IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1916, Page 5

IRELAND.

PUNISHMENT OF REBELS. CITIZENS TO SURRENDER ARMS. SITUATION IMPROVING, London, May 5. Official: Fifteen rebels in Dublin had the death sentence commuted to ten years' imprisonment, the sentence on another was commuted to eight years' imprisonment, and two were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The situation in Dublin is slowly clearing up, though desultory firing recommenced on Tuesday night, but was quickly suppressed. The firemen are pulling down burnt and shell-shattered houses. Twenty-six dead rebels were found in the newspaper offices of the Dublin Express. Nationalist piembers are asking the Government to secure the complete disarmament of lrela,nd. Tliev say the National Volunteers are willing to hand over their arms if the measure is general,

General Maxwell has issued an order to-day directing the citizen army to surrender all arms, ammunition and explosives before Saturday. If they refuse they will he severely dealt with. Colonel Sir M. Nathan, Under-Secre-tary for Ireland, has resigned, and Sir E. Chalmers, ex-Governor of Ceylon, replaces him temporarily.

SHOT

London. May 5.

Official f Joseph Plunkett, Edivard Dalv, Michael Shannahnn, and William Pears iiave been court-martialled and shot in Dublin.

FURTHER EXECUTIONS. Received May 7, 5,fl p.m. London, May fi. Official: A few liours before his execution, Phmkett was married, in prison, to Grace Gilford, sister of tlic rebel McDonagh's widow. Thirty-six rebels were courtmartialled on Thursday, and John Mcßride, William 'Coegrave, and Thcr.ias Hunter were sentenced to death. Mcßride was executed on Friday, and the sentences 011 the others were commuted to penal servitude for life.

WHOLESALE ARRESTS. Times and Sydney Sun Service?. London, May 5. The London Exchange correspondent at Galway says that five hundred Sinn Feiners, who have led a fugitive existence outside Galway for the last few days, are being brought in in dozens and lodged in gaol. They do not offer resistance to arrest. The authorities hold evidence connecting Galway with Germany. SOME LUCKY ESCAPES. REBEL TREACHERY, London, May 5. Two soldiers at Dublin were missing since last Friday. They escaped from the Post Office, where they were imprisoned, and have now been found unhurt under the ruins of the Coliseum Theatre. Two officers and fifteen men were imprisoned in a cell of the Post Office. Some bombs were placed outside the door. The soldiers asked if they must be left to burn like rats in a trap. The rebels opened a side door, liberating them into the street, but fired a volley, killing two and wounding a lieutenant.

LIFE IN DUBLIN. SNIPING CONTINUES. CONDITIONS BECOMING NORMAL. Received May 6, 5.5 p.m. London, May 5. The Timps correspondent at Dublin say«: 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. General Maxwell has published art order calling (in all members of the Irish volunteers and the Citizens' Army to surrender their arms, munitions, and explosives, before Saturday, with the intimation that they will be severely treated otherwise. From to-day the shops have re-opened and normal life has re-commenced. Reviewing the events of the rebellion the correspondent says that Dublin Castlt was absolutely at the rebels' mercy on Easter Monday, and ten men could have taken the whole place and the occupants, including Sir Matthew Nathan. When the Sinn Feinera shot a policeman, at the time there were only three soldiers in the Castle. The rebels suspected a trap, and refused to go in until it was too late.

The Daily Mail's correspondent says that despite the sniping the townsfolk regard the rebellion as a thing of the past. Nobody expects good results of the 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 order to rid the country completely of rifles and munitions.

A MISGUIDED YOUTH. Received May 6, 7.30 p.iS. London, May 5. The rebel Plunkett, who was shot, was a brilliant University graduate, and son of Count George Plunkett, of the Clan Ricanlc estate, which is worth two and a half millions. PLANNER OF THE REVOLT. IRISH-AMERICAN EDITOR. Received May 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, May 6. ■ Patrick pgan, a former United States Minister at Chili, and a well-known follower of Mr. Redmond, 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 arnm aad ammunition to Irefes.4>