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Show GERMANS M 10 LAND INJRELAND IRISH REVOLT LEADER TAKEN FROM TEUTON AUXILIARY WHICH WAS SUNK. Attempt to Land Arms for Use of Ene mles of England Meets With Disaster, Dis-aster, a Number of Prisoners Being Taken. London. Sir Roger Casement has been captured from a German ship which attempted to land arms in Ire-alnd Ire-alnd and was sunk. This official announcement an-nouncement was made Monday night as follows: "During the period between the afternoon of April 20 and the afternoon after-noon of April 21, an attempt to land arms and ammunition in Ireland was made 'by a vessel under the guise of a neutral merchantship, but which, in reality, was a German auxiliary in conjunction with a German submarine. subma-rine. "The auxiliary sank and a number of prisoners were made, among whom was Sir Roger Casement." Sir Roger Casement before the outbreak out-break of the European war was in the British consular service, having held posts in Portuguese West Africa, the Congo. Free State, Haiti, San Domingo and Brazil. In November, 1914, it was reported report-ed that Sir Roger, who was the leader of the separatist faction in Ireland, had gone to Berlin and conferred with the German imperial authorities, his intention, it was said, being to open negotiations between the German government gov-ernment and the anti-English party in Ireland. Assurances were said to have been given to Sir Roger that should the German troops land in Ireland all native na-tive institutions would be respected by them. Sir Roger's followers in Ireland Ire-land were, according to the report, to give every aid to the Germans. |