Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — ARMS SENT TO IRISH SEIZED [ARTICLE]

ARMS SENT TO IRISH SEIZED

German Rifles and Ammunition Dis. covered on Ship. London, March 26—A plot to smuggle aVms Into Ireland was unearthed, says the Evening Standard. A foreign vessel, whose cargo contained beer barrels In which were found rifles and machine guns of German make and also ammunition, was detained at a northern port, the newspaper asserts. The captain of the ship failed to give a satisfactory explanation of the discrepancy between his manifest and cargo and declined to reveal the Identity of the persons for whom the munitions were Intended, the Standard says. He has been detained ashore and will be brought to London for examination. The captain of another ship, whose cargo Is under suspicion, has been questioned and is holding himself at the disposal of the authorities, according to Jhe Standard.