The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-05-22
DISCOVER GERMAN
PLOT IN Ireland
Thirteen Alleged COnspiratOrs Are
Arrested; British Government
Asks Erin's Loyalty.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
Say5 Certain Persons Communicated
With Fee "Roaeeting on Irel7nd's
Fair Naue"-Urgcs Voluntary
Recruiting.


Fair Name"-Urgcs Voluntary
Recruiting.
Dublin, May 20.-The Irish Times
says the government has not acted II
moment too soon, as all the signs
pointed 10 another outbreak of armed
violence possibly "a connection with
The landing OF German troops on irish
shores.
London, May 2O.-Thirteen leaders
OF the Sim Feiners in ireland, include
ing the Countess Markievicz (who is
Implicated in the Dublin uprising),
Professor De Valera Ga member Of par
liamen) and others equally promi-
nent, have been arrested, said Il dis
patch from Dublin to the Evening
News. Five arrests were made in Dub
lin upon the heels Of the proclamation
Of the new lord lieutenant declaring
that n German plot had been unearth-
ed. Those arrested in the Irish cap
ital were Doctor Dillon, Arthur Crit
flths, the Countess Markiewicz, De
Valera and a Sim Fein leader named
Cosgrove.
The Freeman's Journal of Dublin
says that CONSUMPTION will be put into
effect in Ireland under cover Of the
revelations that are now being made.
Arrests were made in different parts
of Ireland, but Were made simultane-
ously All followed the revelation that
German propaganda was being liber-
ally distributed in Ireland.
The Star, in referring to the matter,
said;
THE developments indicate that con-
scription will be applied to Ireland
Immediately"
= Conspire With Germans.
The proclamation of the lord lieu
tenant says:
whereas, it has come to our knowl-
edge that certain subjects of his maj
esty, the king, domiciled in Ireland
have cOnspired to enter and have en-
tered into reasonable communication
with the German enemy; and,
whereas, such treachery is a men
ace to the fair name of Ireland and its
glorious military record, record
which is source of intense pride to
a country whose sons always distin-
guished themselves and fought with
such heroic valor in the past, in the
same way as thousands of them are
now fighting in this war; and
"Whereas, drastic measures must be
taken to put down this German plot,
which means will be solely directed
against that plot;
"Now. therefore. we, the lord lieu
MnaDt of Ireland and governor gen
eral of Ireland. have thought fit to
iseup this proclamation declaring as
follows:
THAT it is the duty of all loyal
subjects of his majesty to assist in
every way his majesty's government
in Ireland to suppress this treasona-
Bile conspiracy and to defeat the
treacherous attempt of Germany to de-
fame the honor of Irishmen for their
own ends;
THAT we hereby call upon all loyal
subjects of his majesty in Ireland to
aid in crushing such conspiracy and,
so far rs " them lies, to assist in Sc
curing an effective prosecution of the
war and the welfare and safety of the
empire;
''That ms a means to this end we
shall cause still further steps to be
taken TO facilitate and encourage vol
untary enlistment in Ireland in his
majesty's forces in the hope that with
out resort to compulsiOn the contribu-
ton of Ireland to those forces may be
brought up to the proper strength and
made to correspond TO the contribu-
lions of other parts of the empire"
Asks v. S. to Protest.
Dublin, May 20.-At Il meeting of 40
members of the Irish party with the
Irish Nationalist leader John Dillon,
presiding, statement was issued that
the bill for conscription In Ireland was
adopted by parliament largely under
the impression that no attempt would
be made until a responsible Irish gov
eminent and parliament were called.
Late Developments lead to the con-
viction, the statement says, that the
government has no intention of pro-
ducing any bill whatever. The state
ment concludes:
"We beg of the American people and
government, in the memory of the
bonds of sympathy which have existed
between the American and Irish ma
tons since the foundation of the re-
public, to urge upon their British al
lies the duty of Immediately applying.
IN the case of Ireland, those principles
of democratic freedom and national
self-determinatlon so magnificently
set forth in President Wilson's decla-
rations, the benefit of which is denied
IN Ireland, while the Irish people are
called on to fight for them in foreign
lands