THE IRISH REBELLION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 50, 2 June 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH REBELLION.

: MISCELLANEOUS MS. Dnitkd 'PSSir : Ai&tMa^i'row. London, May 31. General Sir John French wrote to Lord Hardinge, : saying that he felt that the condition of Ireland was unsatisfactory. 'He interviewed Mr Birrell early in February. Mr Birrell seemed not to bo afraid of the Sinn Feiners, but feared dynamiting. Sir John French consequently bel : eved that it was unnecessary to reinforce the Irish garrison, but held troops in readiness in England. Mr Birrell, when interviewed on 23rd March, did not indicate that his opinion had changed, but only urged the despatch of troops to assist recruiting, but Sir John French could not spare them for that purpose. In the House of Lords, replying to Lord Charnwood, Lord Kitchener paid tributes to the gallantry and behaviour of the volunteer corps at Dublin and their useful work elsewhere. He said that they might prove highly useful in a case of emergency. The Manchester Guardian hopes that the war interest will not distract public opinion from Ireland, because the question is likely to profoundly influence the fortunes of the war. The Sinn Feinerg rebelled in order to distract Britain. If the question is unwisely handled the rebellion may not have been as mad or futile as it seemed.