The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-27
Griffith, Founder OF Organ
iZatiOn. and Three Mem
bers of Commons Taken.
BRITISH SPREAD NET
Dublin Action First in Plan
to Arrest All in Irish
Republic Army.
PLOT PAPERS CAPTURED
British Say Collins and Null
cahy's Murder Plans In
yOlved Leaders.
PLOT PAPERS CAPTURED

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HEh,LD.
Copyright, 1920 bV The NEw YORK HERArr.
DuBLIN, Nov. 26.-The arrest here
to-day of Arthur Griffith, founder Of
the Sim Fein and Vice-P President OF
the Irish Republic; Joseph Mcbride
Prof John MacNeill and L. j. Dug
gan, Sim Fein members OF the House
Of Commons, and other noderates,
with no known charges made against
them. represents Dublin Castles de-
termination TO root out the entire
Sim tein organization. Despite Mr.
Grifith's assertion that the Dali Fire
ann. which Is the corporate soul ot
the Sim Fein, cannot be held respon-
sible when it is not allowed to func-
ton, it Is the opinion Of officials in
/ Dublin Castle that Collins. Mulcahy
and other so-called activists are the
servants Of this prescribed organiza-
ton. and that all members Of it are
equally guilty with the men who were
I responsible for such crimes as the
killing ~ fourteen officers here last
SATURDAY.
II is understood the men arrested
will he kept under detention for an
indefinite period.
The Dublin Castle theory is based
on documents captured on three oc-
casions recently and in which Collins
( and A1ulcahy were connected, but each
time they escaped arrest. In one in
stance were found records OF assign
ments to duty Of men OF the Irish Re-
( publican army. Dublin Castle officials
contend that these records were In
! Collins's handwriting and that the ink
was not yet dry on them when they
were captured.
discriminating Papers Found.
In another instance. they asserted
papers were found which told of Sinr
/ Feln plans for typhoid infection and
sabotage campaign In Manchester and
\ Liverpool on this occasion Mulcahy.
/ who Is called "chief OF staff" OF tie
/ Irish Republican Army. escaped arrest
! by climbing a ten foot wall, clad only
I IN his nightshirt.
One of the men engaged IN This raid
described Il 70 TEr Nzw YoRK HERALD
4 correspondent here tonight Ills version
differed only slightly from the oflciei
statement. lie said
I'VE cant brea'; down door without
first demanding a-.ni.tance In the nanc
Of the King and then granting a reason
able time fo- the occupants OF the place
10 reply. We did this when we raldc1
the house where we knew Muicahy wa.
| hiding. During the interval between thc
! time we demanded admittance and wheu
We broke open the door nulcahy gath
cred up his documents and placed them
in an attaches case and Jumped through
a window just as the door was broker
open.
The attackers followed him through
the window and were close on his heels
When Mulcahy approa ched the wall n
had 20 drop the case he was carrying
IN order % climb Y. The attackers were
firing ut him. but they stopped TO PICK
up The case. which enabled MuIcahy 20
escape. Nevertheless we got The case
with It's contents"
Il was stated at Dublin Castle to-day
/ that the attaches case contained papars
showing that the Sim Fein organization
/ was officially cognizant OF campaign
OF murder and terror both in England
and Ireland. and that these papers were
signed b. Collins and Mulcahy. with
their official titles az commander of IL,
Irish Republican Army and chief Of
st;,n. respectively.
IL also Is charged that the Dali Fire.
ann has been collecting funds for men
gfv
Arrest All I'm Republican Army.
Hence the authorities are gathering
ur every man who admits he Is q MON
Der Of Tho Irish Republican Army. Also
that Is the reason for tlo arrest of A.r
Griffith.
Mr. Grfrths friends tonight insist
81. however that ne has scrupulousv
compiled with The law. They declared
DE had not acted n any way az Actin
President OK the Irish REPUBLIC sine
the Dali Elreann was prescribed
Other persons connected with the SIM
Fein movement confirmed this. but nj
mitted that Collins and Mulcahy have
been active without consulting Mr. Grif
fifth or any O, tho moderates Thoy
held all tho strings OF the organizati3r
IN their hands and played on them a
they saw ~.
1t was declared at Dublin Castle that
they arc notorious activists. believing
that only hy campaign Of terror cam
concessions be wrung from the British
Government Also it was declared they
had ordered uneducated boys from tht
country 20 undertake terrorist work IN
der tho sacred symbol Of loyalty 70 the
cause Of ireland.
Officials at Dublin Castle would not
say that The murders here last Saturday
wcrc carried out hy paid assasslns or
trained "gunrleu" exclusively Instead