SINN FEIN REBELLION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2759, 1 May 1916, Page 5

SINN FEIN REBELLION

THE HUN BEHIND THE GUN .1 CHIEF SECRETARY'S'RESIGNATION ; DEIADED v CASEMENT'S LANDING IN :.' . IRELAND V The High Commissioner reports . _ London, _April 29,'2.0 a.m. "The Commander-in-Chief .of. the Home Forces (Lord. French) reports thai j the military operations for the suppression of the rebellion in Dublin-are pro*. ' ceeding satisfactorily. What may bed escribed as the organised forces of the ] rebels are confined to few localities, principally in tlie Sackville' Street Sis- i trict, where the rebel headquarters appear to bo, at the General Post Office. ) The cordon of troops round, the.'.district has been drawn oloser around the: j rebels, whose locality appears to be confined behind the lino of their barricades. Sniping from ;hpuses, where .small;parties of rebels are. established in various parts of the city continues. The district where this is most prevalent : Is north-west of the Four Courts, which are still in possession of .the rebels. I The clearance of these snipers is a mat ter of time. damage was caused by ..fires on Thursday, and a.large .fire is still burning . in Sackyjllo •- : Street. In other parts-of Ireland the principal centres; of disturbance are in ;; the County of Galway and Ennisoorthy. Disturbances are also reported at Kil' • larney and Clonmel Gorey. The, other parts-of' Ireland appear to" be normal. The general trend of the reports which .have,'been'receivM'indicate''that- the-■? disturbances are. of. a local character."-,.. :