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Show i HUNS HATCH IRISH ! PLOTINAIRICA INVASION AT FAVORABLE TIME WAS TO FOLLOW UPRISING FJNANCED BY GERMANS. Teutons Counted on the Irish Trouble to Divert Great Britain's Attention, from the Fighting Front in France and at the Channel Ports. Washington. Evidence of plotting between German and Irish agents in this country for an uprising in Ireland Ire-land has been uncovered by United Stiites government agents, and is partly part-ly responsible for the recent arrest of Irish leaders by the British government. govern-ment. This evidence, which may be made public soon, is understood, to show definitely that Irish leaders, inaini.v Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States, have been in touch with German Ger-man representatives, who agreed to furnish money to finance a rebellion in Ireland and possibly to send arms and ammunition to Ireland by submarines or blockade runners. There was even some discussion of the chances of sending German soldiers sol-diers to take part in warfare on Irish soil. The uprising was set for about this time, when the Germans planned to reach the channel ports after their great drive in France and it was believed be-lieved England would be thrown into confusion by the German victories. Ireland was to be freed entirely from British control if possible and the Germans counted strongly on the Irish trouble to divert Great Britain's attention from the fighting front in France and at the channel ports at the very time when It would be most neces sary for the country to keep calm to prevent a German invasion. Information concerning these plots has been gathered by several investigating investi-gating agencies of the United States government and turned over to the state department, which forwarded it to representatives of the British government. gov-ernment. In mnnv cases the informn- tion provided leads by which British secret agents found evidence of plotting plot-ting in Ireland. Negotiations were allowed to proceed pro-ceed for some time in the hope that more of the plotters would be rounded up finally, and the arrests are believed to have been ordered hy British officials offi-cials at this time because it-became evident that an open outbreak was about to be precipitated. It was hinted also that a numhei of Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United Unit-ed States are under watch for further developments in the Irish plot. |