St. John's Daily Star, 1916-05-09

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 per annum tuesday may 9,1916 price one cent os pleads for clemency john redmond nationalist leader i s british government to temper justice with mercy in dealing with ! those who participated in sinn fein revolt — says that rigorous . methods will do no good fot'r more reb leaders are executed at dublin dn may b.—thelrish question \ again raised in the house of toramons to-day by laurence ginnell , who attacked the govern week on account of putting he leaders of the dublin up icnse to a question from g:n ier asquith said that lie touid not give any undertaking that no jnorc men would be put to death.be fore a opportunity would be given ron of the matter in the oi commons receiving this ijeply mr ginnell shouted murder lmand,*the irish leader pui to mr asquith suggesting ( c of military executions was causing rapidly increas ness and exasperation among i t the population which had thy with the insurrection he her following the precedent neral botha in south africa r would cause stop to be nut to executions . 1 pren \ quith replied that from tie very first redmond had been urg the government question wtiich had not fallen on unwilling cars uj of clemency for rank and uith had to say that general maxwell had been in direct personal communication with the cabinet on the subject questions arising from that policy in accepting the imperial govern ment's declaration of its abandonment of that policy which has sp seriously menaced the good telatioris between the two countries the government of the united states will rely upon the scrupulous execution henceforth of the now altered policy of the imperial government such as will remove the principal danger of the good relations existing between the united states and germany u.s accepts thehunnote cables the german government ihat it accept promises regarding re form of submarine methods at iheir face value—relies upon the good faith of the imperial german gov ernment no reference to conditions set down in german note washington may b—the follow ing is a text of the note cabled to day by secretary lansing to ambassa dor gerard at berlin with instructions to deliver it to the german minister of foreign affairs the note of the imperial german government under date may 4 1916 received cc.reful consideration by the government of the united states it is noied as indicating-the purpose of the imperial government as to the fu ture that'it is prepared to do its ut most to confine the operation of the war for the rest of its duration to the fighting forces of the belligerents and that it is determined to impose upon all i's commanders at sea limitations to re cognize the rules of international law upon which the government of the united states has insisted throughout the months which have elapsed since i'he imperial government announced feb 4th 1915 its submarine policy which is now happily abandoned the government of rfie united states has been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship its patent eflorts being to have an amicable settlement of the critical peace talk discredited london newspapers comment on ihc fitones of a cessation of hostilities treated by the german reply io ihe american note—say there is no rrospect of peace for early future alilles will listen to huns suing but not to demands london may 9.—london news papers re fuse to accept seriously talk which has followed the pulpicalion of the german note to wajlrngton outlining the position of the allies in jfegard to the peace proposals the telegraph says the entente powers are out to v/in the war and overthrow prussian militarism no inconclusive peace will suit their de marrds and every suggestion of a draw is abhorrent they will contniue to use their superiority in sea power to prorjiote their common purpose hie daily news says we should nquiish extravagant hopes if we thought that the end which all desire is in sight there have been peace feeljrs before and the present move ment will doubtless be found to be eqially fallacious but the time will come sooner than many expect when the german approaches will be more definite and frankly on a basis of su.itp.rs for pence not of a belligerent offering term until that time comes the allies will not entangle themselves in futile negotiations hun raider shells liner venezia with forty americans on board fired on while crossing the atlantic york may b.—the steamship venezia here from bordeaux with forty american citizens aboard was fired upon and chased for several hours by two commerce raiders while off the coast according to a story re lateq when the vessel docked here the captain and members of the crew were reticent when questioned concerning the attack upon the vessel but americans on board who were employed in caring for the horses transported on venezia's last voyage eastward vouched for the accuracy of the story and according to these men the venezia encountered the com merce raider on april 28 three days out.from bordeaux ckptain gaunt naval attache of the british embassy at washington to investigated the report that ger maij commerce raiders are operating in the trans-atlantic steamship lanes cjapt gaunt obtained capt boni face's statement showing the exact latf'ude and longitude in which the raiaers were sighted and the naval attache said he intended to wire to halifax so that the british cruisers now in american waters would be warned they will know in halifax if any of our cruisers or auxiliaries are in the region reported by captain boniface and said capt gaunt if these are really german raiders escaped from kiel they will have a short lease of life anzacs on west front condon may b.