11 DECEMBER 1920, Page 1

The seriousness of the Sinn Fein conspiracy in Great Britain,

as well as in Ireland, has been shown by the arrest of a number of persons in Scotland. On Thursday, December 2nd, the Glasgow police captured three Irishmen whose houses were stored with arms and explosives. Two other men were arrested for tamper- ing with the loyalty of the troops. This week two men in a motor-car were arrested near Alias after a long chase ; the car was loaded with gelignite, rifles, and revolvers. The car belonged to an Irishman living in Glasgow, who has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy. It is well that the Scottish police have been on the alert, for these desperadoes might have done a great deal of harm.