HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2760, 2 May 1916, Page 5

HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED

MORE TROUBLE WITH GREECE AUSTRO - GERMAN THREAT SIM FEIN REVOLT . SURRENDER - 0F ! . LEADERS REPORTED STATEMENT BY MR. BIRREII, It is reported that the Sinn. Fein revolt has collapsed, and that the leaders are surrendering. Great fires are raging in -carious parts of Dublin, and fighting is sti]l_proc.eeding in isolated localities. Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Irelai» d, has made a statoraent concerning the rebellion and its origin, in which the Minister explicitly connects Sir Roger Casement and German machinations with the outbreak; The news from the Western front discloses no developments of material import. There are locul encounters, and air fights, and Mr. Philip Gibbs contributes a stir ring story of the Bplendid stand of an untried. Irish Division'in repelling German attache delivered under cover of gas An official report from Petrograd confirms the German report of the action in the Narotch region, in which the enemy recaptured his lost trenches, fn the Balkans theatre, the Greeks are making trouble on the question of the transportation of Serbian • troops over Greek territory, and to reinforce their objections the Austrian and German Governments are threatening the country with a destructive. invasion of Zeppelins and aeroplanes. Meanwhile, the French have effected a pew landing in Asia Minor, and are preparing a fortified base. There are no further details of the surrender at Kut-el-Amara; the Allied Press is sympathetic, while the Turco-German Press is jubilant. '