THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 8 May 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

THE GALWAY LUNATICB. FURTHER IMPORTANT ARRESTS. [Dnitid Pasai Ajmociation.] London, May 6. A Daily Chronicle correspondent ,vKo toured the West of Ireland left iih the impression that the action of the rebels wag sheer lunacy. He says he watched the rebel prisoners brought in from Gahvay Hills, which parties of armed police, in motor charabancs, had been scouring. Many peasant farmers, he says, through the assistance of the Congested Districts Board were beginning to taste prosperity. They had new homesteads, the latest agricultural appliances, and excellent breeds of cattle and sheep, yet these men, by desperate gambling, are thrown back to the old days by their crime. The rebel army was about one thousand strong, of whom two hundred had firearms, and the rest were armed with picks and pitchforks, and home-made bombs. They were under command of Captain Mellows, who was recently deported from England as a dangerous conspirator. He immediately purchased priest's clothes and returned to Ireland in dis- ' guise. Directly the rebel scouts announced that the military were approaching the rebels retreated and took'refuge in the mountains.... The arrests include Professor Steinberger, 'a*'German teacher, at the University, Professor Walsh (a coroner), and Nicholls, of the New York World.

CONDITIONS IN DUBLIN BECOMING NORMAL. London, May 5. The Times' correspondent at Dublin : says: Life here is still made uneasy by a few obdurate snipers. People quicken their steps when passing through narrow streets and lanes, keeping watch for escaping rebels. From to-day the shops have re-open-ed, and,normal life has re-commenced. Reviewing the events of the rebellion the correspondent says that Dublin Castle was "absolutely at the rebels' mercy on Easter Monday, and ten men! have tajieh the whole place and the' occupants,'including Sir Matthew Nfithan. \Vh(en the Sinn Feiners shot apoliceman.fSallthe'time 1 there We^eoniy three in the Castle. * 'the rebjels a trap,' and refused to in uritil it v was too late. ° ThefDßity Mail's correspondent says that despite; the sniping the townsfolk Iregard the i-ebellion as a thing of the [past. Nobody expects good results of jthe attempts to disarm only the Sinn Feiners. Larrikins, it is pointed out, are dangerous, as the youngsters can [form associations under new names. The returning of arms is urgent, in I order to rid the country completely of j rifles and munitions. I ' ' ■ '' • | DEMAND ¥6 WtJ ESS AT lt)N OF $ \ EXECUTIONS, nij#\.y

; • London, May 6. | Ireland is relieved at the Governjment.dealing, sternly., With. ( thp leaders., The public are insistent that steps should be taken tp' end jthe nienace.. j It is dear that many rebels who were: summoned to headquarters ,did not suspect trouble. They were jtbld that a, republic had,.,been, pro- ! claimed, rifles were thrust into their j hands, and they were ordered to fight, under the penalty, for disobedience, of death. j The Daily News hopes that we have heard the last of the Irish executions. f The Daily Chronicle warns the Government not to carry the shooting of the rebels over far, as this will make the rebels martyrs. The Manchester Guardian says: ''The death sentences ought to cease. There have been enough for an example, and warning, and 'the occasion is not needed for another 'Bloody Assize." Mr Redmond and Sir Edward Carson had pleaded for the rank and file, but where is the line to be drawn? It is monstrous that a military tribunal, sitting in secret, is allowed to determine in a, grave and critical matter in hojt b100d.,"

1 (The "Bloody Assize" was conducted by Chief Justice Jeffreys in July, 1860, after Monmouth's failure at, Sedgemoor, when ho ordered 320 executions for high treason). ! PLANNERS OF THE REVOLT. ! New YorK, May 6. Patrick Egan, a former United States Minister at Chili, and a wellknown follower of Mr Rfcdmond, states that John Devoy, editor of the Gaelic American, planned the Dublin revolt, ! with the help of £IO,OOO sterling from New York, while the Germans gave still larger sums from Germany. Devoy also violated the United States neutrality by exporting arms and ammunition to Ireland. Official; A few hours before his execution, Pltmkett was married, in prison, to Grace Gifford, sister of the rebel McDonagh's widow.

Thirty-six rebels were courtmartialled on Thursday, and Jolm Mcßride, William Cosgrave, and Thomas Huntor wore sentenced to iWth. McBride was executed on Friday, and the sentences on the others were commuted to penal servitude for life.

PLUNKETT, THE REBEL.

IGNOBLE CLOBE OF BRILLIANT CAREER. - J London, May 5. 1 The rebel Plunkett; who was shot,| was a brilliant University graduataj and son of Count George Plunkett, of the Clan Ricarde estate, which is| worth two and a half millions. - $ WHOLESALE ARRESTS. i .■••■;■;.. London, May K&-K The London Exchange at Galway says that five hundred Siwk Feiners, who have led a fugitive exiatj ence outside Galway for the last fcw| days, are being brought in m doasena| and lodged in gaol. They do not resistance to arrest. The authorities-hold-evidence connecting Galway with* Germany. I LOYAL IRIBH IN THE TRENCHES^ London, May 6. J Mr William Redmond, who is ving' at the front, writes to his broj ther as follows: Germans in the* trenches opposite the Irishmen raiseo| placards, with the words; "Revoju* tion in Ireland. English firing on| your families. Military Bill rejected,, Casement being persecuted. Throv& away your ;arms. W T e are Saxons,, 'and if yoit do not fire we will not.'| The Irishmen replied with Irish aira and "Rule Britannia." >

DUBLIN BACK TO NORMAL. DISTRESS AMONC SOLDIERS' WIVES. AN OUT-AND*UT>iajiBEL. "FUTURE PRESIDENT! OF IHDEPENDENX IRJELMHg!"' : ' (Received 8.15 a.m.) '/ , London, May 7. Dublin is in its normal condition. The hotels wil 1 remain closed until Tuesday. J Distress is prevalent, the soldiers' wives being nnable to obtain allowances owing to the necessary documents having been burned in the barracks. It is expected that a grant of several thousands will be made from the Prince of Wales fund fqr the purpose of affording prompt relief. McTJride, who'is Snovvn J as ' 3 ,*s£sjor" Mcßride,' organised 'llie ' Insli'''vbrps which fought with the fibers. Since 'then,'he has been inspector of water works in Dublin'. He used his innu'ence to nullify the recruiting canipaign/ His wife, who has Fenian sympathies.,, x a, f , } from,him in Trance, 5, dispersing Her Tiusb'and'as an'incorrigible drunkard- and Tesrs| to hi 6 son as the "Future 'President' of Independent Ireland!"

DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED. (Received 9.45 a.m..). London, May 7. >•• The* death - e -fbaexv coflTniuted on Henry to life; John Plunkett, ten yWsV Philip Cosgrave, five yearsj^aiidl"ion thirteen others the seritences.' -were commuted to three years. ■ . 'llf jisL''■"4. •vS^-' r MORE. REBELS AL " , >., }ut&, ' v .^wfpk SENTENCES PENAL SERVITUD^A.oQ (Received p'^r^Vj^ Two hundred rebel prisoners left Galway, and another batch has been I brought in to the court-martial at 'Dublin, which sentenced the Countess of Markievicz to death, but the tence was commuted to penal servitude for life. The Count and George Plunkett's death sentences were com* muted to ten years.