THE SITUATION ON SATURDAY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2760, 2 May 1916, Page 5

THE SITUATION ON SATURDAY

REBEL LEADER REPORTED KILLED ROUND-UP IN PROGRESS London, April 30. Au Irish communique says: The situation in Dublin imprbved consider: ably on Saturday morning, but the rebels were offering serious resistance in the neighbourhood of Sacltville Street. The' cordon of troops encircling this quarter is steadily closing in. House-to-house fighting rendered progress slow. The post office and a blook of buildings east of Sackville Street' were destoyed by fire. A party of rebels was. driven out of Bolaud's mill at Ringsend by guns mounted on motor lorries. One of the rebel in this area, named Pearse, -fas wounded in the leg. i'earse surrendered in the evening. He asserts that he has authority to accept the same terms of surrender for his followers, James Connolly is reported to have been killed. The rebels still hold the Four Courts district. A cordon of troops surround the area and is gradually closing in. All information points to tne conclusion that the rebellion is on the verge of collapse. A considerable number of the rebels have been made prisoner. Reports from the rest of Ireland are generally satisfactory. Beltast and Ulster are normal, and Londonderry is satisfactory. A band of rebels were located between Atlienry and Craughwell, and nineteen wero captured. Another band is entrenched at The police are still holding out. lie roads and railways are clear to within {our miles of tho town.

. MR. REDMOND INTERVIEWED BLOW AT HOME RULE "GERMAN PLOT HAS FAILED" London, April 30. Mr. John Redmond, Leader of the Nationalist Party, in an interview, said: "My first feeling on hearing of the Sinn Fein revolt was one of horror and discouragement, and almost despair. In forty years Ireland has emerged from, pauperism and slavery to prosperity and freedom. When the war came she sided with liberty and democracy; any other course would have been impossible. That 6ame section which to-day is the catspaw of Germany has throughout the Home Rule struggle thwarted and opposed us. This wicked move—their last blow to Home Rule—which has been plotted, organised, and paid for by Germany, is equivalent io a German invasion, as cynical as that of Belgium. It is not Germany's fault that Ireland is not a second Belgium. What can I say of those men in America who aided the movement while they remained safe in remoteness? They are guilty of treason to America, which gives them a home, and to Ireland, their birthplace." Mr. Redmond comments on tho fact that whilo the Dublin Fusiliers were being shot in Dublin, the Irish Brigade retook tho trenches at Loos. "But the Gorman plot has failed, and the Home Rule cause has not been destroyed; it is indestructible." ORDER TO THE. NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Redmond has placed himself at tho disposal of the authorities, with whom he is in- constant touch. He has instructed the Nationalist volunteers throughout. Ireland to hold themselves at the disposal of tho military authorities. The volunteers have already, of their own accord, mobilised in support of the troops.