The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-24
Sim fem WILL
!. FIGHT DRAFT YET
when IT COMES
Fand Of Nearly a Milliol
Ready for It
Lloyd George Confirms Evil
dence of German Plot.
LAST Of PL0TTERs ARRESTED
Many Irishmen Apply To Enter
American Army.
Americas Goodness Is Sensed
by Dublin Lord Mayor.

by Dublin Lord Mayor.
Edinburgh. May 24.-Speaking at .
luncheon Mr.. Lloyd George said there
was no doubt that there had been q
conspiracy for a great uprising in Ire
land. He stated that he had seen the
evidence. The leaders of the nation
aiist party he added. had nothing to
do with it
London. May 24.-Waiter Hume
Long, secretary for the Colonials. who
is chairman OF the committee drafe-
ing the Irish home rule bill. arrived
last night in Dublin. according to a
press association dispatch from the
Irish capital. /
Several more arrests have been
made. Two of the men arrested Sum
day. Collins and Mullins, will be court
martialied on charges of having i'll
legal possession of explosives
Anti-Draft Fund Grows.
Dublin, May 24.-The anti-con-
scription fund which in less than
month has grown to nearly $l.O00,oO0
| bids fair to become one Of the most
important factors in the development
of the internal political situation IT
Hand for political purpose and being
lin control of the Mansion house con-
ference that body finds itself in po-
sition of greater financial power than
any political organization in Ireland
to-day
Thus the conference. unless man
aged scrupulously. would be able to
influence tremendously the action OF
any nationalist political organization.
This opens many dangerous possible
ties to which the moderate leaders in
Dublin have devoted anxious attention
recently.
Many subscribers are moderate
Irish men and women. who while OBJ
jecting to the forcible application of
CONSUMPTION, are firm supporters OF
the war and equally opponents to the
Sim Fein and everything for which it
stands. But should the representa-
tives of this moderate opinion attempt
to restrain their extremist colleagues
it is evident a situation might arise.
where the resignation of the moder-
ates would be Inevitable. Serious
problems regarding control of the
fund then m Ta,sh s e pss .,5i,
The resignation Of the moderate
delegates to the conference would be
regarded as a tremendous victory for
the Sim Fem and SfnF 1trers.rnay
their tho an nationalist n ns opponeSs. is
the reason the situation in.which John
Dillon and Joseph Devlin find them
selves is one of the most delicate, in
the history OF Irish politics.
BY WEBB MILLER.
Dublin. May %, (night).-Sinn
Feiners and Nationalists are uneasy.
awaiting the governments next, move.
Their principal concern seems to be
that the government will rests now
that the Sim Fein's leaders are In
termed.
Many young Irishmen are applying
to get into the American army. The
Nationalists- are counseling against
this, saying such move should be
put off until home rule is secured.
Meanwhile the government is round
ing up the last of the alleged plot
tiers. About a dozen persons were
arrested yesterday and last night and
were Immediately deported.
There will be no trouble over the
arrests" said a member of the Ma
tionalist conference. We are waiting
and watching and playing a bigger
game-fighting CONSUMPTION.
/ Draft Fight Awaited.
ITS the governments next move.
We will not let them bait us into dis
advantageous position for the fight
against CONSUMPTION, when 1t comes"
The reported impending publication
| of the evidence against the alleged
German plotters is awaited with
the greatest interest, as it may widen
| the gap between the Sim Feiners ana
the Nationalists. or may cause a split
! in the Mansion house conference.
| THE refusal of the government to al
| low representatives of the Irish peo-
pie to forward an appeal to President
Wilson, who is the champion OF the
rights of nations,-unless the appeal is
censored by the military governor of
Ireland-is a notice to the allies that
the principles for which they are
fighting do not apply to Ireland" de-
clares the Freeman's Journal.
| America Not Friendly.
ut will have a more prejudicial ef-
feet on American opinion than any
mission"
! Other newspapers say the lord
mayor, uncertain of his reception in
America, does not wish to go there, a.
| had been planned
"The Mansion house conferences
aIienated every friend of nationalist
aspirations in England. France and
America" the Irish Times declared.
THE conference is aware of this, for
the lord mayor has assigned q trivial
ridiculous excuse to avoid the ordeal
of an interview with President