IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1916, Page 5

IRELAND.

SETTLEMENT IN VIEW. HOME RULE, EXCEPT FOR ULSTER. ..s Times and Sydaey Sun Services. <■ Received May 24, 6.45 p.m. London, May 23. The Evening Standard states that influences are working to promote a settlement of the Irish question by {ranting Heise Rule as soon as possible, •with the exclusion of Ulster. In the meanwhile Mr. Asquith may constitute an Advisory Board to take over adainistration tempsrarily. ' TREATMENT OF THE REBELS. London, May 23. The arrested Dublin rebels are being at the rate of twenty or thirty daily. Forms of application for release have been circulated in all the camps. They contain the single question, "Did you take part, active or otherwise, in the recent rebellion?" If the answer is m the negative the applicant is expected to account for his movements between April 22 and the date of his arrest. According to letters and statements from relatives, none of the arrested men were engaged in the revolt, though many were actually'in uniform and admitted membership in the Sinn Fein. The authorities are disposed to give the benefit of the doubt to all who have a plausible defence. The arrested men are allowed to write letters, and there are three visiting-days weekly. Relatives are allowed to send them luxuries and pocket-money. THE CASEMENT CASE. London, May 23. The King's Bench Division of the Supreme Court granted a rule nisi against the Graphic for commenting on ths , Casement case, the offence consisting of drawings with titles and observations imputing treason. THE VICEROYSHIP. I ~ ' \ REPORTED ABOLITION. Received May 24, 11.30 p.m.. London, May 24. The Daily Express says that Mr. Asquith will abolish the Irish Viceroyship. BALKANS. THE TURKISH ARMY.;NEARLY A MILLION STRONG. HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS FOR BAGDAD. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, May 23. The Daily Mail's Athens correspondent gives the number and disposition of the Turkis hforces as follows: Von Sanders' command, from the Dardanelles to Adalia, 180,000, including 50,000 at the Dardanelles; Von Trommer, in Thrace, •has 55,0001 in Constantinople there are 35,000, incluoing many Austrians; Djemal Pasha, in ' Syria, has 70,000; while in the Caucasus there are 40.000, and in Mesopotamia 120,000. The total is 800,000, of whom, probably, many are ineffective, The Times' correspondent at Bucharest says the Turks are hurrying all possible reinforcements to the interior of Asia Minor,.leaving only 150,000 to defend Constantinople, GaMipoli, and the Asia Minor coast from Aivali to Eregli, on the Black Sea. German officers are 'urging the danger of leaving the European front practically undefended. Twelve thousand Austrians have gone to Bagdad and 4000 Germans are going. The' Turks are 'heavily concentrating at the north-west point where the Bagdad line crosses the Euphrates, fearing that the Alliea will attack from Alexan•dretU.