ANXIETY AT THE VATICAN

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

ANXIETY AT THE VATICAN

URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE POPE ' • (Rec. May 1, 8.5 p.m.) Rome, - May 1. The Pope is fearful lest the Irish clergy might be implicated in the rebellion, and thereby imperil the newly-cemented relations between Britain and the Vatican, which. had been ratified! during Mr. Asrjuitli's visit. "Hence the urgent mes-' sage to Archbishop Walsh, ordering the Roman Catholics to co-opeTate with the Government in every way. CASEMENT THE TRAITOR HIS CONNECTION WITH THE REBELLION APPEAL BY HIS SISTER London, April 30. I The people of Kerry have the' proud ■ distinction of securing the arrest of Sir Roger Casement. A"farmer,'who was gathering seaweed, discovered a suspicious boat) and immediately ; informed the authorities. Colonel Repington ("The Times's" | military correspondent), commenting on the Casement incident, says that the crew which blew up-the vessel conveying munitions to Ireland?' spread the revolt to the west and south-west of- Iret land. This may imply that there were I other ship?, and tliat perhaps other leaders also landed from the submarines, while the attack ,on the. English front in Flanders and the Lowestoft raid and Zeppelin attacks /were intended to deter us sending' troops"to Ireland. , . .

APPEAL BY CASEMBNWsiSTBRi Washington, April 30. Casement's sister has appealed to President Wilson to save her brother's life. WAS HIS MIND AFFECT®])?' " Melbournp, May 1. A relative who was constantly in communication with Casement, during his connection with Stanley's Congo expedition says that his letters showed signs of lack of mental balance, although there was never any sign of disloyalty. The relative considers that tho years spent in treaoherous climates have affected Casement's-.mind.

CLOSING IN ON THE CENTRE SOME SAD INCIDENTS (Rec. May 1, 11.25 p.m.) ;. London, May 1. Some of the saddest incidents wore witnessed in Dublin on the arrival of soldiers on leave.. They were unable to reach their houses,1 and wero forced to return to France, not knowing whether their relatives were dead or alive. Several of them wanted to 6tay and fight the Sinn Feiners. Two cordons of troops encircle Dublin, the first round the greater part of the city, and the second around the heart. 'Vhe first cordon is stationary, wliflo the inner one is ever contracting as the troops clear the houses. Every honso must be searched and-its inhabitants interned, otherwise it is impossible to stop the snipers. Many of the snipers. «tre secreted in church towers. If the lebcls are not strongly fortified tlio soldiers attack with rille fire; when at close quarters parties of bombers charge, effecting destruction with hand grenades. Elsewhere Gin. guns are used, which" are arriving daily. Fires have broken out in several parts! of the city, the rebels often being responsible, hoping to escape under cover Df the smoke. One spirit store' which' was on fire on Friday nicht furnished'

a wonderful spectacle, long tongues 0? flame shooting up into the sky, illuminating the city.. There was a big explosion at midnight, which _ destroyed the rebels' largest ammunition depot, killing many. This had much to do with the rebels' surrender. A CAREFULLY PLANNED REVOLT ARMS AND EQUIPMENT GOVERNMENT UTTERLY UNPREPARED (Rec. May 2, 0.40 aim.) London, May 1. ■ The evidence shows ' that; the ■ revolt was carefully planned. The whole city was surveyed, and strategic positions ivere seized. The rebels had field telephones,, and a wireless installation on tjie roof of the Imperial Hotel, but- their ambulances and hospital equipment were poor. They manufactured theii 'own ammunition, including.'bombs from milk-cans;, filled' with shrapnel. Thera was even a rebel newspaper, entitled "Irish War' News," which included in< tervie'ws with members' of the new Cabinet of thirteen;

