IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1916, Page 5

IRELAND.

DUBLIN NORMAL THE REBEL LEADER if London, May 7. Dublin is normal, but the hotels remain closed until Tuesday,

There is distress among soldiers' wives, who are unable to obtain their allowances, owing to the documents having been burned in the barracks. It is expected that a grant of several thousand will be made from the Prince of Wales' Fund for prompt relief. Mcßride, who has been shot, was known as major. He organised the Irish Corps which fought with the Boers. He has since been Inspector of Water Works in Dublin. He used his influence to nullify the recruiting campaign. His wife, who had Fenian sympathies, obtained a separation from him in France in 1905, describing her husband as an incorrigible drunkard and rake. Mcßride habitually referred to his son as the future President of independent Ireland,

DEALING WITH THE REBELS. DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED. London, May <'. Some of the Irish death sentences have been commuted. Henry Shanahan has been sentenced to imprisonment for life, John Phmkett to ten years, and Philip Cosgrove to five years. Thirteen other sentences have been commuted to three years.

Two hundred rebel prisoners have left Gal way and another batch has been brought in. The court-martial at Dublin sentenced Countess Markievicz to death, but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. Count George Kunkett's death sentence was commuted to ten years' imprisonment. 200 VICTIMS BURIED. DISTRESSING SCENES AT THE PUNEBALS. THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED. Received May 9, 12.30 a.m. London, May 8.

Dublin commercial, men have passed a resolution to the effect that the jutbreak would have been impossible but for, the gross and unpardonable Government laxity, and therefore the Imperial Treasury should provide for the restoration of the buildings and the losses of the citizens.

Two hundred victims have been buried since Easter Monday, whereof 25 per cent., have been unidentified. There were distressing scenes at the funerals. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining coffins, a number of the victims wer,e buried in shrouds. Only one mourner was permitted to follow the remains. Sometimes the police made an open search of the coffins to prevent the smuggling of arms out of the city. 2000 REBELS DETORTED. Received May 8, 8.5 p.m. London, May 7. The total number of Irish rebels deported to England is two thousand.