IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1916, Page 5

IRELAND.

SINN FEINERS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ARRESTED. ■ London, May !). There was a Sinn Fein council about starting the rebellion and the fatal decision was carried by a small majority. John MacXeill, president of t'he Sinn Fein Volunteers, has been arrested. He published, as a ruse, a notice postponing the parade arranged for Easter Sunday. MILITARY LOSSES. OVER 500 CASUALTIES. London, May 9. Ms. Asquith, in the House of Commons, said that the total military casualties in Ireland were:—Officers: Killed 17, wounded 40; other ranks, killed 80, wounded 311; Irish Constabulary, 12 killed and 23 wounded; Dublin Mice, three killed and three wounded; the navy, one killed and two wounded; Loyal Volunteers, five killed and three wounded; nine soldiers are missing. No further Irish bulletins from Dublin will be issued in future. In London it is believed that the disarming of the Sinn Feiners throughout the country is practcally complete.

NOT INCLUDED. IN COMPULSORY SERVICE BILL. NEWSPAPER EDITORS SHOT. Received May 10, 9.40 p.m. London, May 10. In the House of Commons, in committee on the Military Service Bill, Sir J. B. Lonsdale moved that it should include Ireland. Sir Edward Carson warmly supported. Mr. Asquith said that onee the principle of conscription was accepted a new case would be made for its extension to Ireland, but he preferred not to accept the motion, as it would provoke contention, and many Nationalists were opposed to it. Mr. Redmond declared that he had done 'his best for recruiting, and all parts of Ireland had done well. He was convinced, in view of recent events, that it would be unwise, and possibly insane, to apply the Bill to Ireland. He besought the House not to consent. The motion was negatived without a division. Mr. P. Morrell asked if Skeffington wias shot in the barrack square at Dublin before martial law had been proclaimed, and why his name 'had not been included among the list of those executed. Mr. Healy asked if two newspaper editors, one of whom was opposed to the revolt, had been placed against a wall in the barrack square and shot without trial. Mr. Asquith promised to inquire,