. The Sinn Feiners quickly walked up to the gate of Dublin Castle. A police, ■man put up his hand, and was instantly shot dead. This was tb& firsj casualty. Two., hundred--others turned the public out of the St. Stephen'r Green Park, and-commenced £0 dig trenches; others raided the Post Office, and. seized the railway stations. The people of Dublin were slow to realise tli© situation, and th© Govern.®e?J...was utterly unprepared. .The. Pohce were withdrawn from the streets ,of,.Dublin,. and the garrison kept in barracks.;. The rebels melted .down soma gojd and silver coinage,, and," issued a Republican currency," and also rubberetamped postal orders with the words "Republic of Ireland," to be used foi requisitioning. food. . . Connolly, commanded the rebels at the Post ,Office, and. systematically, destroyed; the telegraphic instruments, . provisioned and fortified the building, and brought ammunition from Liberty Hall. By an oversight Connolly failed to destroy the Telephone Exchange, and thus the authorities were able to telephone to the Curragh. The newspapers state that when the gunboat River shelled Liberty Hall Connolly was. on -the steps, and was,.-shot deid. The.'.rebel, "plans f tlienoeforward showed a lack of cohesion. The real l)loodshed. r began-pu,Tuesday,- -when the soldiers arrived l from the- Curragh and England. Pour officers of thei Sherwood Foresters were killed, and fourteen officers were wounded, including a colonel. A number of Foresters were killed. •There was an all-day attack on a doc;tor:s .house,.;in. '.which' 10- Sinu Feiners were found dead at the end of the fight.

FIRE FOLLOWS THE ... USD GLARE OVSR. DUBLIN.' " (Rec. May 1, 7 30 p.m.). London, April 30 The "Daily Chronicle's" Dubliu coH respondent reports:—"On Friday the sky was reddened by the glare of the burning buildings in Sackville Street. No such scene has been witnessed in. the Kingdom since the sack of Bristol. AH through Thursday night the glare overhung the city, with the incessant growl of the rifle, firing and the clatter of the machine-guns. The rebels were now selling their lives as dearly as possible. They swept all streets round the North Wall with machine-guns, of which they have .two or,three, while we replied-.with the concentrated;'fire of ffiachinefguns and field pieces. ... "Meanwhile we could hear the swnd of the distant fighting ■ in Sackville Street. .'The rebels had erected barricades ill Abbey Street, across the ond of Sackville Street, near the. Parnell Statue,''"across"the "back" of the"-'Elbis-Walk, near the Bratkin Bridge, over the Liffey; in Gable Street and Mary Street, All the barricades have been taken by frontal' attacks, "amid a dropping'fire from tho surrounding houses. 1 "The rebels wero, dislodged, from the Post Office by shell fire. The roof was blown off. A great area of houses and. shops'in Sackville Street was burnt down, and the whole side of the street from the linpprial Hotel to the bridge is gone. The fire has taken the Eden Quay to North Earl Street, and to Custom Houso.' A fire is iiow raging "in North E&rl. Street, and Marlborough Street. ■ ■ "In desperation the rebels are shed- ! ding their uniforms and donning women's dross.. Some who were armed with shotguns have replaced: these by ugly pieces of steel, inflicting jagged wounds. The rebels are also using grenades, inflicting frightful, injuries. .. 1 'It»is difficult to estimate'the casualties to the troops. Probably they have lost seven officers and twenty-fivo 'men killed, while' many are wounded. "Some fighting, is proceeding in Galtvay, and minor affairs in Meaith and Louth." [The sack of Bristol occurred in 1831, following upon the rejection of the Reform Bill by the 'House of Lords'.'. .The Recorder of , Bristol,. Sir. Charles Wet-; terell, was mobbed on his entrance into the city/ and the.rioters"seized the Town Hall. Tie weakness of the autnoriticß left tho, disorder unchecked, for two days, but at last tho military were called out and order restored.]