—australian and new zealand troops have arrived in france and have taken over a por tion of the front this was announced in an official statement to-night to relieve shackleton london may b.—the government decided to organize immediately an expedition for the relief of shackle ton danish princess may wed prince of wales she's war nurse now - prince margaret wiioee engagement to the heir to the bhti ttirone is expected to be announced soon , announcement of the engagement of the priceee margaret of dei mark to the prince of wales is expected soon the princess althoug only 20 is particularly gifted bhe is the only daughter of prln waldemar of denmark princess margaret has been serving as aw nur»e in the british hospital at harrogate gains made by the huns capture entire system of french tren ches on the northern slope of hill 304 near verdun—on east and west slopes their attacks are re pulsed—russian gains from teu tons on the east front important russian victory over turks in asia minor i ondon may 9—the entire system of trenches on the northern slope of hill 304 north-west of verdun has been captured by the germans accord ing to berlin the french in the fight ing suffered extraordinary losses anc in addition 40 officers and 1280 sol diers were made prisoners paris reports that east of the hil the germans were driven out from the communicating trenches to which the previously had penetrated and that west of the hill the german assaull against the french positions on hil 287 was put down by french fire a heavy bombardment is in pro gress against avocourt wood and the entire region of hill 304 while east of verdun and in woevre artillery ac tivity continues vigorously around thiaumont farm north o verdun a french attack broke dowr and 300 men were made prisoners the germans on the russian froni launched an offensive south of illuksl against the russians but met with nc success in galkia northwest of tarnopol the russians captured a mine crater from the teutons • in the fighting in asia minor the russians have compelled the turks to withdraw from their entire first line of trenches in the region of erzingan attacks by the austrians against the italians in the marmolada falzarego and other sectors were repulsed the bombardment of the adamello region continues here the italians have de stroyed an austrian defence work on coltopet the turkish cruiser breslau is re ported by petrograd to have bombard ed eupatoria in the crimea the town is described as an unfortified health station the entente allied forces in france have fceen strengthened by the arrivel of australian and new zealand troops who have taken over a portion of the front four more leaders of the irish re volt have been executed will apply home rule carson and redmond said to have agreed on this step and on con scription for ireland mew york may b.—a special copy right cable to the world from lon don says john redmond has called what is described in his circular as a most important meeting of the irish party for tuesday there is a rumor in political circlef to-day for which however no con firmation is obtainable that the object of the meeting is to consider an ar rangement provisionally arrived at be tween redmond and carson for the settlement of the irish question according to this rumor the basi of the proposed settlement was that al the irish volunteers including cer son's be immediately disarmed thai compulsory service be extended tc ireland and that the home rule ac be put in operation forthwith members of the rank and file of the irish party seen by the world to-day ay they knew nothing of the rumorec arrangement british report much activity enemy enters british trenches but is driven out—bombing attacks j ondon may b.—the british official statement of the campaign in france says that there was some activi ty last sunday night at various poinu east of thiepoval wood where tnc enemy after heavy bombardment entered ' our trenches causing some casualties before he was driven out the enemy left some dead in our trenches and one prisoner north of thiepoval wood we raided the enemys trenches successfully driving the occupants into the dugouts which were effectively bombed near fromellcs we were successful and our troops entered the well-occu pied enemy trenches and inflicted con siderable casualties while our casual ties were slight these raids were car ried out by troops of our royal welsh fusiliers and royal inniskiling fusil iers last night and to-day there was artillery activity near the ypres-bou lers railway near bolaingne we car ried out successful bombardments mi mummm salmon were offered for sale this morning at 20 cents per pound torpedoed the cymric big white star liner en route from new york to liverpool a victum of . a hun u-boat—carried no passen gers and is stated to have had mu nitions on board—casualties un known steamer is still afloat making for an irish port may b—the 13,000 ton white star liner cymric which for some time has been engaged in the freight service has been torpedoed by a german submarine according to ad vices received here one report says that the cymric was attacked in the atlantic while information to the white star co at liverpool is to the effect that the ship was torpedoed about noon to-day the cymric left new york on april 29 with an enormous cargo of war mu nitions as she usually makes the voy age from new york to liverpool in 1c days she was therefore within a day or two of her destination it is considered probable in the ab sence of definite news the disaster tc the cymric occurred off the west coas of ireland but whether on the north erly or southerly route cannot be stat ed ' the fate of the steamer is not yet known although an early message re ceived at london reported the cymric as sinking the crew aboard numbered abou 100-men but the steamer carried nc possengers torpedoed off ireland quenstown may 9—"the cymric was torpedoed the above despatch filed by an as sociated press correspondent queens town is the first direct announcement regarding the torpedoing the white star liner it woul , seem to indicate the cymric was attacked off the s w or south coast of ireland possibly not far from where the lusitania went down the cymric was torpedoed at 4 o'clock monday afternoon it is re ported she is still afloat and proceeding to an irish port no americans on board new york may b.