF THE POLICE. Received Nov. 3, fi.j p.m. London, Oct. 31. A court-martial sentenced a Sinn Fein member of the House of Commons, Ernest Blythe, to one year's imprisonment for being in possession of a document advocating the persecution of relatives of the police. Blythe, who disclaimed any knowledge of the document and described it as an abomination, has begun a hunger strike in Mount Joy Prison.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [A cable received from London on September 14 stated: "The police and military raids iif many parts of Ireland resulted in a stream of prisoners being senj; in to Dublin in military lorries. O'Keefe and Bhrthe, Sinn Fein members of the HouseiflC'Commons, were arrested on the premises of the Sinn Fein headquarters ia, Dublin.'']