INCIDENTS OF THE ' THE ATTACK ON THE BANK OF IRELAND -. REPELLED BY ARMED STUDENTS London, April ..30.'.' ' The rebels made careful plans to cap" ture the Bank of Ireland, and marched !ti the building in great style. Tlioj expected it would be an easy matter to overcome the. six soldiers . who • are. ? always guarding the bank, but tho rebels . had not reckoned on the preparedness of tho Trinity-College students, who ; fired a. v011ey.,.. •"Several:'of.- the rebels : ' fell. Tli6' 'r'eiiaindef' 'h'esitatdd,'-' and then pressod on with determination; but ,a second volley caused tliern to floe. ■ " i

Heartless Miscreants. An eye-witness declares that the loot*' : in".in,some quarters knew.::no ..limits',,'' What: .the looters: did not want -they wantonly'destroyed.: The'rebels< at the outset' :riddled ; the tram'cars, regardless of consequences. l Some wounded soldiers limping on;ciutches expostulated: "For God's sake do nos shoot innocent peopia;. you are killing your mothers and sisters." . The ..miscreants '.heartlessly .« wounded the men whoi expostulate., ; • The rebels' ammunition was German-* made, in boxes with' German lettering*' ; on them. " The. soldiers used'lS-pounders with -great effect on the rebel strong- : iiolds. . ; Of the troops engaged, many had had no experience in actual warfare, but- < fought like veterans. They ' incurred ' i deadly risks in the, narrow, winding ; staircases while clearing out the snipers. ' j No Quarter for the Rebels. An American journalist; ..describing . ; the events of Thursday, says tliac the ' 1 trooos gave no quarter,, and the rebels - fouglit with the utmost desperation, for : they realised that they"were faced with, 3 death'in. any event; Naval patrol boats" f blew great holes in the Dublin • city;- - distillery. "' The rebels started many, firoa on >

Thursday night, igniting building after building as they were driven out fly the ; military. One of tlio, most torrible sights is tho pinched faces of the-terrified iV" women and children, '.wa'ihrig-for.,.'want of food. The food supply is deplorably disorganised. 'Long- queues -wait' tor n ■ hours outside the food shops. • • Thrilling Motor-oar Dash. ' : _ 'A.brothar and,sister, who.have arrived In London were interviewed ,by Lloyd's News, and told a thrilling story of a motor-car dash under fire of the rebels' bullets through the storm centre of Dublin. "We were staying in a house near Phoenix Park.' Soldiers were quartered ou us after the outbreak,, and .thereafter the house was a. target for ■■■■■ tho rebels' rifles across the river. Whenever a head was shown, showers of buli lets crashed .along. It . was. too hot ■ • ior us, and woieft'on Friday in a.motor-. car. The Sinn J'einers rained bullets almost incessantly., Our progress was f';.. . impeded by the military frequently stop- /.-. toing the car, delaying our' arrival at j: Kingstown ,by several hours.*' Subse- , quently. we' learned .that tlio titled; wrnwn leader had • been wounded ,and [taken prisoner, •'The rebels respect .no : one,.in some cases not even, -their-.own tv ipriests/:. Two priests who!were:trying to ■ .warnthem of; their''folly, one being the ■ i famous ITather -Dougherty, woro prompt- ■ ly shot." •' Cunboat In Action, ! : A gunboat on-the Liffey shelled Lib- \ erty Hall. ..When; the .bombardment ccascd, .thirty dead were found in the j Building. One of the rebels! .first.acts p V .Was ;tp wreck the'machines'iii the newsf paper - offices. "No papers-' were -issued ji ]; except' the;/"lrish • Tiiries," -a- • .-single-1 i ,-sheet, containing the Government bul- , let-in.' Mr. Flavm; M.P., interviewed on liis ■ return .to London,.'said:. "I am told I-tbat the.' Sinn Feiners, in possession of t'V: '|\Vestlahd .-Row station \iirc resolved to j-, die at their, posts." I' i ?' ~GERMAN, PBESS COMMENT ' !y HOPE THAT THE REBELLION WILL SUCCEED - Amßt)M , dMn'.:?:jaLT)A l >.3o7 ?• p- ! v:tnelr-ish .?ns!fng&EsilL' succeed.:',- The , fei e • with" .the; .rebels;: but-,..it'^'n.'ould'; •'bo fj 'fomented-the re- ( bolhoii " , ; if 'Timea'-' and" Sydney■"SunViSerVicesl) I.';(j-The'.German' is ;noi£ permitted, to jv.'^cbra^eht^'onrt^^ f v. ifc.utis^printm^ counts!-. i'/to: land' f- -owing,to-.the watchfulness.lof the!; Brit,. I?., ish Fleet, but thinks hope should not • 1)0 lost. .? ' Tho Cologne "Voiles Zeitung" states Itliat, the Irish situation ;nnist..be careifully,: watched .in view of the ,American. j: ! j.crisis. / If it■ is.!successful, it'!'!will- im-! j " merisely influence American feeling' tof .Wards Germany.

