New Britain herald., 1916-04-26

that any treatment of Sir Roger Easement other than that due a prisoner of war of the highest rank would be a sentence of death against him and other English servants in this country"
 London, April 26, 3:O5 D. m-At the opening of the house of commons today Augustine Birrel1, chief secre- tary for Ireland, said it was difficult to say whether any routes to Ireland were open or closed. He added that he was going there if he could make arrangements.
 Premier Asquith told the house of commons that drastic action to sup press the movement in Ireland was being taken.
 Outside of Dublin, he said, the country was tranquil. The premier added that steps were being taken to acquaint neutral countries of the real significance of stThis most recent
 London, April 26, 2:28 a. m.-Sir Roger Easement, leader of the separatist faction in Ireland, who was captured while attempting to land arms from Germany ofl the ? Irish coast, was conveyed across Ire- land Saturday by a strong, armed escort who knew the prisoner only by two initials. He arrived in Lon don without incident and immediate ly was lodged in the Metropolitan prison.
 The fact that Sir Roger Easement has been brought to England to stand trial and is detained in military custody leads to the assumption that he will ha tria6 or tho roro of high treason.
 Arthur Lynch Was Last Accused.
 This charge has been preferred less than half a dozen times in Eng land in the last hundred years. The last instance was during the Boer War, resulting in the convinction of Arthur Lynch in 1903. MT. Lynch. who is now a member of the house Of commons, was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted and a year later a pardon was granted The Express suggests the possibil- ity that Sir Roger, if convicted of high treason, may be beheaded, as under the existing law person found guilty of this offense may, by crown warrant, be given the penalty of beheading instead of hanging
 Political Lunatics' Act of Folly.
 "An act of folly by political luna tfcs-old disgruntled cranks and young Sim Feiners'', is the orthodox < view of the Irish nationaIists on the uprising in Ireland as expressed by Matthew Heating, member of par1ia- ment from South Kilkenny. MT. Heating has been active in the na- tionalist group for six years.
 "The utter lack of real political SICrySf fTao place in Dublin can be understood when I explain that those concerned could not possibly represent more than one per cent. of the popula- tion of tn ecountry," said MT. Keat- ing. ITO illustrate, not more than twenty-five of this band of cranks can he found in my constituency of seven thousand. Many of them originally Joined the Irish movement when Sir ~'Edward Carson organized Ulster.
 In Touch With Basement.
 Some time after we started the Irish volunteer movement to offset the Ulster organization there arose division between the Irish national . 1st and those following old revolu- tfonary movements The latter adopt . ed the name of Irish Volunteers and continued to talk nonsense and drill 2. after the beginning of the war.
 Tt is quite evident that these kept in touch with Sir Roger Easement and arranged an onslaught coinci- dent with the ill-fated gun running exploit"
 The following telegram was re reived in London today from Baron Wimborne, Lord Lieutenant for Ire- s land, dated Dublin:
 '"The situation is satisfactory. Ste phens Green has been occupied. E Eleven insurgents have been killed. s The provincial news is reassuring.'