SINN FEIN REVOLT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2765, 8 May 1916, Page 5

SINN FEIN REVOLT

FURTHER EXECUTIONS MARRIAGE IN GAOL SOME SENTENCES COMMUTED . . By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright London, May o. Official.—Joseph Plunkett, Edward Daly, Michael Shannahan. and William Pearse were court-martiailed and shot at Dublin. Tho death sentence passed on fifteen of the Dublin rebels has been commuted to ten! years' imprisonment. Another who was sentenced to death has been sent to gaol for eight years. Two other rebels havo received sentences of ten years' imprisonment. A BRILLIANT CRADUATE. v .AND A:RICH MAN. (Rec. May 6, 7.30 p.m.) , London, May 5. Joseph Plunkett, who was shot, was a brilliant University graduate, and son of.Count George Plunkett, of the Clanricarde Estate, worth two and a half millions sterling. MACDONACH'S SISTER. MARRIED TO JOSEPH PLUNKETT. (Ree. May 7, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 6. Official.:—A few hours before his execution, Joseph Plunkett was married in prison to Grace Gifford, sister of the rebel MacDonagh, and a widow. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH. JOHN M'BRIDE EXECUTED. , CReo. May 7, 5.5 p.m.) . London, May 6. Official.—Thirty-six rebels were courtmartialled on Thursday. John M'Bride, William Cosgraye, and Thomas Hunter were sentenced to death. M'Bride was executed on Friday, tho others had their sentences commuted to penal sorvitude for life.

"ANOTHER BLOODY ASSIZE" COMMENTS, BY NEWSPAPERS.(Reo. May. 7, 5.5 p.m.) .'.:'' London, May; 6. The/'Daily News" hopes that "we have heard the last of the Irish executions." ■■■..■•■' The "Daily Chronicle" warns the Government not to carry the shooting over-far, as it will make tho rebels martyrs. Tho "Manchester Guardian" says "the death sentences ought to cease. Enough havo gone for an example and a warning, and another bloody assises is not needed. Mr. Redmond and Sir Edward Carson pleaded for. clemency for the rank and file, but where is the line to be drawn? It is monstrous that a military.; tribunal sitting in secret should be allowed to determine a grave and critical matter in hot blood."

RELIEF IN IRELAND . -, STERN DEALING WITH THE ■'/..'■ REBELS. .'■ (Rec. May 7, 5:5 p.m.) London, May 6. Ireland is relioved at the Government's dealing sternly with the leaders of the revolt. The public is insistent that steps should be taken to'end a menace which can be,clearly foreseen. Although' many rebels were summoned to headquarters and responded, not suspecting trouble, they were told the Republic had been proclaimed, rifles were thrust into their hands, and were ordered! to-, fight,- the penalty'for disobedience being death.

THE GALWAY; FUGITIVES BEING CAPTURED IN DOZENS ("Times" and SydneyV'Sun" Services.) London, May 5. . The News Exchange correspondent at Galway: states that fivo hundred Sinn Feiners, who had led a fugitive existence outside Galway during the last few days, are being brought in- in dozens and l lodged in gaol.' There was no Tesistanceto the. arrests. The authorities hold evidence connecting the outbreak in Galway with Germany.

. MANY PEASANT FARMERS . RISKED THEIR PROSPECTS. (Rec. May 7, 5.5 p.m.) ■■;_••: London, May 6. , The "Daily' Chronicle's" correspondent who toured the West of Ireland .left with.the impression that the action of tho rebels was sheer lunacy. Ho watched rebel prisoners being brought in from the Galway hills, which, parties of armed police in motor charabancs were scouring; many were peasant farmers, who, through the assistance of the Congested Districts Board, were beginning to taste prosperity with' new homesteads, latest agricultural appliances, and excellent breeds of cattle and sheep, yet these men, by a desperate gambling throw, havo been thrown back to the old days of crime. . The rebel army was about a thousand strong, of whom two hundred had firearms. • The rest carried picks and pitchforks and home-made bombs, under Captain Mellows, who was recently deported from England as being a dangerous conspirator, but lie immediately purchased a priest's clothes aud returned to Ireland in. disguise. Directly the rebel scouts announced that the military were approaching the rebels retreated and l took refuge in the mountains. Tho arrests include Professor Stbiuberger, a German teacher at the University, Professor Walsh, and Coroner Nicholls.