WHO IS WHO IN" THE REBELLION

; . MYSTERIOUS LADY OF TITLE;, [v - • ' London, April 30.' • v titled' ladjr who was- leading: tho, 'iy;rebels is i of 'Sir J. A. R. ; Gore-Booth. • She is a , renowned horsewoman, and a well'' known Suffragist and Sinn Feiner for : jnanv years. 3 1-- .•■■■-, • ' | LARKIN 'AND CONNOLLY London. April "SO. The. "Central News'' believes': that j; ./Larkin : is in the United'States.TVTiile V : Larkin- was an' ignorant, :'- bustling," | v voluble firebrand, - Connolly is quieter; ! r - liattereducated, more intelligent,, and t- far more dangerous. He was formerly i h clerk ill Liverpool, where he imbibed ij":extreme Socialism'.' . Subsequently : he |. showed: that' he, unlike Larkin, had j constructive ability.,,. He ' published (■"several pamphlets: oil labour matters, j: 'and.-is credited';' with various"!social : Schemes, which he established with some -success ,in connection with Liberty Hall. Nevertheless, he. was .-always as l( ■. extreme and 'uncompromising as Lark'iri.' Ho. personally conducted'' a strike in ; Wexford, almost mining'the: city, and [. ; wa-s actively associated with all Larkin's | disastrous labour troubles in Dublin.

I PUBLIC OPINION | GERMAN SCHEME THAT WAS ; STILL-BORN ii ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' '. London, April 29'. ; M. Pichot, writing in the ' "Rotit j' 'Journal," says that Germany's.'plah to . stir -up a.rebellion'in'lreland- was prer [ -destined to failure: It was the ,outcome -. of disappointed strategists', ob-. session.of invading Britain in order tyj I? impress the deluded. German'' people, j Germany has 110 more cbance of accomI plisliing an invasion than destroying • London by Zeppelins. j ■ DENOUNCED IN- AUSTRALIA.; A Sydney, May 1. }; . Representative - Irishmen and : the j Roman Catholic bishops denounce and. repudiate the criminality; of the Dublin fanatics. • ■ • . . The Irish societies 'generally condemn iv r the'Dublin irrecoiicilables. . The, Australasian Loyal-Orange Insti- ; tution has cabled to Sir Edward Cari ' son fully ; approving. "his.attitude., ' ; . Senator Pearee (Acting Federal : Premier) has sent a message to, the ; . Colonial Secretary expressing the Gov- , ernment's regret'.,at'-the-rebellions out. :' break. .. '.'.t'•„»!" ' '..7.'

