, 1916-05-06
Censored at Jamnica.)

London, AIay 2nd-The Foreign Office
announces Tint il hns learned from Mr.. Wal
ter Hines Page, the American Ambassador,
TINT Germany has accepted the British pro-
posals for the transfer TO Switzerland Of Bril-
tishand German wounded or invalid prison
ers of war for exchange.
London, May 3rd-No definite date can
be set for the reply OF the British Govern
ment to the third demand which Washing
ton has made for the release Of the thirty
eight Austrinns, Germans and Turks seized
on the American steamer "China" near
Shanghai.
New York, May 3rd-Developments which
further complicated the labour situation in
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and other
points have assumed u more acute stage, aud
it was announced last night that Mr.. Samuel
Gompers, President of the Ameilcan FEEDER
alton Of Labour, probably would come here
personally to supervise the action Of the
mAny thousands Of workers who are on
strike. Interest yesterday, centred in the
WalkOut of employees i'll the cloak, suit and
skirt industry and the strike of the tug
boat and lighter engineers and fremen, al
though dlseeDsion between employees and
employers IN other industries was reported
to have spread.
New York, May 3rd-Steamship piers
are filed high with freight which cannot
be moved, and fifty steamers aIe at anchor in
the barbour to-day unable to reach the
wharves because of the strike of marine ell
gineers which has tied up $50 tug-boats com
posing about IS per cent of the craft eneag-
ed IN such service III New York harbour.
The only relief on this, the third day Of the
tie-up was afforded by the action of some of
the railway companies in acceding to the
demands of the engineers. The situation
was aggravated by small strikes of longshore
men at some of The piers, and the intimation
that a general strike of 5000 longshoremen
might be called to support that of the engin-
GERS.
Sydney, N. S. w, May 3rd.-The New
South Wales Ministry has resigned owing
to the unwillingness of its members to put
into effect the abolition of the Upper House
8s demanded by the LMbour Party.
Berlin, May 3rd.-A semi-official telegram
from Sofia characterizes as untrue reports
recently circulated that Bulgaria was at
tempting to arrange a separate peace.
Holyhead, May 2nd.-NIr. Augustine Biz
rell arrived here to-day from Dublin aboard
the yacht ''HeIga" after having spent sew
eral days in revolution-torr Ireland. The
Secretary Immediately boarded a special train
for London. The revolution is entirely in
hand and virtually over, SAID Mf. BrEelI.
eve have received word from our com
mands in various parts of Ireland that all
the main bodies of revolutionists have sur
rendered. Dublin itself is quiet. The shops
re-opened there to-day. OF course, there is
still some sniping at one place or another,
but the whole situation through the country
is well under the control of the troops. The
military operations, however, have not yet
ended and martial law will be maintained"
Dublin, May 2nd.-Seven hundred Sim
Felners have been sent in a special train I'M
der an arned guard to Belfast.
Holyhead, Wales, May 3rd-Three hun
dred more prisoners from Ireland, of whom
20 were wounded, were landed here today
The prisoners included q considerable num-
Der OF persons evidently of somewhat higher
station than those landed two days ago.
Some of them were intellectuals, who here
tofore have been identified mainly with the
Irish literary movement. Others were clerks,
spQrtsmen, tradesmen or farmers, Most of
them appeared to be greatly exhausted. AL
though all the prisoners wore mems clothing,
it was reported that several were women,
30 or 40 of whom have been made prison
ers. Only about S per cent of the prisoners
wore the Sim Fein uniform. There are
undOubtedlv many prisoners who ~ tr,,tb.