, 1916-05-10
TELEGRAMS
ST CROIX

tial and shot this morning. This was an
nounced officially. The mon were Joseph
Plunkett, Edward Daily, Michael OHanahan
and William Pearse. Fifteen other rebels
were sentenced to death, the statement adds,
but later their sentences were committed to
ten years penal servitude. The death SEN
tence of another prisoner was commuteG to
eight years penal servitude. Two rebels
were sentenced to ten years IN prison. The
Is whose death sentences were committed to
ten years were: Thomas Bevan, Thomas
Walsh, Finian Lynch, Michael Mervyn, DEUS
O'Cajlaghan, 2. F. Sweeney, Patrick McNes-
try, Peter G, Lancey, William Tobin, George
Irvine, JohE Doherty, j.. j. Walsh, James
McLinn, j. J. Reid, and John Williams.
John McGarry was committed from death to
s years. Francis Fahey and Richard Davies
were sentenced to 10 years. Plunkett was
one of the z original signers of the proclama-
ton of the Irish Provisional Government.
Pearse, Clarke and Macdonongh was shot
yesterday. Macdiarmid, who is a cripple and
in feeble health, and Jumes Connolly, two of
the Original signere, are apparently still alive.
Connolly is a prisoner.
London, May 5th-Sir Roger Easements
trial will take place in London within a fort
night before three or five judges and a jury.
Baron Reading, the Lord Chief Justice of
England, probably will preside. The Attor-
aey-General will conduct the prosecution.
Sir Roger has asked Sir Edward Carson to
defend him, but it is unlikely that he will
accept. According to good authority, Case
ment, who for some time after his capture
was threatened with a serious nervous
breakdown, now has completely recovered
his health.
Paris, May 5th,-The French successes on
the Meuse have been of greater importance
than indicated by first reports, according to
a se!ni-oficial statement is ued last night.
The French troops. by a skilfully prepared
and brilliantly executed operation, have
thrown back the Germans on the north
west side of Dead Mans Hill beyond the lines
held at the beginning of March. The
enemy has thus lost by a single stroke his
gains painfully made by two months of
continuous costly attacks. Dead Nuns
Hill has twin SUBMITS known re p%ectively
as Hill 2G5 and 295. On the first If these The
Germans had effected q footing but now have
been completely cleared from Hill 265. The
Germans, surprised by the suddenness of
the French attack, were thrown back in dis
order and suffered exceptionally heavy loss
es, particularly from the preliminary bonn
bardment. The large number of Germans
killed explains why SO few prisoners were
taken.
Paris, May 5th-The official statement
to-day says: West of the Mouse, after a
bombardment of extreme violence the Ger
mans at the close of the day yesterday
launched a strong attack against our posi-
itions north of Hill 3C4. They were repul-
sed along The whole front attacked but gain
ed q footing at som points in our advance
trenches.
London, May 5th-Serious rioting took
place in Budapest on Saturday, according
to q Central News despatch from the
Hague. 1t is said that u thousand Socialists
and women assembled in front of the Bur
gomaster's house shouting "make peace,
give us food" Fifteen of the crowd were
killed when the home garrison fred. Two
hundred arrests were made.
London, May 5th.-The Nationalists, ac-
cording to the "Daily Mall, will press the
Government at an early date to disarm every
mar in Ireland. The paper adds that the
Nationalist are quite willing that they should
be disarmed provided that the Government
does likewise with the Ulster Volunteers.
"The demand" says the DAILY Mail" sis like
ly 10 raise a difficult issue in Irish politics."
London, May 5th.-A Zeppelin dirigible
balloon was destroyed yesterday by one of
the British light cruiser s%quadrons off the
Schlaayip coast aava an official annOunca.