THE IRISH REBELLION.
LENIENCY FOR PRISONERS.
A GOVERNMENT PROMISE. UJntt*-- p 'ffN« (Received 12.20 p.m.) London, Juno 1. Mr Dillon appealed lor magnanimous treatment of Irish prisoners. Mr Asquith said the Governments policy was to use leniency and clemency consistent with vindication of the law and prevention of a recurrence of the outbreak. About eight hundred have already been discharged. The prisoners have been given power to appeal to an advisory committee, to which the Government is adding two Irishmen.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 50, 2 June 1916, Page 8
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80THE IRISH REBELLION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 50, 2 June 1916, Page 8
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