AFTER THE REVOLT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 698, 6 May 1916, Page 10

AFTER THE REVOLT.

DEALING WITH REBELS. j DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. 1 (Received May G, 8.50 a.m.) i LONDON, May 5. Official.—Fifteen rebels at Dublin [had their death sentence commuted j lo 10 years' imprisonment, and anlother was commuted lo eight years' | imprisonment. I Two of the rebels were sentenced to 10 years'. CLEANING UP THE CITY. BODIES OF REBELS FOUND. (Received May (i, 0.15 a.m.) DUBLIN, May 5. The situation is slowly clearing up. Though desultory firing recommenced on Thursday night, it was quickly suppressed. Firemen are pulling down the burnt and shell-shattered houses. The bodies of 20 dead rebels were found in the offices of the "Dublin Express," which was seized as a preliminary to the attack on Dublin Castle, and where desperate hand-to-hand fighting occurred for possession. MANY PEOPLE RUINED. REBELS "SOLD" BY THE GERMANS. "Tiwex" a»d "Sydney Sim'' Services. LONDON, May 4. The Dublin correspondent of "The Times" says many wealthy people are ruined, and thousands of workers deprived of their livelihood. Priests who interviewed the prisoners were told by many:—"The dirty Germans sold us. They promised to come to our help, but did not come." A German henceforward will be synonymous in Dublin for a cheat and a scoundrel. Republican postage stamps were found ready for issue. They were green, white, and orange, with pictures inset. Upwards of 3000 prisoners were 1 taken in Dublin. They were mostIly boys of 18, and of wretched j physique. Three minutes after one party was placed on board ship every member was praying. FIERCE STREET FIGHT. A GALLANT DEFENCE. B|/ Cable, — Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, May 4. The Dublin correspondent of "The Times" says that the incident mentioned in General Maxwell's dispatch I occurred in a narrow street near I the "Four Courts." Before the reIbels had opened hostilities a handi ful of men were told off to convoy j five ammunition waggons from the j North Wall railway station to the 'barracks at the other end of the . city. In Charles Street the rebels ficrce- ! ly attacked the party without warnj ing. The five carmen coolly turned their waggons across the road and unharnessed their horses while the esj cort poured volleys into the rebels. jThe waggons formed a miniature ■ laager, where a gallant battle was i fought. I The party of Lancers held their j ground against a continuous fusilj lade from the street corners and the surrounding houses. Three officers were hit, but one held on till reinforcements "arrived and drove off ! Ihe rebels on Thursday night. The railway carmen displayed j wonderful courage and devotion by creeping through the rebels' lines Jat night time and returning with I rood.' ! MESSAGE FROM THE KING. TROOPS AND POLICE THANKED. LONDON, May 4. i The King has telegraphed to General Sir John Maxwell as follows: "Now that the lamentable outburst lias been finally quelled, I wish to express to ray gallant troops in Ireland and to the Irish Constabulary and the Dublin police, my deep sense of their wholehearted devotion to duty and the spirit of self-sacri-fice in which they acted." CASEMENT THE TRAITOR. ; ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIAL. LONDON, May 5. Casement will be charged in a Civil Court with high treason. He was arrested before the proelamation of martial law in Ireland. Moreover, it is desirable to fully investigate Casement's conduct in Germany, which is impossible under the Defence of the Realm Act. Important evidence is being collected, and Casement will shortly be charged before a magistrate. FIXING THE BLAME. |FULL INVESTIGATION PROMISED. LONDON, May 4. In the House of Lords, the Earl j of Mealh asked whether, despite the warnings given, Sinn Feiners were permitted to remain in the service of the Dublin Post Office. j Lord Crewe said an early and full j enquiry as (o the responsibility of j Ihe members of the Irish Governsment and the Government collectively, was lo be held.