L :: IRELAND AND INDIA. ; BALANCING THE DISCONTENT. [ ("Ernes" "Sun" Services.) P : ■ .1"' Y -London, April 29. r' _"The TimesV'. correspondent at Washington states 'that l alMrish Catho- : : lie prelates strongly 'favour tho Allies. The Neiv York-.'.'Evening.Post" slays:, i "If a balance were, struck between the [ ' discontent in Ireland and India and tlia'y • .magnificent showing of Australia, New j -Zealand, Canada, and South Africa, the a German .forecast of dissolving the. EmK; pire is.only, another of. those ;astonisliI ing .dreams to whioh supposedly -practi- ! cal people are addicted." TRANQUIL WINTER IN INDIA. Simla, April 30. 'An interesting fact, having regard to the world-wide unrest, is that tho re- . cent winter has been the'quietest for - the last live years on the north-west i' frontier. ' ~ j ]n;b. recent speech, reviewing tho poll- I i. tical condition of the Punjab, Sir L. Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor, p Baid that last year's dangerous revolu- | tionary movement was dead, thanks to I the splendid work of the police and tho I spontaneous, support of tho people, I while the province bad lately supplied p 70.000 out of 120,000 recruits for tho j Indian army. ■•' - - | WHAT THEY THINK IN AMERICA. CENSORSHIP BTCACTS ON PUBLIC 1 OPINION. . and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ■ ' (Reo. May 1, 5.5 p.m.) i" London, April 30.' "The Times's" correspondent at ■ Washington says that the American rer ception of tlie news from' Ireland de-; pends largely on the British censorship. If the present conrse is persisted in of 1 permitting the most meagre details to go ;. forth, the ' public will _ be inclined to •"•"draw- a sombre conclusion.' Meanwhile ' the German-Irish party is flooding the newspapers with their version, and also with tho long statements from promineuii Irish leaders, inculcating fcne idea.

that the revolt is too serious for London to permit . any frankness. The Gorman-Irish propaganda is universally proclaiming Ireland is ripe for revolution. Our American well-wishers hope that Britain will cheek this Press campaign without delay by affording greater publicity to tho news.

The New York "Tribune" savagely criticises Mr. Birrell's administration, and; warns President Wilson that this ought to be .a lesson to him (the President), because his weak treatment of the German-American menace threatens a similar,occurrence in America.

NEW ZEALAND OPINION

MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY. The, oxecutire of the Celtic Club unanimously resolved to send the following- cablegrams to London: — To Mrl Asquitli.—"lrish hero regret painful occurrence on part of misguided section people and feel with confidence that firm and prudent, administration British Government will secure early reestablishment of order. They desire ex. press appreciation of and gratitude for splendid services of Government to Ireland,"and feel assured that administration of Irish/affairs in capable'and tactful.'hands"." 1 '

To Mr... Redmond.—"Deepest sympathy with you, present trouble. Unfortunate occurrence Dublin tends unjustifiably to cast disgrace on our country! and discredit us abroad. We desire express gratitude English and Scotch friends who have extended us greatest kindness and:: sympathy during those troubles. It is obvious this movement is aimed to discredit the representatives of Ireland."

The cablegrams-were signed by the patron of the club (the Right Hon. J. G. Ward, Bart., P. 0., K.C.M.G.), the president (Hugh' Mackenzie, M.A.), and the three vice-presidents (Sir James Carroll, K.C.M.G., T. Caliill, M.D., M.C.H., and Martin Kennedy). ; Mr. Martin Kennedy, of Wellington, who has on several occasions acted as lion treasurer of the Home Rule Party in the Dominion, and who has been the medium of communication between the Irish Parliamentary leader and sympathisers with . the cause here, has forwarded the. following cable message to Sir. John Redmond: "Dominion Irishmen abhor the recent risings in Ireland, land are grateful to your party and Parliament for the Home Rule Act—relying on it going into force after the war." Mr. Kennedy was absent on his farm in the country when the news of the trouble first arrived in Wellington, ibut dispatched the above message immediately on .his 1 return to town.

By: Telegraph—Press Association. • <"' 1 \ Hastings, May 1. On helialf of the Irishmen of Hawke's Bay, a cablegram has been sent to Mr. John Redmond,! expressing- detestation and abhorrence of tihe Sinn Feiners in Ireland, and expressing sympathy with .the" Nationalist' Party. Tlio message is .signed'by Messrs; G. P. Donnelly, M. Gilfedder, and J;'A. Gallagher.