IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1916, Page 5

IRELAND.

THE FEATHER-HEAD REBELLION. GERMAN DOPES BETRAYED. Received May 11, 5.5 p.m. > London, May 10. Mr. Herbert Samuel, speaking at the National Liberal Olub, said that the'lrish revolt would be known in history as "The Feather-head Rebellion. " Threaders had rashly put faith in their socalled Continental allies, but the German Government betrayed their dupes. We .would be guilty of unpardonable weakness unless we meted out stern penalties to the blood-guilty, but the Government did not intend to cause widespread executions. A NATIONALIST MANIFESTO. London, May 10. A meeting of Nationalists has drawn up a manifesto to the Irish people, which it is issuing on Wednesday. A ROUND-UP IN GALWA?. London, May 10. The police day and night are hunting the rebels among the rocks, bogs, and mountains of Galway. Hundreds have been arrested in their homes, but the leaders are hiding in the mountains and many have declared they will not be j taken without a fight. i —: —_• | CASEMENT'S CASE. THE SHOOTING OF SKEFFINGTON. London, May 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith stated that Skeffington was shot on the 20th, without the knowledge of the military authorities. The matter was being investigated and the officer concerned arrested. He would be courtmartialled. Sir R. Casement's trial would begin next Monday. The Cologne newspaper Volks Zeitung declares that oir R. Casement's arrest again proves the excellence of Britain's political secret secrvice. Though Sir R. Casement's consular experience had fully acquainted him with the organisation of the secret service he never suspected he was constantly watched and his footsteps logged everywhere. He was seized the moment he landed in Ireland, COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. NO FURTHER EXECUTIONS MEANWHILE. Mr. Asquith has announced that Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, Mr. Justice Shearman, and Sir Mackenzie Chalmers have been appointed to inquire into the causes of the outbreak of the rebellion, also into the conduct and degree of responsibility of the civil and military executive in Ireland. He declined Mr'. Redmond's suggestion to extend the terms of reference. Mr. Dillon obtained leave to raise a debate on the Irish situation to-night, but refrained until to-morrow, Mr. Asquith promising that no further executions should take place meanwhile.

CONFIDENCE SOUGHT. SOME OUTSPOKEN CRITICS. Received May 11, 11.35 p.m. London, May 11. Lord Loreburn added: The Government ought to treat Parliament candidly. There had been neglect in the elementary duties of the Government to give protection against violence that was directed against the whole population. The events of the war had shown that silence had been carried to excess, and Parliament was too reticent in controlling Government by the expression of opinion. Antwerp, Gallipoli, and Mesopotamia were instances where forces had been dissipated and our prestige diminished, scores of thousands of lives had been detroyed without serious criticism, but no one yet knew who was to blame. Lord Wortley wanted to know who was to blame for the Ireland trouble. Lord Donoughmore said that it seemed farcial that Lord Hardinge should preside to allocate the blame for the Ireland rising, when he might have to clear himself of the responsibility for Mesopotamia. Perhaps the Government would appoint Mr. Birrell chairman of a committee to inauira into affair* in MmorjfiftmlM