Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
INCLUDE IRELAND
IN CONSCRIPT|ON
Grant Immunity 10 Insurgents
Who Enlist in Army.
FOUR MORE ARE SHOT
Joseph PIunkett, Edward Daily, Michaei
O'Hanrahan and William Pearse Are
Executed.

The new military service bill! max
ing conscriGtion general, has Deel
amended to include Ireland, accoi ding
to the Exchange Telegraph company
Another amendment prIvid.s I'M
munity for Irish insurgents who TOOK
part in the recent uprising II they
enlist in tie British army. ireland
was excluded in the original conscrlp
tion measure.
Four more Irish insurgent prisoners
were sentenced to death by court
martial and shot. This was announc
ed officially. The men were Joseph
Plunkett, Edward Daily, Michael
OHanrahan and William Pearse.
The following official communication
was issued Thursday evening:
-Four prisoners, Joseph Plunkett,
Edward Daily, Michael O'Hanrahan and
William Pearse, were sentenced to
death and shot after the sentence had
been confirmed by the general com
manding in chief.
Fifteen others sentenced to dea II
were committed to ten years pena
servitude. They were: Thomas Bev4n.
Thomas Walsh, Finian Lynch, M!chae
Mervyn, Dennis O'Cal aghan, P. E
Sweeney, Patrick McNestry, Petel
Clancy, William Tobin, George Irvine
John Doherty, J. J. Walsh, J;mes M
Linn, ]. J. Reid and John Williams.
Another prisoner, John McGalry
was ccmmuted from death to Ell Il
years. Two others, Francis Fahey an
Richard Davys, were sentenced to tel
years"
Only one shot has been heard III
Dublin since late Thursday night. TIC
military authorities continue to dc
stroy large quantities of arms and am
munition.
Irish Nationalist members of the
house of commons will ask the govern
ment to order the complete disarma,
ment of Ireland.
The Nationalist volunteers are will
ing to hand in their arms if the meas
ure is made general. That the Si:ua
ton in Ireland is still serious is shown
by letters from the Bishop OF Dublil
published in the morning papers, In
which he writes:
Martial law should not be too
quickly withdrawn from Dublin. The
danger, which has been much greater
than the government will admit, is by
no means past. Many armed insur.
gents still are at large in Dublin, and
the dan, xr of another uprising can
only be averted by the most strict
measures. This is not the time ior
amnesties or pardons. 1t is time for
swift, stern punishment"
Walter H. Page, the United States
ambassador, has asked his govern
ment for instructions as to the course
he shall take in the arrest in Dublin
of James Mark Sullivan, former Amerl'
can minister to Santo Domingo, for al.
,eged completely in the Irish revolt.
Mr.. Page also has addressed note
to Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secre'
tary, asking whether Mr.. Sullivan is
still in custody, the nature OF the
charges against him and how soon he
is to be tried. 1t is reported unofti.
cially that Sullivan has been brought
to London.
Mrs. Sullivan reported to the Amert'
can embassy that there was not the
slightest basis for the charge against
her husband Mrs. Sullivan is under
the impression that he has been
brought to England. If so, 1t may be
difficult to identify him, as the p:is.
oners put on board vessels at Kings
town were merely numbered. The
American officials are making every
effort to find Mr.. Sullivan.