THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 47, 30 May 1916, Page 2

THE IRISH REBELLION.

SINN FEIN MOVEMENT. United Pkebs> iasiooiatton London, May 28. At the Dublin Commission Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain, InspectorGeneral of the Irish Constabulary, deposed that the Sinn Fein movement, which commenced in 1905, was moderate at the outset, but a council of extremists got possession, freely circulating anti-English literature. From the end of 1914 the Sinn Feiners were closely associated with the Irish Volunteers, and' they found in Sir Roger Casement an agent who did much to strengthen the cooperation .with Germany. Witness became convinced that Germany was financing a disloyal organisation. Major Price, an intelligence officer at the Irish Military Headquarters, [stated that between August and November, 1914, about 900 rifles were sold jby an English firm to the Irish Volunjteers. As a result of the Sinn Fein ■ propaganda the army lost 50,600 reIcruits. During six months the Volunteers collected a fund of £20,000. The jSinn Feiner.s captured the Gaelic League, the Gaelic Athletic Association, and the Volunteers. They were linkable to trace the receipt of German lmoney in Ireland, which came indirect[ly, via New York. I The Secretary-General of the Dublin Post Office stated that the conduct of the postal staff during the war was 1 quite excellent. The staff numbered J 17,000, and oifly -18 were under suspicion, and some only slightly. DUBLIN'S DEVASTATED DISTRICTS. [ SUGGESTION TO ERECT ! CATHEDRAL. (Received 9.35 a.m.) London, May 29. Archbishop Walsh suggests the possibility of building a cathedra) in one of the devastated areas of Dublin. He says he is confident Irish-Ame-rica and Australasia will abundantly help