The Irish standard., 1917-09-22


Co.; Armagh, Cavan, e. Kerry, Sim
Fein Conference.
No arrests were made, and the seiz-
ures-which generally took place an
hour or two after midnight, were on
the whole devoid of interest. One Of
the places raided, however, was the
Parochial Hall, Letterkenny, which,
of course. contained no arms, and an
indignant remonstrance was tele-
graphed to Dublin Castle by Father
M'Cafferty.
Regarding the seizes at the I. N. ".
Headquarters at A Parnell square,
Dublin, inquiries yesterday ELECTED
the following further details: Be-
tween 1890 and 12:45 a. M, d. M.
p. officer demanded admittance on the
authority of an order by Sir Bryan
Mahon. About 20 constables, a mill.
tary Lieut. Colonel and another officer
entered, and warrant was read
to those in occupation-four National
Volunteers. A considerable force Of
soldiers, with rifles and fixed bayo-
nets, guarded the street in front Of
the house, as we'll as the rear ap-
proaches. "Those who entered put us
into room," said one Of the Volun-
teers, "and kept guard over US. They
then searched the house from top to
bottom. The police were furnished
with crowbar, pinch-bar and a
strong hammer, with which they bat
tered in any doors that were locked.
''They asked us to open these doors.
We had not the keys, but we said we
could soon get them If allowed, but
they did not wait. They took every.
thing in the way of arms, ammunition,
uniforms or equipment, with two hoe
key sticks. The search lasted about
an hour"
An inspection of the premises
shows that considerable violence was
used to break in the Committee
Room in the second floor, and. Col.
! Moores private office on the third
floor, and the rooms ransacked, docu-
ments being Uttered around. So far
as can be learned, very few important
documents were taken.
A dummy figure in Col. Moores pri-
vate office was stripped of it's uni
form, which was taken, but the wood
en- figure was left untouched. The Of
fees still continue to be kept in
charge of the l. N. y, who adhere to
the organization as directed by the
Officers Committee, and who oppose
the leadership of Mr.. Redmond and
his nominees of the National Commit
tee.
Belfast Seizures.
Berry St. National Club was the
scene of the Belfast raid, in which
soldiers and 40 policemen took part.
When the force took up their posi-
lions outside admittance was demand
ed. The only person on the premises
was Mr.. MacManus, assistant man.
ager, who had been detained on bust.
ness. A number of rifles were seized
in an exhaustive search. One of the
objects revealed in the raid was a
large green flag, one of three specially
made, the others having been carried
by the Munster Fus. and Connaught
Rangers at Guinchy and Guillemont.
The rifles of the I. N. v. at Cork,
openly stored in the Corn Market,
were taken possession of and removed
yesterday by the military and police.
Other seizures of arms are reported
from various parts of the country.
Parties of police and military raided
Hibernian Halls and other places in
Co. Kerry and brought back rifles.
Detachments of soldiers and police
raided the premises of Nationalist in
Derry city, in the country, and in
parts of Donegal. Yesterday mum
Der of rifles were brought to the Eb.
rington barracks on lorries from parts
of County Derry, where during the
night seizures had been, effected. 1t is
stated that the residence of priest
in N. Donegal was raided and arms
captured.
The premises of Mr.. Charles O'Neill,
d. L., Derry, we're surrounded and q
number of rifles belonging to the
l. N. v. were discovered and removed.
Great excitement was caused, and not
a little indignation, at the immunity
from seizure of stores of rifles and
ammunition belonging to the U. V. F.
Raphoe Diocesan Property.
The Parochial Hall in Letterkenny
was the scene of raid by the Done
gal Co. Inspector and force of pc.
lice, who forced their way into the
Literary Institute, smashing two doors
Of a room supposed to contain fire.
arms. Father McCafferty sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the Under-Secre-
tary, Dublin castle:
"The police broke into. the Lit
erary Institute here, which is
parochial and diocesan property,
last night In search Of arms.
They found no arms, but, of
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