THE REVOLT IN THE TRENCHES. HOW THE IRISH SNUBBED THE HUNS. ' (Rec. May 6, 7.30 p.m.) London, May 5. Mr. "William Redmond, who is serving at the front, writes to his brother: "The Gerrhans in the trenches opposite tho Irishmen raised placards with the " 'Revolution in Ireland, English firing on vour families, Military Bill rejected, Casement is being persecuted, throw away your arms. Wo are Saxons, and if you do not fire we will not/ _ "The Irishmen replied with singing Irish airs and 'Rule Britannia.' "

LIFE IN DUBLIN MADE UNEASY BY SNIPERS ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. May 6, 5.5 p.m.) London. May 5. Tho "Times's" correspondent in Dublin says: "Life here is still mado uneasy by a few-obdurate- snipers. People quicken their steps when passing narrow' streets and lanes. Tho keenest watch is being kept for escaping rebels. Sir John Maxwell has publish: ' an order calling on all members oi tho Irish volunteers and citizen _ army to surrender their arms, ammunition, and explosives before Saturday, and intimating that severe treatment will follow otherwise. '. , "From to-day the shops reopen and normal life will recQ.a\menci&"

. Reviewing'the events' of the rebellion, the correspondent says that Dublia Castle was absolutely at: the rebels' mercy on Eastor Monday. Teu men could have taken the whole place, and the occupants, including Sir Matthew Nathan, when a Sinn Feiner shot a policeman, at that time the only one there. The rebels suspected a trap and refused to go in till too lat'e.. : \ The "Daily Mail's" correspondent) states that despite sniping the towns* 'folk regard the rebellion as a thing of the past. Nobody expects good results from the attempts to disarm only! the Sinn Foiners and Larkinitcs. It is pointed out that dangerous youngsters can form associations with new names, retaining their arms. This, makes it urgent to rid the country completely of rifles and munitions. COMPLETE DISARMAMENT. URGED m THE NATIONALISTS. . London, May 5. The Nationalist members of the House of Commons are asking tha' Government to 6ecuro complete disarmament m Ireland. They say that the National Volunteers are willing to hand over their arms if the measure is made general. ~...:.... ..■ General Maxwell has issued an order.: te-day directing the members of "the citizen army to surrender all arms, ammunition, and explosives before Saturday. If they refuse they will be severe' lj dealt with. .'".'' CLEARING THE DEBRIS. TWENTY-SIX DEAD REBELS FOUND. London, May 5, _ The Dublin situation is slowly clearing up, though, desultory fifing recomi menced on Tuesday night, but it was' quickly suppressed. Firemen are pulling down the burnfi shells of shattered houses. Twenty-six dead rebels were found in the offices o$ the Dublin "Express." TWO MISSING SOLDIERS. FOUND UNDER THE RUINS UNHURT. . London, May 5.'. Two soldiers in Dublin, who hav» been missing since Friday week, and who escaped from the post office, where they ' wore prisoners, hare now been, found, unhurt, under the ruins of the Coliseum Theatre. . . Two officers and fifteen men were im* prisoned in.a cell at the post office. Some bombs were placed outside the door. The prisoners askeel if they must bo loft toiburn lite rats in a trap. The rebels opened a side door, liberating thein .in., the. street, -but :fire& • a volley, killing two of the hostages and wound-: ing a lieutenant.

JOHN DEVOY. HIS.COMPLICITY IN THE REVOLTS (Rec. May 7, 5.5 p.m.) ~ ■ New York, May 6.. Mr. Patrick Egan, a former United States. Minister, to .Chili, and a- wellknown follower of Mr ; John Redmond, states that John Devoy, editor of the "Gaelic American," planned the Dublin revolt, with the help ,of ten thousand sterling from Now lork Germans, and still larger sums from Germany. ; Mr. Devoy has violated United States neutrality- by exporting arms and aiumum' tion to Ireland. ..'.'... RESIGNATION OF SIR MATTHEW ' NATHAN. '-.-•.•' London, May 5. • Lieut.-Coloriel. Sir Matthew Nathan' (Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of- Ireland) has resigned. Sir Robert Chalmers (ex-Governor of Cey Ion) replaces him temporarily.