THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 31, 11 May 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

PRESIDENT OF SINN FEINERS I- arrested. 1 I [Hnitied Pbbbm Ah«(;niAiuvM. > ! London, May 9. Tliore was a Sinn Fein council about starting the rebellion and the fatal decision was - carried by a small majoi,ty. John Mac Neill, president of the • Sinn Fein Volunteers, has been arrested. He published, as ft ruse, a notice postponing the parade arranged for Easter Sunday. | | QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS. London, May 10. ! In the House of Commons, Mr P. Morrell asked if Skeffington was shot in the barrack square at Dublin before martial law had been proclaimed, and why his name had not been included among the istv. of those executed. | ; Mr Healy asked if two newspaper I editors, one of whom was opposed to j the revolt, had been placed against a I i wall in the barrack square and shot without trial. Mr Asquith promised to inquire. GERMAN PRAISE FOR BRITISH SECRET SERVICE. TOO SMART FOR CASEMENT. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, May 10. The Cologne newspaper Volks Zeitung declares that Casement’s arrest ■I again proves the excellence of Britain s |political secret service. Though Casement’s consular experience fully acquainted him wjtli the organisation of the secret service, he never suspected j he was constantly watched. His foot- j steps were dogged everywhere, and | he was seized the moment he landed in Ireland. , TRIAL OPENS NEXT MONDAY. I (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, May 10. Casement’s trial opens next Monday. PUNISHMENT OF THE REBELS. GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE NO k. ■ PROMISES.! v.ltj i’. (Received 10.30 ia.m.) ,■, , > i ib !5 ; • . London, May 10. f Mr Asquith, in the Rouse of Comipons, said there was reason to believe thcTb would be no further necessity to proceed with extreme measures in dealing with the rebels, but the ‘ Government could not give any under- j taking in the matter, ' THE FATE OF SKEFFINGTON. INVESTIGATION PROCEEDING(Received 10.30 a.m.) ■ - London, May 10. Mr Asquith, in the Bouse of Commons, said that Skeffington was shot on the 26th without the knowledge of the military authorities. The matter was being investigated, and, the officer concerned had been arrested,, and would be court-martialled, COUNTESS MARKIEWICZ. AN AUCKLANDER’S IMPRESSIONS I Some interesting details of the character of the Countess of Markiewicz were given to a Star reporter by an Auckland gentleman who met and conversed with her during a recent visit to the country of Sligo. This Irishwoman’s name hag figured prominently in the cables of recent date, she. being the leader of the Irish rebels at the Royal College of Surgeons at,St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin. The Countess is the eldest daughter of the late Sir Henry William GoreBooth, Bart., of County Sligo. She is a handsome woman, of regal bearing, and is known over the country' as being one of the most beautiful Irish women of her day. Featherbrained and daring, she had a passionate love of horses, and, riding astride, she would leap fences tha her male escorts would be inclined avoid. Her beautiful eyes and flaxen hair made her a prominent figure at the Dublin Court functions. Before she married she was the Hon. Lady GoreBooth, and as such was prominent in the suffrage movement. She seemed to take a delight in breaking away from the demands of convention, and judged a cause or opinion by the excitement it afforded. In spite of her almost masculine characteristics she loved society, and was happy in a. drawing room, where her brilliance of conversation and musical gifts made her a prominent and much-sought-after personality. Her love of horses led her to endless escapades, and there were few hunt meetings that were not . marked with her presence. The mother of the countess was a uie-e of the ninth Earl of Scarborough—father of the present Earl. It was from her mother that the daughter inherited her beauty and love of art. The extreme love for the unusual which marked her behaviour during girlhood did not cease when some years ago she married the foreigner, Count Markiewicz. She continued to show an active interest in ibe cause so contrary to the wishes of her old Royalist father, and was prominent as a woman leader. i The Countess’s father, Sir Henry

William Gore-Tooth, possessed rone of the fiery nature which marked the early days of his daughter, but was a quiet, unassuming man—a regular old Tory,—who, if he were alive, would probably think his daughter’s present position was the result of a brain disorder. His estate—Lisdalo—was one i

of the most beautiful in the West of Ireland, and he had what was judged to ho the best pack of foxhounds that were followed during his hunting days. His keen love of his hounds influenced him to make it a condition in his will that the pack bo maintained after hTs death. Tire present occupier of the property is Sir Jocelyn Booth, a son of the late baronet.