—the cymric when she left new york on april 29 carried a crew of about one hun dred none of whom so far as is known here by the white star line if american she was commanded by beadnell an englishman according to the line's officials the cymric was in their service denial had been made that she had been tak en over by the british government the cymric was not armed thej said she was due at liverpool to day no word has been received from the line's office in england that the vessel had met with mishap the cymric discontinued carrying pasengers some time ago it is stated here cymric sinks london may 9.—the cymric sank at 3 o'clock this morning all on board were saved german assaults broken by french furious attacks on hill 304 repulsed so paris reports daris may b.—fighting of great violence continued last night on the verdun front furious german attacks near hill 304 were broken by the french the war office announced to-day the losses of the germans are described as extremely heavy the french attacked hill 304 and drove the germans from a communica tion trench which they penetrated yes terday east of the meuse there was a series of night engagements the germans were driven from a trench south of haudromont which they occu pied yesterday and thirty men includ ing two officers were captured the offensive movements yesterday covered a front of two kilometers be between laudromont wood and fort douaumont costing the germans im portant losses 500 rebels were killed british officer says the total casu alties of jhe sinn feiners during their abortive uprising were over two thousand:—dublin hospitals overflowing with wounded countess markievicz shot and killed a policeman by wilbur s forrest united press staff correspondent ( special to the st john's daily star jjublin may b—at least 500 rebels were killed and 1500 wounded in the seven days of fighting in the streets of dublin it is estimated by soldiers who have completed a can vass of the city this estimate is conservative of ficers said rebel bodies found be neath the ruins of the general post office wrecked by british shell fire in liberty hall and in a number of other buildings demolished by artillery or burned to the ground the number of casualties was far in excess of early estimates and many bodies are believed to lie beneath ruins still un searched '■■ \ hospitals filled the dublin hospitals are overflowing with wounded including many women and children non-combatants as rapidly as possible persons suffering from slight wounds are discharged to make room for those whose condition is more serious lord donoughmore former com mander of the british forces in egypt and a former member of the british cabinet is among the wounded he was shot while motoring to his coun try home north of dublin escaping however with only a flesh wound a small body of rebels determined to die hard fired the last vojley of the dublin rebellion from a position near the westland station which cap tured by the rebels early last week the crackle of government machine guns followed then ominous silence the whole party had been wiped out probably the last shot was fired by a rebel sniper concealed in the tower of the gas works he sent three bullets toward a party of correspondents boarding a tug in the liffey river back to normal the city is resuming its normal life shops are reopening and the people of dublin are getting their first quare meals in several days those who have no moriey are provided with army rations > a british officer who was ajt his home at black rock ireland near kingstown on leave went to dublin monday and fas one of the soldiers captured by trie rebels he wet im prisoned in a building in four courts one of the lasi areds to be surrender ed to the government forces he said he was given only bread and water for five days jhough the rebels were well supplied with food as well as am munition the rank and file of the rebels ex pected about wiiat they got he said their leaders and school masters and others intellectuals were all frantically enthusiastic the first few days and then most dejected when they saw their plans fail h i learned from an eye witness vho saw her that the countess markievkz dressed entirely in green led the rebel force to the gate of dublin castle and personally fired the first shot f her revolver in the attack on the castle the shot killed the policeman * four more executions london may b.—four more leaders of the irish revolt have been senten ced to death by a dublin court-jhartial and executed according to an.jofficial statement issued to-day tbejj were cornelius colbert edmund i-kent michael mallon and j j huestbn nineteen others concerned in the in surrection were sentenced to death but the sentences were commuted to various terms of penal eervitude . on three others prison ternis were imposed two were acquitted * irish-american released london may b.—jas m sullivan former u s minister at santo dp mingo who was arrested following the recent uprising in ireland notified the american embassy here from dublin to-day that he had been re leased see our new wall papers and frieses dainty shades and — artistic designs value & prices 0 k bowring brothers limited read the daily star